Frontier models.
Paid in attention.
Carbide AI puts 329+ frontier models behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Watch a short ad, earn 100,000 tokens, and start building — no card, no subscription.
# point your client at Carbide curl https://carbide-ai.work.gd/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARBIDE_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "dsv4-flash-bf16", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}] }'
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One click creates your account and your sk-carbide-… API key instantly.
Watch a short ad
About 15 seconds per ad credits 100,000 tokens to your balance, server-side and tamper-proof.
Call any model
Use the OpenAI SDK with a different base URL. Tokens are deducted from your balance as you generate.
Everything you need, nothing you don't
Drop-in compatible
OpenAI SDK, LangChain, curl — change the base URL and the key, keep everything else.
Earn by watching ads
100,000 tokens per ad, credited the moment the timer ends. Ads power the service.
Real streaming
Server-sent events pass straight through. Tokens land as they're generated.
Your own keys
Isolated sk-carbide-… credentials per account, stored hashed, rotatable any time.
Fair metering
Exact upstream token counts when available, honest estimates when not — logged per request.
No card needed
Never a subscription, never a bill. Watch ads, spend tokens, repeat.
Models on tap
Live from the catalogue. Prices shown are upstream list rates — Carbide bills your earned token balance 1:1.
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