Sources: OpenAI starts letting some major customers pay only when its AI completes tasks, as Salesforce and other AI providers test outcome-based pricing
THE SO WHAT
Outcome-based pricing from OpenAI and others shifts AI from metered infra to a quasi-BPO line item — you’re buying completed tasks, not tokens. As this model spreads, buyers will push harder on accuracy SLAs and vendors will need tight instrumentation to prove completion and margin on each workflow.
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