Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky
Buyers of AI services are struggling to control costs and sellers are not sure how much to charge.
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Notable Quotes
"Trying to tie someone into a cost model for the next 12 months, two years, three years, it doesn't make any sense, honestly, because we don't know."
— Simon Gooch , Executive
"People are finding it really hard to manage that cost… it's a non-deterministic output, so it's a non-deterministic value."
— Will Venters , Academic
"This has to end at some point in time, because the big guys are taking a bath on those accounts."
— Oliver King-Smith , Executive
"They will start clamping down."
— Oliver King-Smith , Executive
Key People
Oliver King-Smith is the founder of engineering software firm smartR AI.
Rob Steele is the CFO at UK accounting software firm iplicit.
Simon Gooch is at Saviynt, an identity management company.
Will Venters is an Associate Professor of Digital Innovation and Information Systems at the London School of Economics.
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Buyers of AI services are struggling to control costs and sellers are not sure how much to charge.
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