The 6th Pillar: AI Economics for Software Operators

Learn how to classify AI COGS, measure AI unit economics, protect gross margin, and build a board-ready AI economics dashboard.

The Training

AI is changing SaaS gross margins, pricing models, COGS, and board reporting. This course gives SaaS founders, CFOs, finance leaders, operators, and investors a practical framework to measure AI like a business model — not just a product feature.

What’s Included

Your enrollment includes:

• 6 practical lessons on AI finance and metrics
• AI COGS classification framework
• AI unit economics metrics
• AI pricing model framework
• Board-ready AI dashboard framework
• Templates and worksheets to apply the concepts
• Practical examples for SaaS finance teams, founders, and operators

Course Outcomes

By the end of the course, you’ll understand how to:

• Identify where AI costs are hiding in your P&L
• Separate AI COGS from OpEx
• Calculate AI COGS ratio, inference expense ratio, and AI gross margin
• Spot customers, cohorts, or features that may be destroying margin
• Evaluate subscription, usage, and hybrid AI pricing models
• Build a one-page AI economics dashboard for your board or executive team

Taught by Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO

Ben helps SaaS founders, CFOs, and finance teams understand SaaS metrics, gross margin, pricing, and board reporting through The SaaS CFO, The SaaS Academy, SaaS Metrics Foundation, and SaaS Metrics School.

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