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Engineering and economics of internet payments.

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The “alien” economics of AI monetization

As usage, costs, and customer expectations change, AI companies are moving beyond traditional SaaS pricing. Leaders at Monetize 2026 shared how they’re combining subscriptions with usage based billing, building spend controls into products, adapting packaging and value metrics, and making pricing readable for both…

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Travel’s AI dilemma at Skift Global Forum

At the “great recalibration” themed travel conference, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky called AI “an existential risk” to his company and “literally the best thing to ever happen” to it in the same discussion. That sums up many travel leaders’ push and pull relationship with AI.

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