Major AI companies should offer real-time priced APIs to handle capacity crunch
seanmcdonaldxyz · x · 2026-08-14
- Core Argument: Major AI companies should commit to real-time priced API products.
- Reasoning: AI demand fluctuates wildly over day/night cycles, and the industry is broadly capacity crunched; real-time pricing would better match supply and demand.
- Enabler: Agents make handling variable pricing, batching, and projecting total costs very easy, removing the friction of complex billing.
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