Model gross margin
Whether AI revenue actually funds growth - make-or-break for AI-native.
- Formula
- (AI revenue - inference COGS) / AI revenue
- Unit
- %
- Models
- SaaS, Usage-based
Benchmark
As of 2025
| ALL | AI-era analog of compute-heavy gross margin. No public band yet (Warmode territory); early AI-native cos often run well below the 70-85% SaaS norm and burn hard (ICONIQ: sub-$100M AI-native median FCF margin ~-126%). Watch trajectory toward SaaS-like margins. | ICONIQ 2025 (context) |
Omega Point BenchmarksGlobal / Financial