The AI Business Models atlas lays out every way of making money and what AI is doing to each. That is a lot to read when you have one question on your desk. This guide starts from that question: do you want to change how you charge, who does the work, how customers find you, or what protects you from a copy? Up to three answers later, you have the patterns worth reading first and what to do with each.
Which pattern fits?
Up to three questions. Tell us what you want to change, and the guide points you to the patterns in the atlas worth reading first, with what the companies running them report.
Where it can take you
- How you charge
- Keep the subscription and meter the AI, price by use, price by the result, or sell AI as a tier above the seat.
- Who does the work
- Sell the expertise with the software, automate before your clients do, or sell the work instead of the tool.
- How customers find you
- Build on the customers you own, get paid where your content is read, or own more of the starting point.
- What protects you
- Make the data the product, use scale while it is scarce, or find out where you are exposed first.
Questions
- How do I choose a business model?
- Start from the choice you most want to change: how you charge, who does the work, how customers find you, or what stops a copy. Each points to a small set of patterns; read what the companies running them report before you decide.
- What are AI business model patterns?
- The ways companies make money, from subscriptions and marketplaces to newer ones like metered intelligence and outcome pricing, each with what AI is doing to it. The Stratrix atlas checks each against what companies report in their filings.
- Is this a recommendation?
- No. It is a reading list for your situation. The patterns it points to show what other companies are doing and reporting; the Business Model Wizard tests the choice against your own numbers.
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