Charge customers per AI query for your self-hosted language model

Lets customers pay per question when they query your private AI model, with payment collected automatically.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itAn outside serviceOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
API & Webhook Integration
Connects
Ollama1Shot API

The problem it solves

You have built or trained a private AI model but have no simple way to charge for access to it. Traditional payment processors are not built for tiny, per-use charges, so billing for individual AI queries usually means expensive custom work.

Who it fits

Businesses or developers hosting their own proprietary AI model who want to sell access on a pay-per-use basis.

How it works

  1. A customer sends a query to your AI model through a web endpoint
  2. The system checks that payment has been made for that request
  3. If payment clears, the query is forwarded to your private AI model
  4. The model's answer is returned to the customer
  5. Payment is collected automatically in digital currency, with no manual invoicing
What you get

Payments collected per AI question asked

Customers can pay per question when they use your private AI model, with payment collected automatically and no invoicing needed.

What you get

Per-query access to your private AI model with payment collected automatically before each answer is returned.

What you need

A self-hosted Ollama server, a 1Shot API business account, and a digital wallet to receive stablecoin payments.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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