AI founder: top users paid $49/month but burned $112 in inference costs
alvelda · x · 2026-11-10
An AI founder shared that one customer paid $49/month while consuming $112 in AI inference costs — his heaviest 10% of users were losing him money. Flat pricing on usage-heavy AI products leaks margin: the more active the customer, the bigger the loss. The takeaway: meter your top users or cap them before you scale.
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