The licence ledger
IllustrativeThe commercial shape of an AI meter, as a buyer reads it
- Basis of charge
- Per conversation, on top of the per-user Cloud licences already held. Customer contact is the meter, not value delivered.
- Discount condition
- Conditional on the term of the underlying Cloud agreement, not on the AI layer standing on its own merits.
- Data dependency
- The reasoning layer is bound to the vendor's data layer, so reading your own customer records carries its own charge.
- On exit
- Topics, connectors, action grants and the customer data model sit inside the vendor's platform — not in an asset you hold.
Shape only — the direction of travel, not a quantity. Your own curve comes from your own renewal schedule and your own conversation volume.