Editorial illustration showing software evolving from fixed-cost digital assets into metered intelligence infrastructure. A monolithic software architecture transforms into dynamic intelligence networks representing the shift from traditional software economics to variable-cost AI systems.

The End of Cheap Software: When Engineering Becomes a Variable-Cost Business

Artificial intelligence is changing software economics. As reasoning becomes a metered resource, software is shifting from a fixed-cost asset to a continuously funded intelligence infrastructure. This in-depth analysis explores AI-native software, agentic systems, intelligence liabilities, AI FinOps, and the future economics of software.

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