Category Unit Economics

See which AI delivery costs compress margins and which pricing and design levers can rebuild them.

Learn what shapes AI app margins and how to compare costs wisely before pricing or fundraising.

Book inference to COGS correctly, defend gross margin, and link pricing to cost per task today.

Learn to track cost per action, set prices that cover inference, and spot when growth actually builds margin.

ASC 606's five-part test, not the LOI's label, decides when a prospective deal actually becomes bookable revenue.

Choose hourly GPUs for uncertainty, reserve stable baseline demand, and combine both when growth arrives in spikes.

Calculate the paid requests needed to cover a GPU server, then test whether pricing, demand, and capacity can support that target.

Turn token usage, peak demand, full server costs, and price risk into a defensible local-inference payback range.

Calculate real per-request model costs, expose hidden margin leaks, and choose pricing or routing changes with confidence.