The Real Economics Of AI Copilots: Why Cost Per Query Will Define The Winners
AiThority.com, Monday, March 16th, 2026
As a CEO building AI directly into a CRM platform, I can tell you this: if you don't understand your unit economics at the query level, you don't understand your AI business.
'AI built in' is the new normal in SaaS. Nearly every SaaS platform now offers an assistant promising productivity gains, automation, and intelligent recommendations. But beneath the headlines and subscription price debates lies a much more consequential metric - one that ultimately determines which companies thrive and which quietly erode their margins. Behind the scenes, cost per query determines the financial viability of AI.