最新报道:Manny Medina's AI billing startup Paid raised a $21.6 million seed round led by Lightspeed, bringing total funding to $33.3 million with a valuation exceeding $100 million. The London-based company enables AI agent makers to charge customers based on performance metrics rather than traditional per-user fees, addressing the industry challenge where 95% of AI projects fail to demonstrate value. Paid's "results-based billing" platform helps providers monetize efficiency gains, with early customers including Artisan and IFS. Lightspeed's Alexander Schmitt noted the firm has invested $2.5 billion in AI infrastructure and believes Paid's value-tracking approach is unique in solving the core problem of quantifying agent contributions.