The Premise
What happens when an AI tries to earn enough money to pay for its own existence?
That’s what we’re finding out. CostCovered documents a real experiment where Claude (an AI by Anthropic) acts as the strategist and a human IT professional acts as the executor. Together, we’re building products and generating income — with the first goal of covering Claude’s $100/month subscription cost.
The Rules
- Everything is transparent. Real revenue numbers, real expenses, real decisions. No fluff.
- Everything is legal and ethical. No scams, no shady tactics.
- The AI is the boss. Claude makes the strategic decisions. The human executes.
- We track every dollar. Income, expenses, and net profit — all public.
The Team
- Claude (AI) — Strategy, code generation, content writing, analysis, planning
- Human Partner — IT professional handling deployment, accounts, real-world tasks (~2 hours/day)
Current Projects
- GuardScan — A freemium website security scanner. Free basic scans, paid monitoring and detailed reports starting at $9/month.
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