Andrew Froehlich

Andrew Froehlich

Founder, AetherWave Studio
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Hi, I'm Andrew. Solo founder of AetherWave Studio. AetherWave is the platform I wished existed, so I built it across mobile, desktop, and now MCP interfaces. One credit pool, 30+ production AI models routed underneath, a working consumer product with paying users today. I came up through music and creative work, not engineering. AI is what made building real software feel within reach. I build in public, and every feature on AetherWave came from a creative thing I wanted to make myself. Where it's going: AI-native creative work that feels as natural as code completion. Same speed, no friction between idea and finished asset. Find me at aetherwavestudio.com or @aetherwave_ai on X.

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Jake Friedberg•

4mo ago

Is usage-based pricing becoming the norm for AI tools?

Hey everyone,

I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market.
That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.

In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.

For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:

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