Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center

Stripe released a preview feature that helps AI startups automatically bill their customers for AI model usage (tokens, which are units of text that AI models process) and add a profit margin on top of the underlying costs. For example, a startup can charge customers 30% more than what it pays to access models from providers like OpenAI or Google, with Stripe automating the tracking and billing process across multiple AI models and third-party gateways.