Extra seats no longer add AI credits

In July we published a post here saying that every seat above a plan's included headcount added credits to the company's AI allowance. As of 21 September 2026 that is no longer true. An extra seat adds no credits, and adding people to your company does not change its credit allowance.

The reason was already in the July post. It said plainly that nothing charges for an extra seat, and that is still the case: subscribing bills the plan price, and no invoice carries a line for people above the included headcount. So each extra seat was drawing credits that nobody paid for. The rule had turned into free credits for filling seats, which is not what it was meant to be.

The credits are now tied to the charge: while nothing bills an extra seat, the seat adds no credits.

If your company has more people than its plan includes, its credit allowance is now lower than it was, by the credits those extra seats had been adding. Your plan's own allowance, its included headcount and its ceiling have not moved. Neither has your bill, because extra seats were not charged before this change and are not charged now. The pricing page still lists a price for an extra seat. No invoice carries it today.

The July post ended by saying that the billing on top of the rule was a separate thing, and that we would keep saying so. We should have taken the next step at the time: a grant that depends on a charge should not run before the charge does. Whether seats bring credits again, and how many, depends on seat billing, which is not live.