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How to Stop AI Free Trial Abuse Before It Costs You Revenue

calendar_today July 22, 2026 person Steve Keifer domain ordway

Free trials drive conversions, but for AI companies, they also drive compute costs—whether or not the user ever pays. When bad actors create fake accounts to farm GPU resources, the economics flip: your free trial becomes their free infrastructure. The post How to Stop AI Free Trial Abuse Before It Costs You Revenue appeared first on Ordway .

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