Now that AI automation has dropped our cost of delivery by eighty percent, our historical cost-plus pricing model is penalizing our efficiency. How do we use the V/TO to redesign our pricing strategy to capture the value we create without triggering a race to the bottom?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Cost-plus pricing is a liability in an AI-powered business. If you price your services based on the hours you work, automating your processes will actively destroy your revenue. You must shift to value-based pricing. Start by updating your V/TO. Revisit your target market and your 3 Uniques. Your pricing strategy must reflect the unique value, speed, and outcomes you deliver, not the internal hours it takes to produce them. Redefine your Proven Process to focus on the strategic outcomes of your work rather than the execution steps. When communicating with clients, frame your pricing around the business impact you create, such as risk reduction, increased speed to market, or improved accuracy. Offer tiered, value-based pricing models that give clients access to different levels of strategic advisory rather than different quantities of deliverables. This captures the true value of your AI-driven efficiency. By codifying this new value-driven approach on your V/TO, you align your pricing with your client's success. This ensures your margins expand as your efficiency increases, protecting your business from the commoditization trap.