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Revenue Strategies for AI API Services

Strategy: "The Open-Source Trojan Horse" with a Hard Paywall on Production Scale

Do not sell APIs. Sell speed-to-market by giving away the core functionality for free, then charging exclusively for the infrastructure that makes it viable for enterprise production.

The Specific Execution Plan:

  1. Select the Top 3 "Trojan Horse" APIs:
    Identify the 3 most universally needed M2M services from your 93 (e.g., Device Authentication, Telemetry Ingestion, or Command & Control). These must be high-volume, low-complexity entry points.

  2. Open-Source the SDKs & Self-Hosted Core:

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