How AI is reshaping B2B SaaS pricing in the US vs China: engineer-salary math
paigeinsf · x · 2026-10-24
Founder paigeinsf reflects on how AI reshuffles B2B SaaS economics in the US and China: scarce US engineering talent justifies $600k/yr subscriptions by replacing two good hires ($300k ML engineers), while in China abundant cheap talent lets customers talk quotes down to half, and the biggest-budget customers are the hardest to serve. AI is rewriting the cost-and-willingness-to-pay equation on both sides.
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