School District Paid $57k for AI Platform Used for 10 Minutes
YvesMulkers · x · 2026-08-09
The author shares a real-world case of AI deployment: a school district paid $57,000 for an AI platform, but third graders only used it for about 10 minutes over two weeks.
The author points out that nobody lied on the contract; rather, it highlights a structural issue in B2B business models: the massive gap between the billing unit and the usage unit. This misalignment results in institutions paying premium prices without generating proportional real-world value.
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