The Copilot Credit Trap- Why Your AI Economy is Already Broken - M365.FM

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For decades, enterprise software followed a predictable financial model. Organizations purchased licenses, assigned them to users, and budgeted annual IT spending with confidence. AI changes that completely. Modern AI platforms are no longer sold purely as software - they're becoming consumption-based services where autonomous agents perform work on your behalf. Every action, every reasoning cycle, every orchestration task, and every AI workflow consumes credits instead of simply using a fixed license. This episode explains why Copilot Credits fundamentally change enterprise budgeting, why governance becomes more important than licensing, and how organizations must rethink identity, permissions, auditing, FinOps, and AI compliance before autonomous agents become part of everyday business operations. FROM SOFTWARE LICENSES TO AI ECONOMICS Traditional enterprise software was easy to budget. Organizations counted employees, purchased licenses, and forecasted annual costs with relatively little uncertainty. AI introduces a completely different financial model. Instead of paying only for access, organizations increasingly pay for work performed.