• Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe introduces a new revenue model, allowing creators to set a per-message price for their bots.
  • This follows a revenue-sharing program launched in October 2023, giving bot creators a cut of earnings from Poe’s premium product subscriptions.
  • Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo aims to support a thriving ecosystem of bot creators by covering operational costs through the new pricing mechanism, potentially spurring the development of various types of bots such as tutoring, knowledge, assistants, analysis, storytelling, and image generation.

On Monday, Quora introduced a revenue model that allows creators to set a per-message price for their bots so they can make money whenever a user messages them.

Poe introduces a price-per-massage revenue model for AI bot creators

Previously in February 2023, Quora launched a feature offering users the ability to sample a variety of AI chatbots, including those from ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. The idea is to give consumers an easy way to toy with new AI technologies all in place.

Now the company is connecting AI with the bot creator economy. On Monday, Quora introduced a revenue model in Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform, allowing bot creators to set a per-message price for their bots so they can earn whenever a user massages them. It’s a new way for bot creators to make money, and it’s a new twist on the creator economy by rewarding AI enthusiasts who generate “prompt bots”.

Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo explained on Monday that Poe users will only see message points for each bot, which encompasses the same points they have as either a free user or Poe subscriber. However, creators will be paid in dollars, he said.

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The revenue model will prompt the bot creation

“This pricing mechanism is important for developers with substantial model inference or API costs,” D’Angelo noted in a post on X. “Our goal is to enable a thriving ecosystem of model developers and bot creators who build on top of models, and cover these operational costs is a key part of that,” he added.

According to D’Angelo, the new revenue model could spur the development of new kinds of bots, including in areas like tutoring, knowledge, assistants, analysis, storytelling, and image generation.

The offering is currently available to U.S. bot creators only but will expand globally. It joins the creator monetization program that pays up to $20 per user who subscribes to Poe thanks to a creator’s bots.