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Something is changing in the unit economics of software
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The integration of AI into software products is fundamentally altering traditional SaaS unit economics by introducing high, per-inference compute costs. This shift challenges the historical model where software distribution costs were negligible, forcing companies to balance margins against product quality.
Software had a superpower. Build the product once, distribute it to a million users for roughly the same cost as distributing it to one. Every incremental customer flowed largely to the bottom line. This created a gross margin profile, 75-85%, that made software unlike any other industry in history.
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