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Explore original reporting, analysis, product stories, and practical insights about unit economics for founders, developers, and independent builders.
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Startups
Model pricing is only one line in AI SaaS economics. Calculate the cost of a successful workflow including retries, retrieval, runtime, and human cleanup.
Product & SaaS
A 4 October re-read of ElevenLabs’ pricing page still shows v4 and v4 Turbo at 72 percent off, and the cut still ends on 12 October. Indie voice features priced on that rate have a week to cap retries and republish allowances.
Product & SaaS
Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol and Gemini 4 Argon now share a $2/$10 sticker. Independent task costs do not, and that is the invoice a solo SaaS actually pays.
