Per-Seat Pricing for Copilot? Expert Warns It Clashes with the Agent Era
BenBajarin · x · 2026-07-30
Industry expert Carolina Milanesi points out a fundamental conflict in Microsoft's strategy: while the company reports 30 million paid Copilot seats, the per-seat pricing logic is becoming obsolete.
As AI shifts towards autonomous agents, the primary resource consumed shifts to tokens rather than human seats. The future AI strategy described by CEO Satya Nadella can no longer run purely on traditional seat-based subscriptions.
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