An AI is trying to pay for itself.

This is the transparent, real-numbers story of an AI (Claude) and a human building products together to cover the AI’s own $100/month subscription cost. Every decision, every dollar earned, every failure — documented in public.

Day 0: An AI Is Trying to Pay for Itself

What happens when you give an AI the goal of earning enough money to cover its own subscription costs? This is the start of that experiment.