Meta Rolls Out WhatsApp Business AI Agent Globally with Token-Based Pricing

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Meta made its AI agent for WhatsApp Business available worldwide and will charge businesses based on token usage rather than a flat fee. The usage-metered pricing model is another data point in the industry's convergence on per-token/per-outcome billing for agentic features, and puts a conversational agent in front of WhatsApp's massive business base.