Chat by George Pu
My team was using Claude. $500/mo bill.
Zero visibility into:
- • Who was using it
- • What they were asking
- • How much it actually cost
I built Chat to know what was happening.
Actual cost: $47/mo. I was paying $453/mo for nothing.
Now it's yours. Free (bring your own API key) or cost+20%.
Team Usage Dashboard
$47
This month
847
Messages
4
Team members
Usage by team member
George
312 messages
$17.20
Sarah
245 messages
$13.50
Mike
198 messages
$10.90
Alex
92 messages
$5.40
The Honest Model
Everyone's building AI wrapper companies. I'm not.
I'm not doing that.
20% markup covers infrastructure and payment processing.
Want zero markup? Bring your own key.
This is honest pricing.
How It Works
Option 1: Bring Your Own API Key
Most control
- •Use your Anthropic/OpenAI key
- •You pay API costs directly
- •Chat is free
- •Full control
Zero markup. Ever.
Option 2: Buy Credits
Most convenient
- •We handle API billing
- •20% markup (vs 300% elsewhere)
- •Convenience fee, not profit center
- •Still transparent
Honest pricing. Always.
Either way: Full visibility into usage, costs, and who's asking what.
Your Data Is Safe
I use this every day for my own business. Your data is as protected as mine.
Never Sold
Your data is never sold, shared, or used for training. Ever.
Canadian Infrastructure
Hosted on SimpleDirect's sovereign Canadian infrastructure. Your data never leaves the country.
Encrypted
All data encrypted in transit and at rest. Industry standard.
I run my business on this. My data sits next to yours.
If I don't trust it, I don't ship it.
Open Source R&D
Chat is how we prove AI can be transparent and affordable. Built for ourselves, now being open-sourced for everyone.
Every tool in the SimpleDirect catalog is being open-sourced. Use it, fork it, run it on your own infrastructure. That's the point.
Join the Waitlist
We're in invite-only beta testing right now. The public version will be available very soon. Join the waitlist and we'll personally reach out to invite you.
Two options when we launch:
BYOK
Bring your own API key. Zero markup. Free forever.
Credits
Buy credits at cost+20%. We handle billing.
Coming Soon
Public launch is weeks away
Personal Invite
We'll reach out directly
Full Visibility
See every message & cost
Like How I Think?
I refuse to rent AI access at $20/user/mo.
I refuse zero visibility into team usage.
I refuse accepting rent-seeking as normal.
I write about sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and building companies designed to last.