# Business Model and Go-To-Market
## Motion: Land → Prove → Expand
High-touch enterprise, **not** self-serve. The sequence:
`Discovery → technical workshop → data review → narrow paid pilot → ROI report → expansion → multi-year contract`
Beachhead is **tier-1 LNG operators**, starting in **Qatar**, then the broader **GCC**. Land on 1–3 assets, prove lead-time on a paid pilot, expand to the train and then the fleet. See [[Selling AI MOC]] and [[Renacore/Pilot Structure and KPIs]].
## Pricing (inconsistent across documents — diligence flag)
| Source | Figure |
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| Company Overview | "multi-million ARR per train" |
| Traction summary | "~USD $500k ARR per LNG train" |
| Pitch deck | "$3–9M ARR per customer" |
| BMC recommendation | pilots **$25k–$250k+**; first offer **$50k–150k** paid pilot over 3–6 months |
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The spread between a $500k and a multi-million per-train figure is large and unreconciled. The BMC's modest pilot pricing is the most grounded number; the ARR headlines are aspirational. Pressure-test in diligence. See [[Industrial AI Unit Economics]].
## Defensibility
Renacore's durability rests on three of the [[7 Powers]]: switching costs (embedded in OT + workflows once trusted), counter-positioning vs. legacy reactive incumbents, and process power (physics-first quality). The relationship moat is real but not a Power on its own. See [[Defensibility Principles MOC]] and [[AI era Defensibility]].
## Related
- [[Renacore MOC]]
- [[Renacore/Traction and Pipeline]]
- [[Renacore/Buying Committee and Personas]]
- [[The Age of Vertical Models]]
- [[AI Eats Services Not Software]]