There have been some big announcements in AI monetization recently:
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro at $200 per month for a single user, 10x the price point of ChatGPT Plus.
Sam Altman later took to X to say that OpenAI is losing money on these subscriptions — “people use it much more than we expected” — and that he “personally chose the price”.
AI startup Sierra, founded by Salesforce’s former co-CEO and already valued at $4.5 billion, announced they’re all in on outcome-based pricing.
Cognition (valued at $2B after only six months) made its AI coding agent (Devin) generally available starting at $500 per month and with “no seat limits” (there are usage credits). It promptly went viral online.
Customer support platform Help Scout “just made the most radical decision” in the company’s 14-year history (per co-founder and CEO Nick Francis) by removing seat limits. Pricing is now tied to the number of people your team helps in a month.
And those are just some highlights from the past few weeks!
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