Akhil Gupta

Pricing AI products with mixed deterministic and probabilistic workflows

deterministic vs probabilistic pricing

Pricing AI products with mixed deterministic and probabilistic workflows

The evolution of agentic AI has introduced a fundamental architectural challenge that directly impacts pricing strategy: how to value systems that combine deterministic rule-based logic with probabilistic AI reasoning. Unlike traditional software where inputs reliably produce identical outputs, or pure AI systems priced solely on inference costs, mixed workflows create

By Akhil Gupta
How to price AI agents that supervise other agents

supervisor agent pricing

How to price AI agents that supervise other agents

The emergence of supervisor agents—AI systems that orchestrate and manage other AI agents—represents one of the most complex pricing challenges in the agentic AI landscape. Unlike single-agent systems where value attribution is straightforward, hierarchical multi-agent architectures introduce coordination layers, amplified resource consumption, and distributed value creation that fundamentally

By Akhil Gupta
Charging for AI autonomy levels: assistant, copilot, agent, system

autonomy based pricing

Charging for AI autonomy levels: assistant, copilot, agent, system

The enterprise software landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation as artificial intelligence evolves from simple assistive tools into increasingly autonomous systems. This evolution presents a critical pricing challenge: how do you differentiate and monetize AI capabilities that span from basic assistants responding to prompts, to copilots collaborating in real-time, to

By Akhil Gupta