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Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Pricing Shift Signals a New Phase for Enterprise AI
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore Microsoft's shift to usage-based Copilot Cowork pricing and what it reveals about the changing economics of enterprise AI.
Highlights
00:10 — Microsoft is moving Copilot Cowork from a fixed-price subscription model to usage-based pricing, and this is really reflecting the fact that heavy users are racking up massive compute costs compared to others.
00:55 — More and more, the focus is shifting to how organizations can scale those (AI) capabilities in a way that's financially stable, but beyond that, Microsoft has also said that it's considering a…
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