Alistair Barr

2 days ago | businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

AI companies want everyone to use AI. In fact, they often warn that if you don't AI, you'll get left behind, a penniless luddite that no one will hire. There may be only one area of modern life where the technorati might think it's bad to use AI. That's when you apply for a job at their company. That's the situation at Anthropic, one of the leading AI labs run by a slew of early OpenAI researchers and executives. Anthropic is hiring a lot right now.

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Grace Lett |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. Happy Mother's Day to anyone celebrating today. I'm Alistair Barr. I'm subbing in this week to get some practice ahead of Tech Memo, a BI newsletter launching very soon. It's a weekly inside look at Big Tech — what you need to know, what it's like to work in Silicon Valley, and how to get ahead.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Brendan McDermid/REUTERS 2025-05-06T17:48:41Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Amazon is developing a new AI coding tool, internally codenamed Kiro.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Ashley Stewart |Henry Blodget

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Max Cherney/REUTERS 2025-05-06T09:00:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Microsoft has a new, two-year rehire ban on employees who are ousted due to performance issues.

1 week ago | businessinsider.jp | Alistair Barr

ソフトウェア会社は通常、「シート（seats）」またはユーザー数に基づいて課金する AIによってコンピューティングコストと変動性が増加すると、従来の価格戦略は苦戦するかもしれない 「使用量ベース」の新しい価格設定は、顧客とのより良い整合性を持ち得るが、欠点もある ソフトウェア・アズ・ア・サービス（SaaS）のビジネスモデルを静かな革命が再形成している。SaaS業界は、月額の「シートごと（ユーザー数）」のライセンスから、使用量ベースの、使った分だけ支払う価格設定に移行しつつある。 その原動力は何でしょうか？ それはAIであり、特に、計算的に集約されていて、運用が高コストな、新しい種類の「推論モデル」によるものだ。 これは単なる価格設定の実験ではない。それは、AIによって動くソフトウェアサービスを運用するコストに適応する中で、一部の企業にとっては、経済的に必要不可欠になるかもしれない。 この記事で言及している主な企業：ServiceNow、OpenAI、AlixPartners、Bolt.new、Vercel、Replit、Braze、Monday.com 「高コストな推論」の台頭...