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InferMargin — Research Questionnaire

~15-20 minutes
I'm conducting independent research on how AI-native founders currently measure their inference economics (LLM COGS / Revenue ratio) and benchmark themselves against peers.
Your answers help me build a confidential benchmark network — the missing layer between your observability tools (Helicone, Langfuse), your finance stack (Stripe, Maxio), and your investors.
In exchange for your time, you'll receive:
1. A personalized mini-report based on your answers 2. The aggregated report from 20+ AI-native founders once complete (anonymized, percentiles only)
3. Early access to the InferMargin private beta
All answers are confidential. No company-level data will ever be published.
— Fouad, Founder of InferMargin
SECTION A — Product context

What does your AI product do? (1 sentence)

Current MRR/ARR range

Primary AI use case

A
B
C
D
E
F

If Other, please specify:

SECTION B — Current AI costs

Approximate monthly LLM API spend

Which LLM providers do you use? (approximate % split optional in text below)

Optional: approximate % split per provider

Can you currently attribute LLM costs to specific products or use cases?

A
B
C

If yes or partially, how do you do it today?

Approximate LLM spend as % of monthly revenue

SECTION C — Pain

How do you currently know if your AI infrastructure costs are "normal" compared to peers? (Free text — be candid)

What metric does your board or investors ask for regarding AI economics? (Free text)

Have you ever made a decision (model swap, pricing change, architecture change) based purely on cost guesswork because you had no comparison data?

A
B

If yes, briefly describe.

SECTION D — Solution fit

If you had a private benchmark showing your inference cost vs similar companies, what specifically would you do with it? (Free text)

Which data sharing modes would you find acceptable?

Would you pay for a tool like this?

A
B
C
D
E

How comfortable would you be generating a read-only Admin API key for this kind of tool? (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very comfortable)

A
B
C
D
E

Are you open to a 25-min follow-up call to discuss your situation?

A
B
C

Your name

Your work email

Your company name