The April every AI plan broke - by Anton Zagrebelny

kept by eddie may 07

Flat-rate AI subscriptions broke in April 2026 as agentic workloads caused unsustainable unit economics, forcing providers to shift to per-token billing.

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center
Stripe previewed a billing feature that lets AI companies track token usage, pass through costs, and automatically apply a profit markup on underlying model fees.
also on GitHub Copilot, #pricing, #business-strategy, #developer-tools
GitHub's plan for Agents — Kyle Daigle, GitHub
GitHub COO Kyle Daigle discusses how AI agents caused platform activity to surge 1400% in 2026, straining infrastructure and forcing GitHub to rethink open-source social contracts and reliability.
also on GitHub Copilot, GitHub, #developer-tools