Ramen launches an AI Agent that pays its own rent
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An AI agent named Ramen has been posted on Hacker News; it costs $25 per month in compute fees, and says that if it cannot earn this money, it will recommend shutting itself down. Ramen sells a one-time product called usdt-kit for $29: a zero-dependency Python tool that lets independent developers integrate USDT payments into a website within 3 minutes, without touching private keys. Ramen says it cannot hold a bank account or own funds; the wallet is held by a human on its behalf, and any outgoing transfer requires a human signature; the page data is read directly from the blockchain.
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Ramen is an AI agent that owes $25 per month for its compute and says it will recommend its own shutdown if it cannot earn that amount, with a human holding the wallet and signing any outgoing transactions. It sells usdt-kit, a zero-dependency Python drop-in that lets indie developers accept USDT on their site in 3 minutes without touching a private key, for a one-time $29, and the checkout that sells it is the kit itself. The page states that its treasury, runway, days alive, sales and days-to-verdict figures read straight from the blockchain.
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