TLDR Product Management 2026-05-08

Monetizing AI is tricky. Monetizing agents? Somehow, even trickier. In this Metronome webinar, SaaS pricing expert Kyle Poyar and CEO Scott Woody will explain:

• Why the agentic buyer requires a shift from monthly recurring revenue to real-time value exchange
• Lessons from companies like Clay, Figma, and PostHog on evolving monetization for the AI era
• How the key to scaling fast is platform-level monetization that accounts for agentic usage patterns

The event runs at 1 PM Eastern on May 14. Save your seat

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