Pricing Agentic AI When Nothing's Predictable

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Apr 12, 2026 · 26m

Building agentic AI systems for clients creates a novel consulting problem: how do you scope and price projects when the system itself is non-deterministic? With Gartner predicting nearly half of all agentic AI projects will be scrapped by end of next year, getting this right matters. This episode explores the emerging frameworks consultants are using—discovery sprints, phased delivery structures, Minimum Viable Agents, and human-in-the-loop design as a scope tool—to protect projects from runaway complexity, budget black holes, and the "agentic tar pit" where agents generate unmaintainable…