An AI business model depends on what happens after another customer signs up. Computer scientist Greg Fish helps you examine the cost behind your next query, and why he questions the assumption that AI growth will follow the familiar software playbook.
Build the product once, then serve more people cheaply: that’s an appealing proposition. But what changes when each additional interaction needs more computing? Greg offers a comparison from outside the technology sector that puts the promise of expanding margins in a different light.
For anyone paying for AI, usefulness is another part of the calculation. Does a helpful tool necessarily support the business story being sold around it? His dot-com comparison gives you a way to consider those questions separately.
Topics: AI business model, computing costs, customer growth, profitability, technology hype
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Originally aired on2026-11-04
