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Brad Gardner

Brad Gardner

Founder and CTO of Seven Hills Technology, a Cincinnati-based software consultancy focused on custom web, mobile, and AI solutions.

Jul 29, 2026

11:45
But I mean, what is the future of that pass through? Do you think if it just continues to climb and it is 10 to 20 to 30 times in the next year or two?
11:56
Yeah, the pricing is a moving target.
11:57
So with the rapid efficiency gain for people who are confident with AI, it changes our pricing model where we're looking at either higher time and materials rates or pushing more towards fixed bid and retainer models.
12:12
And that's one thing and that's one way to kind of like help push that cost through a little bit because there's a cost for us to use the AI, but...
12:20
On a lot of projects, it's so far because it's so heavily subsidized, it's been relatively immaterial.
12:24
But as that picture changes, it's just going to be a moving target where I think there's a lot of pressure for them to stop subsidizing as much.
12:35
But also, if they do that, it threatens their business model because people are using the token counts that they are because it's subsidized.

7 MINS LATER

19:32
yeah i don't even give people examples i just gave you help too i don't even

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