Most AI apps are pricing at the wrong layer. Asked how they'd rather be billed, technical AI buyers preferred credits tied to recognizable value over tokens nearly 2 to 1. Per-token pricing anchors your product to a cost curve that keeps falling. Full piece from Tugce Erten and Sarah Wang on why customers want legibility, not tokens: https://www.a16z.news/p/you-are-not-a-model-dont-price-per(a16z)