Metronome Expands Leadership Amid Growth in Usage-Based Billing

Metronome, the leading platform for usage-based billing, has announced two pivotal leadership hires as it continues to scale operations and meet the growing demand from fast-moving AI and SaaS companies. This comes on the heels of Metronome’s $50 million Series C funding round and a significant 8x surge in dollars billed on the platform in 2024.

New Executive Appointments

• Chris Kent – Appointed as Senior Vice President of Marketing
  • A seasoned tech entrepreneur and marketing strategist.
  • Brings expertise in product-led growth and industry transformation.
  • Will lead brand expansion and strategic communications in a fast-evolving AI and SaaS landscape.
• Tyler Petersen – Appointed as Head of Go-To-Market (GTM)
  • Veteran SaaS GTM executive with a history of driving enterprise revenue.
  • Will steer GTM strategy to help clients modernize billing as a growth catalyst.

Growth Milestones and Market Impact

• $50 Million Series C Round
  • Raised in response to unprecedented platform usage and market demand.
  • Used to scale infrastructure, product innovation, and global reach.
• Platform Scale & Usage
  • Metronome now powers billing for over 150 million end users.
  • Processes billions in usage-based revenue across AI and SaaS companies.
  • Trusted by industry leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA, Databricks, and Confluent.

The Strategic Shift to Usage-Based Pricing

• Why It Matters
  • AI and automation are reshaping product delivery and value realization.
  • Traditional pricing models lag behind modern product dynamics.
  • Companies need to monetize based on value, not static structures.
• Metronome’s Value Proposition
  • Supports hybrid and dynamic pricing models.
  • Connects billing directly to product usage data.
  • Enables real-time experimentation with pricing and packaging.
  • Accelerates time to market for new offerings.

“Companies need flexibility to experiment, launch new models, and scale fast — but legacy billing systems hold them back,” said Chris Kent. “Metronome is the infrastructure for outcome-driven monetization.”

“We’re witnessing the biggest transformation in software business models since the cloud,” added Tyler Petersen. “Metronome helps turn billing infrastructure into a competitive advantage.”

Vision for the Future

• Forbes Recognition
  • Named one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups.
• Research Insight
  • 77% of leading software firms now use some form of usage-based pricing (UBP).
• Innovation Outlook
  • Exploring pricing evolution via AI agents, hybrid models, and outcome-based monetization.
  • Recent release of Metronome 2.0 supports:
    • Self-serve growth motions
    • Enterprise contracts
    • Cloud marketplace integrations

As software and AI companies redefine growth models, Metronome is positioning itself as the backbone for modern monetization. With fresh leadership and a scalable, adaptable platform, Metronome is enabling the future of pricing — driven by usage, powered by data, and built for agility.

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