@LangChain: Selling a membership or closing a car sale? Outcome-based pricing makes sense. The value is real and measurable. Answer…
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A tweet discussing how AI pricing should be aligned with value delivered, contrasting outcome-based and usage-based models, with insights from Zack at Sierra Platform.
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Selling a membership or closing a car sale? Outcome-based pricing makes sense. The value is real and measurable.
Answering a knowledge lookup? Usage-based is simpler and probably right.
@zackrw from @SierraPlatform on how AI pricing should actually map to value delivered. https://t.co/XveYoWBP6e
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