#usagebasedpricing — Public Fediverse posts
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Business Insider: Sam Altman says OpenAI’s top token spender uses 100 billion tokens a month — and they’re not even the world leader. “OpenAI’s employees are spending tokens on tokens on tokens. And yet it’s someone outside the company who is spending the most. The AI lab’s employees are known for their high AI spending. Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, once spent $1.3 million […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/business-insider-sam-altman-says-openais-top-token-spender-uses-100-billion-tokens-a-month-and-theyre-not-even-the-world-leader/ -
Ars Technica: AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.. “In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/02/ars-technica-ai-costs-how-much-github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/ -
Most tools still think in on/off features.
But today’s products run on usage: API calls, AI tokens (input/output), seats-hours, credits.Labs64 NetLicensing was built for this: flexible models, pay‑per‑use, and clean metering of things like AI token usage, wired straight into your product and billing - https://netlicensing.io/licensing-models/
If you’re moving to token-based AI pricing, is your licensing stack ready for it?