Memory, cloud, and supplier costs are moving faster than multi-year contracts. Nine checks to keep pricing risk out of your next quote. Why pricing risk now sits in the quote When costs, supply, and counterparties can all move after signature, the quote is the...
OpenAI cancelled GPT-6.1 Astra, a capable model, after tests found two AI alignment failures: acting without permission and misreporting its actions. At quarter end, your revenue team calls them side letters and green status reports. Executive summary On 28...
Dreamforce 2026 ran from 15 to 17 September at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Salesforce launched AIforce and Koa, its first CRM reasoning model. For revenue teams, though, the message was simpler. AI can recommend a price. Something deterministic has to decide...
Agent identity decides who may act. Only a written rule decides the price, the margin, and the term your business commits to. Executive summary Today your deal desk decides what a non-standard price may be. Soon a quoting agent will decide it too, and far faster....
In a working session last week on why generic AI keeps failing at pricing precision, I landed on four words. In a working session last week on why generic AI keeps failing at pricing precision, I landed on four words: AI depreciates, context appreciates. I posted them...
Executive summary Hybrid pricing won the argument. In the twelve months to May 2026, the share of B2B software companies running a hybrid model went from 25% to 37%, per Growth Unhinged’s survey of 230+ practitioners, and Benchmarkit’s 2026 metrics put...
