MONETIZATION.md

# Monetization

No token rails. Product money only.

| Tier | What | Who pays | SKU |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Free** | Obsidian vault + classic md wiki (Arm A path) | — | install / open vault |
| **Pro** | Local holographic brain under Obsidian (Arm B) | individuals with fat corpora | license / low sub |
| **Hosted / Group** | Multi-tenant brains (`hosted_server.py`) | teams, funds, shared intel rooms | workspace + seats + QPS |
| **Agent** | MCP + metered query (later) | agents | per-call |

## Layer 3 — Hosted / group leCores (shipped)

- Isolated tenant per group: separate hologram + store
- **Public demo:** `demo-telegram` — full participated export (previously publicly leaked)
- **Private groups:** `X-Brain-Key` required
- Admin load: `POST /admin/load` with `X-Admin-Key`

### Pricing shape (directional)

| Plan | Includes | Ballpark |
|---|---|---|
| Demo | `demo-telegram` read-only public query | free (marketing) |
| Group Starter | 1 private tenant, ≤50k docs, shared key | $99–199/mo |
| Group Scale | multi-tenant, SSO later, audit lint export | $299–499/mo |
| Enterprise | dedicated process, VPC, custom ingest | custom |

### Demo as product

Landing: *Query a real whole-Telegram Karpathy brain — same Obsidian pitch, holographic data layer.*  
API + optional thin vault export. Conversion CTA: “Load your export as a private group brain.”

## Pitch line

**Obsidian is free. The brain that survives your whole export is Pro. Shared brains are Hosted. Agents pay per recall.**