Opinion: AI companies need $10K/month token revenue from a single user for fit
gorkem · x · 2026-08-18
Gorkem proposed the concept of "Token-Market Fit," arguing that an AI company only achieves product-market fit if it can sell enough tokens to a single user to generate $10,000/month in revenue. Otherwise, the company is merely a "sparkling SaaS." This highlights the potential of usage-based business models.
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