Introducing micropay.ai 🚀
micropay.ai is an app which micropaymentizes generative AI software.
You pay-as-you-go instead of committing to bulk credits in advance or paying for monthly subscriptions.
We built this site due to a personal problem we faced when we got access to OpenAI's Dalle-2 text-to-image model earlier this year.
Pitch 📣
Watch our pitch video👇
https://www.loom.com/share/e276bbdc88f84997a93450a8633e64c3
Problem❓
OpenAI, the creators of the Dalle-2 AI model, charge $15 for 115 generation credits. We didn’t want to pay that since we weren’t going to use all of it.
Solution ✅
Allow users to pay-as-you-go whenever they need generative AI. Payments are accepted in Bitcoin over the Lightning Network ⚡.
Features ✨
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Generate 4 AI images using the Dalle-2 text-to-image AI model for 1000 sats each
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Generate 1 AI image using the Stable Diffusion text-to-image AI model (3 times for free)
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Easy UX for a brand new user who is not familiar with the lightning network ecosystem
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Magic wand button to autofill prompts
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Option to bulk purchase generations in advance with a discounted pricing model using LSAT technology
Roadmap 🚘
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Short-term: Build out several small products using different AI models to test the market including
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GPT-3
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Stable Diffusion
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MidJourney
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Image background remover AI
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4K Image upscaler AI
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AI Image captioning tool
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Long-term: Explore future generative AI tools as well as micropayment use-cases in other industry verticals
Team 👨💻
Dillion: 24 years old. Engineering. Previously at Shopify, NVIDIA and Splunk in Silicon Valley. Also worked with Atomic Finance, a seed stage startup developing bitcoin-native smart contracts (DLC Contracts) to generate yield on bitcoin with zero custodial risk.
Haseab: 24 years old. Product. President of multimillion dollar co-operative leading strategic management for 3 years, and STEM educator for 6 years.
Tech Stack 🛠
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Frontend: NextJS, React, TypeScript
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Backend: express, TypeScript
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Node: LND node (Voltage)
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Lightning technology: LSATs, webLN
Try it out 🔗
#BuildInPublic 🏷️
Here are some of our #buildinpublic posts: