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Wrap image / video / audio model credits and sell them to Claude Code / Codex users: a skill plus top-up credits, top-ups from $10
Open Trackable · middleman in the AI coding assistant ecosystem First seen 2026-11-01 · Last updated 2026-11-02
- Status
- Open (the leaders are still growing but the rate is slowing; Hypit's daily revenue has already dropped by 30%).
- Why now, and how long the window lasts
- Image and video models passed the quality bar 2026 year, and they are priced per use, so middlemen can mark up the difference. People using Claude Code were already paying $20–200 a month, so topping up $10 on top is no hurdle. Agent Skills and MCP make 'install one skill' the lowest-friction purchase. CreativeClaw's 8→September ×17.7 jump is not explained in the source library (inference: it got into some skill distribution channel). The window is measured in months: if model vendors cut prices, or Anthropic or OpenAI build media generation themselves, the markup disappears.
- Confidence
- Medium. Revenue is calculated by payment platforms, but Talent Tech Global and APIPod report MRR of 0 or only 1 subscriptions, which may include resale flow, so gross margin is not visible. What would overturn this: CreativeClaw falling below $80k over 30 days, or Anthropic or OpenAI building media generation into Claude Code or Codex. Related: [009] [041].
Evidence
Grouped by store. Each group starts with the charts that can be graphed (real curves, data dates below the chart), then the scanner's original notes and source links.
Indie product revenue (TrustMRR)4 evidence · 9 products with curves
CreativeClaw creativeclaw.co
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $117,462 (+7%) · MRR $13,990 · 262 subscriptions
2026-04 → 2026-11 (8 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Hypit-AI hypit.ai
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $53,544 (+58%) · MRR $18,155 · 752 subscriptions
2026-09 → 2026-11 (3 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Talent Tech Global Limited gptproto.com
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $94,013 (+3%) · MRR $10 · 1 subscriptions
2025-12 → 2026-11 (12 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Kolbo.AI kolbo.ai
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $92,018 (+37%) · MRR $41,354 · 710 subscriptions
2025-11 → 2026-11 (13 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
APIPod apipod.ai
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $73,600 (+229%)
2025-12 → 2026-11 (12 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Apiframe apiframe.ai
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $42,227 (-10%) · MRR $34,905 · 914 subscriptions
2025-11 → 2026-11 (13 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Orbio orbio.so
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $15,905 (+12%)
2026-09 → 2026-11 (3 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Scenetra scenetra.com
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $3,395 (+153%) · MRR $855 · 33 subscriptions
2026-02 → 2026-11 (10 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
1 more products' curves
Agent Media agent-media.ai
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $3,486 (+1322%) · MRR $2,521 · 234 subscriptions
2026-08 → 2026-11 (4 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
- Indie (Israel, 11-01 check): CreativeClaw (creativeclaw.co, one person, built-in skill, one prompt produces multiple variants of images, video and audio across several models; $10 = 1,000 credits). August $5,254 → September $92,894 → October $110,939. 30-day $107,694, MRR $12,290,233 from subscriptions (report: 89% of revenue is top-ups). 30-day growth went from 10-28 +21.1% → 11-01 +11.6%. October daily $2,851–5,055, with no downward trend.
- Indie (Hong Kong, 11-01 check): Hypit-AI (hypit.ai, a 'video programming language' for Claude Code and Codex, open source and self-hostable, multi-tenant commercial licensing). September $26,844 → October $50,099. 30-day $47,729 (10-28 was $50,449), MRR $16,246,741 from subscriptions. Daily: 10-15 to 10-25 at $1,634–2,381,10-26 per day, falling to $910–1,818 by 10-31.
- Indie (multiple countries, 30-day, 11-01 check): older products built on the same logic. Talent Tech Global (gptproto.com, Hong Kong, model API aggregator, pay per call) $96,513 (+55%, snapshots jump between $86k and $97k). Kolbo.AI (kolbo.ai, '100+ models in one credit pool') $90,001 (+47%), 689 subscriptions. APIPod (apipod.ai, AI media API for developers) $52,734 (+130%), climbed from $43,689 over 4 days. Apiframe (apiframe.ai) $42,335 (−11.3%), declining for 4 days straight.
- indie(11-01 verified): Merch: Orbio (orbio.so, resells unused AI credits at a discount, platform takes a cut) September $9,803 → October $13,245,30, day $13,304; Scenetra (scenetra.com, Germany, aggregates model pricing) $3,260 (+124%); Agent Media (agent-media.ai, short dramas with the same cast every episode, built inside Claude / ChatGPT / Codex) September $197 → October $2,924, now listed at $50,000.
GitHub1 evidence · 1 products with curves
GitHub · created 2026-07-29 · 28,438 stars · 7 days +1,343
Clone any viral video with AI agents. Not just a script, the whole workflow: swap the face, the words, the B-roll, ship 100 variants in one command, and get you
Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 30 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
- GitHub (11-02): hypit-ai/hypit 27,313 stars, repo age 96 days; 7 days +1,740, previous 7 days +2,135, star growth is also slowing.
Already doing it
CreativeClaw, Hypit, Kolbo.AI, Talent Tech Global, APIPod, Apiframe, Orbio (credits resale), Scenetra (price comparison), Agent Media (short-drama vertical).
The hardest step
Distribution and margin. Margin is the wholesale spread; launch effects fade within weeks (Hypit's daily revenue has already slid from around $2k to around $1k), so you need to keep shipping new templates and wiring in new models.
Who it's for
Individuals who use Claude Code every day, plug into several model APIs, and can build a skill with a clear output. Credit-pack pricing, collected via Polar / Stripe. Don't build a generic "AI workbench"; pick one vertical output (short dramas, ad creatives, product images).
Should every product builder know this?
Yes. The 6 credit businesses above add up to roughly $30k over 437 days, the biggest new money in this batch of revenue data, and also the category decaying fastest.
Change log
2026-11-02
Backfill check: CreativeClaw $30 → $108,146 over 107,694 days, growth +21% → +12%, no daily drop-off; Hypit $47,739 → $47,729, but since 10-26 daily revenue runs 30% below the previous 10 days, and GitHub stars over 7 days went 2,135 → 1,740, so the report's "sliding" call checks out. Apiframe has declined for 4 days straight; Agent Media is now listed at $50,000 (not mentioned in the report).
2026-11-01
First record (backfill: from the Revenue Library "Recently started earning" §1.1 (a) tier and Stringers §3.1, data as of 2026-11-01).
Original: Scanner opportunity library #040 (updated daily, 06:00); this page was generated on the 2026-11-08 edition.