@geoffreywoo: announcement: if you're raising for an ai company and your go-to-market still depends on selling seat licenses to peopl…
Summary
Venture capitalist Geoffrey Woo advises AI startups to shift away from seat-based licensing toward outcome-based pricing models as agent workflows reduce reliance on human supervision.
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