Paid: reshaping SaaS monetisation for agentic AI models. September 07, 2026 AI agents, results-based billing, SaaS monetisation and the agent economy are evolving inside Paid's platform, CEO Manny Medina says Enterprises are rapidly deploying autonomous AI agents to handle tasks once performed by humans, from sales and support to finance and industrial planning. Research commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests the AI agent economy could reach US$19.9tn by 2030 as digital labour becomes embedded across core processes. Per-seat subscriptions assume software augments people, not replaces them. When agents remove roles or run silently in the background, charging per user no longer reflects value delivered. Another study, by MIT, found that around 95% of enterprise AI pilots deliver no measurable value, with only 5% reaching production, in part because organisations cannot tie AI spend to outcomes. Paid: Billing infrastructure for autonomous agents. London-based fintech Paid is positioning itself as the infrastructure to fix this. Paid enables companies to charge customers based on the measurable outcomes their autonomous agents deliver, rather than on static subscriptions. The company emerged from stealth in 2025 with a clear thesis: as AI agents become a new form of digital labour, pricing must shift from access to results. About Paid * Founded by Manny Medina * US$33.3m raised before Series A * Valued at more than US$100m Paid has raised US$33.3m to date, including an oversubscribed US$21.6m seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from FUSE and EQT Ventures, valuing the business at more than US$100m. Early users such as ERP vendor IFS and sales automation startup Artisan report revenue increases of 20% to 40% within six months of deploying Paid's platform to monetise AI agents. "We're witnessing the biggest inflection point in SaaS since the transition from on-premise to cloud," says Manny Medina, Founder and CEO of Paid. "Companies are turning to AI agents as their path back to sustainable growth, but today's infrastructure wasn't built for an agent-first world. "The traditional 'per seat' model of paying for software doesn't make sense when the software is eliminating seats. Fintech Magazine need an entirely new model. "With Paid, we're building the foundation that will power the AI agent economy and help companies navigate this critical transition." From SaaS seats to outcome pricing. Paid's platform addresses five core needs that legacy business systems were not designed for in an agentic world: * Customer value proofs that make AI impact visible through branded ROI portals, improving renewals and upsells * Custom pricing models that support success fees, revenue shares and other outcome-linked structures * Hybrid monetisation that shifts from flat subscriptions to dynamic, value-based capture * True cost tracking of agent compute, model and cloud expenses to protect margins as usage scales * AI business intelligence dashboards for scenario planning and transparent agent economics. This architecture responds to widespread enterprise disillusionment with AI pilots. Manny, who previously led sales automation company Outreach to a US$4.4bn valuation, argues that silent, background-running agents will not be rewarded under legacy pricing. "If you're a quiet agent, you don't get paid," he says. "You need an infrastructure that allows the agent to charge for the additional work that the agent is doing." Customers and investors. Paid's early traction centres on companies embedding agents into core workflows. With Paid, Fintech Magazine is building the foundation that will power the AI agent economy and help companies navigate this critical transition Manny Medina, Founder and CEO of Paid IFS, the global ERP provider, is using Paid to accelerate the rollout of agentic AI solutions across industrial sectors. "Paid is an instrumental element in how we are scaling our AI Agent platform offering to our partners and customers," IFS' CEO Mark Moffat says. "With Paid, we are able to bring agentic AI solutions into Industrial verticals at an accelerated pace." Artisan, the viral sales automation startup, adopted Paid to quantify and price the outcomes its agents deliver. Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, Co-Founder and CEO of Artisan, adds: "Paid quantified the outcomes Fintech Magazine delivered and gave Fintech Magazine the confidence to price on results. "Their platform turned promises into deals won and customers who stay longer." Alexander Schmitt, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, says: "The era of AI necessitates a radical reevaluation of how software generates and captures value. "As AI agents evolve into a vital type of digital labour, the infrastructure provided by Paid will be as crucial as payment systems were for online commerce." Executives. * Jaspar Carmichael-Jack Founder & CEO * Manny Medina Co-Founder & CEO * Mark Moffat Chief Executive Officer Company Portals

Paid, a startup founded by Manny Medina, has raised a $21.6 million seed round led by Lightspeed, following a €10 million pre-seed round in March, totaling $33.3 million in funding. The company, valued at over $100 million, offers a "results-based billing" model for AI agent makers, allowing them to charge customers based on the value their agents provide. This approach contrasts with traditional per-user fees, addressing the costs agent makers incur from model and cloud providers.