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Why tracking and billing can't be separate systems anymore

When tracking and billing are unified around human equivalent value, everything changes. You can see what agents cost to run versus what value they delivered. When you can see both numbers, you can find the pricing that captures value while protecting margins.

14 Nov 25 • Sidin

Why 80% margins mean your agents aren't working

The companies actually winning with AI are seeing margins in the 40-60% range, and that's exactly how they know their AI strategy is working.

7 Nov 25 • Manny

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The $2.7 Billion Agent Tax Crisis: First-ever study reveals how AI companies are legally avoiding tax

The US faces $2.7B revenue crisis as AI agents legally dodge taxes. First study shows identical AI, different structure across states, with the window of opportunity to legislate closing quickly.

29 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Notes on where seat-based pricing is going

Seat pricing isn’t evolving, it’s being outgrown. As AI replaces users with agents, software must price by work done, not by humans doing it.

25 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Usage-based pricing for SaaS: What it is and how AI agents are breaking it

Usage-based pricing built AWS and Twilio. For AI agents, it creates 100x cost variance and negative margins. Here's why the SaaS playbook fails for AI.

24 Oct 25 • Arnon

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The SaaS to AI Agent transition report: From vibe pricing to value capture

75% of SaaS companies lack systematic agent pricing. Those moving from usage-based to outcome-based models achieve 94% margins vs. negative margins for competitors.

22 Oct 25 • Arnon

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AI Billing for AI SDRs: How to Price and Monetize AI SDR Platforms

AI SDR billing guide: How sales development platforms track agent outcomes, measure ROI per meeting booked, and move from seat-based to performance pricing.

21 Oct 25 • Arnon

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AI Billing for HR Tech: How to Price and Measure Compensation Intelligence Platforms

How HR tech companies price AI agents that analyze compensation, ensure pay equity, and automate hiring decisions. Move beyond seat-based billing.

17 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Metering counts usage. AI Monetization captures value.

Traditional metering platforms can't bill for AI outcomes. See how Paid's OpenTelemetry-based approach captures real agent value, not just compute.

13 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Should You Build Your Own Agent Billing System? (Probably Not)

Building agent billing costs $500K-$2M and takes 6-12 months. Use this decision framework to determine if your SaaS company should build or buy instead.

13 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Paid + GitLaw: Introducing Legal Contracts Built for AI Agents

Paid has partnered with GitLaw to create and release an open-source Master Services Agreement (MSA) specifically designed for AI agent companies. This contract addresses the unique challenges that traditional SaaS contracts fail to cover when applied to autonomous, adaptive AI systems. The Agentic MSA clarifies decision responsibility, establishes appropriate liability frameworks, and provides clear language around data ownership and training rights.

8 Oct 25 • Arnon

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Sowing the seeds of our $21M raise

A reflection on Paid's $21M Series Seed funding announcement week, the difference between press validation and product validation, and what it means to build infrastructure for the AI agent economy at an inflection point.

3 Oct 25 • Arnon

Paid raises $21 million seed to help SaaS companies break free from the seat-based trap

Paid raises $21M led by Lightspeed, FUSE & EQT to help SaaS escape seat-based pricing with AI agent billing. 50% of workforce will be agents by 2030 - pricing must evolve.

28 Sep 25 • Arnon

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10 features AI Agents need in a billing system

The 10 features every real AI billing platform must have to capture value, margin, and ROI.

23 Sep 25 • Arnon

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The EU Just Killed ARR

The EU Data Act changes everything for SaaS: customers can now cancel anytime with two months’ notice. ARR isn’t guaranteed anymore, and retention is no longer about contracts, but about operations, renewals, and customer care.

19 Sep 25 • Arnon

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Variable pricing meets fixed budgets: Notes from the trenches

Practical insights from AI founders and Ops people on pricing strategies that work: paid 2-week sandboxes, canary metrics, volume packaging, and the year-one-fixed/year-two-outcome playbook.

18 Sep 25 • Arnon

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The Economics of Agent Monetization: What we learned from 80 people in one room

Learn how 80 AI builders confronted the harsh reality of agent economics at our SF event. Discover why tons of AI companies don't know their cost per outcome, how Artisan found features losing money, and the pricing models that actually work for AI agents.

15 Sep 25 • Arnon

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Seat-based pricing killed SaaS. Don’t let it kill agents

75% of AI companies are discovering the same fatal math: agents reduce headcount while delivering more value. Seat-based pricing punishes this success.

9 Sep 25 • Arnon

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Behind the scenes on our billboards

From 250 customer conversations to 6 SF billboards. The creative process behind our "Build agents, Get Paid" outdoor advertising campaign.

8 Sep 25 • Arnon

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Chaos is the operating system

How chaos beats polish when building at startup speed. A design leader breaks down why messy iteration ships faster than perfect specs, and how controlled chaos becomes your competitive advantage.

4 Sep 25 • Olly

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Are you selling agents the way customers want to buy?

Instead of asking CEOs about their AI pricing strategy, I ask one simple question: 'How are your reps selling it?' The answer reveals everything.

