# We're Not Building AI Features for the Money

DevFeed: [We're Not Building AI Features for the Money](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-re-not-building-ai-features-for-the-money-13520.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/not-building-ai-for-the-money>)

Author: Conrad Irwin

Published: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-coding.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-coding.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/billing.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pricing.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>)

## AI overview

Zed explains why it is investing in AI features despite concerns that the focus is driven mainly by revenue. The company describes token-based billing with a 10% markup, plans for Zed for Business, and a long-term collaborative workspace for humans and AI agents. The author also discusses using LLMs as development assistants while manually reviewing and editing generated code.

## Source excerpt

Why Zed invests in AI, and the future we're building toward.