W7203643754 Working papers AI × management and organizations

AI Tokenomics: Pricing and Application Discovery in Foundation-Model Markets

Lin William Cong

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.7296699 · ssrn:7296699

ssrn abstract page · 2026-08-17

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The theoretical abstract jointly analyzes foundation-model providers' token menus, limits to price discrimination, application discovery, and market organization, connecting those mechanisms to platform design, enterprise procurement, and providers' ability to recover discovery investment under competition.

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Scope: foundation-model pricing, enterprise procurement, platform design, and market organization

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