3 Sep 25 • Arnon

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The FDE hype is real. So is the confusion

What happens when ex-Palantir, Ironclad vets, and AI founders compare FDE battle scars? Raw insights on hiring, deploying, and surviving forward deployed engineering.

1 Sep 25 • Arnon

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The agentic runtime is a crystal ball

The most expensive agentic operations were their most valuable customers. Your agent's runtime is revealing which features matter, who'll upgrade, and what your business actually does. The cost layer is your intelligence layer.

27 Aug 25 • Arnon

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Platform Advantage Playbook: How SaaS CEOs Win the AI Agent Revolution

Learn how established SaaS companies can leverage their platform advantages to dominate the agent revolution. Insights from leaders at Box, Salesforce, HubSpot & more on hybrid pricing, ARR per employee, and transforming from seats to outcomes.

25 Aug 25 • Arnon

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The SaaS Platform Play of the Decade: Your Agent Economy Advantage

Discover how SaaS companies can capture the $34B agent economy opportunity by becoming the infrastructure platform for AI agents. Learn the 3-layer strategy that turns AI disruption into 10x revenue growth through identity management, orchestration, and intelligence dashboards.

20 Aug 25 • Arnon

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Your AI agents lose money every second they run

AI companies are scaling into bankruptcy with 50-60% gross margins while traditional SaaS enjoys 70-80%. Most AI-native companies fly blind on unit economics, optimizing for growth without understanding which agents generate profit.

18 Aug 25 • Arnon

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The SaaS competitor's agent is coming

It's do or die

13 Aug 25 • Arnon

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You need AI cost tracking, and you should start now

"We basically look at our monthly OpenAI bill and apply a distribution factor"

11 Aug 25 • Arnon

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AI pilots can be a nightmare

When founders admit their pilots aren't great - real solutions emerge.

7 Aug 25 • Arnon

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AI Billing Showdown: 6 Billing Platforms for AI Agents

Everyone says they're doing AI billing - but who's actually got the features to back it up?

31 Jul 25 • Arnon

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Why “Per Seat” pricing is failing for AI agents (and what's replacing it)

Field Notes: new data from 178 calls with agent builders shows how the best teams price their AI agents + what’s killing early deals.

29 Jul 25 • Arnon

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AI Agents are everywhere: A field guide to what's actually working

After working with hundreds of agent companies at Paid, we've seen a clear pattern emerge. The most successful agents aren't trying to do everything for everyone. They're solving specific problems for specific industries.

23 Jul 25 • Arnon

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When AI pricing became the hottest topic in London

When founders get together to solve real problems, magic happens.

16 Jul 25 • Arnon

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How to make your AI agent irreplaceable

5 Strategies to build agentic AI that sticks.

10 Jul 25 • Arnon

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Metering for AI: Why Everyone's Solving the Wrong Problem

"How do we handle metering for our AI agents? The token tracking is getting complex, and our costs are all over the place."

7 Jul 25 • Arnon

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How to do AI Agent billing in 2025

The Agentic Playbook

3 Jul 25 • Arnon

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AI Agent Monetization FAQ: The Basics

Basic concepts you should know about agentic monetization and AI monetization, including how to price agents and how to measure value.

24 Jun 25 • Arnon

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How do you handle pricing predictability for Agentic AI?

Give your customers predictable pricing without compromising on profitability with our guide

22 Jun 25 • Arnon

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The complete guide to AI agent monetization

Transform your AI agents from cost centers to revenue generators with Paid's proven monetization frameworks.

31 May 25 • Arnon

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Our playbook for launching Paid.ai

We announced when we were ready, generated >1000 signups and the momentum continued for weeks.

18 May 25 • Arnon

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3 value frameworks: What we've learned from 120+ AI agent companies

In recent conversations with founders building everything from warehouse robots to AI sales reps, one question keeps coming up: "How do I price my AI agent to actually capture its value?"

8 May 25 • Arnon

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The Agentic Margin: What It Costs vs. What You Earn from AI Assistants

A straightforward way to measure whether your AI helpers are actually worth what you're spending on them.

16 Apr 25 • Arnon

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Introduction to agent signals: The key to billing AI agents

As agents take over the discussions, one challenge remains consistent for the businesses building them: how do you effectively monetize agent solutions?

4 Apr 25 • Arnon

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Vibe Revenue - a mirage of AI success

So what happens when the vibes… stops?

31 Mar 25 • Arnon

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Paid Launch: Transforming the AI Agent Economy

Our launch attracted significant attention

28 Mar 25 • Arnon

The AI Agent Builder's Manifesto

The platforms of yesterday weren't built for us. They were built for a world where software supported human workers.

27 Mar 25 • Arnon

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Paid raises €10M to build the business engine for AI Agents

We're thrilled to announce that Paid has raised €10M led by EQT, Sequoia Capital and with participation from GTM Fund, Exceptional Capital, and strategic angel investors to build the financial infrastructure powering the next wave of AI.

25 Mar 25 • Arnon

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