AI RESEARCH
Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Model for Generative AI Platforms
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2603.20533v1 Announce Type: cross Generative AI platforms (Google AI Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic) provide infrastructures (APIs, models) that are transforming the application development ecosystem. Recent literature distinguishes three generations of business models: a first generation modeled on cloud computing (pay-per-use), a second characterized by diversification (freemium, subscriptions), and a third, emerging generation exploring multi-layer market architectures with revenue-sharing mechanisms.