Back AI projects, then watch the money get used.
On a typical crowdfunding site, your pledge turns into cash in the creator's bank account, and after that all you can do is hope. On Slopstarter it turns into spend-capped OpenAI and Anthropic keys, and every project shows how much has been used, and on which models, as reported by the providers themselves.
A peek at a funded campaignLorem Ipsum Labs: an AI that finally explains what “lorem ipsum” means
Backed by 10 people · ≈ 64M tokens raised
≈ 2.5Mtokens already used on AI
$50 worth, at typical prices
Spending is reported by Anthropic and OpenAI — not the creator · updated 3 minutes ago
See where every dollar wentWhat's different from cash crowdfunding
What the creator receives
Typical crowdfunding: Cash, paid into their bank account.
slopstarter: Spend-capped OpenAI or Anthropic keys. Credit can't be withdrawn as cash.
Seeing how it's spent
Typical crowdfunding: Only what the creator chooses to say in updates.
slopstarter: Every key, its cap, and its usage by model — reported by the AI providers and shown on the project page.
If the money isn't used for the project
Typical crowdfunding: Up to the creator; there's no record to check against.
slopstarter: Credit can only leave the creator's wallet through keys listed on that project, so unused credit stays visible.
Who decides where pooled money goes
Typical crowdfunding: Whoever set up the campaign.
slopstarter: In a fund, contributors vote on which developer's proposal gets the credit.
If the goal isn't reached
Typical crowdfunding: Nobody is charged.
slopstarter: Nobody is charged, same as anywhere.
How the money moves
- 1
You pledge
Your card is authorized, not charged. If the campaign misses its goal, the hold is released.
- 2
The goal is met
Pledges are charged. Slopstarter takes its fee once, here — 5% — and the rest becomes AI credit in the creator's wallet, earmarked for this project.
- 3
The creator issues keys
They turn the credit into spend-capped OpenAI or Anthropic keys. Each key is listed on the project page with its label and cap.
- 4
The providers report usage
We sync usage from OpenAI and Anthropic — cost, tokens, and models — and chart it on the project's Spending tab. Keys stop working when their cap is spent.
So far, creators have received $2,289.50 of credit through Slopstarter, issued 3 keys from it, and used $0.00 on AI. Every one of those keys is listed on its project's page.
What we can't promise
Transparency only helps if it's honest about where it stops.
- We can't guarantee a project ships. We show you how the credit is used, which is more than a bank statement, but not a promise of results.
- We see how much each key used and on which models, not the prompts. What a creator sends to the model is between them and the provider.
- Credit that's issued but unused sits on a key until it's spent or the creator revokes it; revoked credit returns to their wallet and shows up as "not issued" again.
Fund something you can check on.
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