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A new framework for AI agent pricing

Kyle Poyar (Growth Unhinged) · growthunhinged.com

Patterns from 60+ agent companies distilled into a usable framework.

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It answers 2 questions

  1. What does AI support actually cost, and how should a founder think about the ROI?
  2. How should I price a product built on AI agents?

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  1. The investor-grade case for why agent pricing had to change. a16z.com Article AI Is Driving a Shift Towards Outcome-Based Pricing a16z
  2. Real price points: $2/conversation, $0.99/resolution, per-task AI SDRs. substack.com Thread The most disruptive AI pricing models so far Kyle Poyar
  3. A candid founder-to-founder chat on making outcome pricing actually work. cheekypint.substack.com Podcast Bret Taylor on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board Cheeky Pint (Stripe)
  4. A quick taxonomy to pick your starting model in an afternoon. pickaxe.co Article AI Agent Pricing Models Explained Pickaxe
  5. The company that popularized charging per resolution explains its own model. sierra.ai Article Outcome-based pricing for AI agents Sierra (Bret Taylor's team)
  6. The diagnostic to run before you copy anyone's agent pricing. growthunhinged.com Article Your pricing is (probably) broken: here's how to fix it Kyle Poyar (Growth Unhinged)
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