Mireille Okonkwo

Frame credit limits around value consumed, not access denied.

Credits compound referral growth when rewards match how users already measure AI capacity.

Structure AI pilots with clear success metrics and billing terms to convert trials into sales.

Mixing sandbox and production credits destroys margins and user behavior simultaneously.

Most credit exhaustion churn stems from poor product design, not running out of credits.

A policy enforcement gateway checks balances and gates requests before inference costs spiral.

Flat credit rates misprice requests across different model types and feature costs.

How to design event schemas that survive late arrivals and billing errors.

Fine-tuned models need a new pricing architecture beyond tokens.

CFOs need plain language, not token specs, to justify AI credit spending in budget reviews.

Aligning what features cost to run with what customers will pay for them.

How to set credit rates that protect margins without looking like pure cost passthrough.

Stable credit definitions matter more than discount depth in AI pricing.

AI's variable costs forced SaaS to layer credits over usage tracking.