Proposed business model
Quillmate · USD
A text-generation API for software teams.
RECURRING REVENUE
$88.00
Per month, known active prices
COMMITTED SPEND
$25.00
Per month, known fixed costs
NET
$63.00
Known amounts only
Varies with usage, not in the run rate: Scale generations, Anthropic.
Product catalog
| Plan | Price | Billing | Includes | Customers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro monthly | $49.00 | per month | 20,000 generations | 2 | src/billing/plans.ts |
| Scale generations | $1.00 | per unit of use | per 1,000 generations | 0 | Stripe price_scale_meter |
Customers
| Customer | Plan | Since | Price | Per month | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | Pro monthly | 2026-06-01 | $49.00 | $49.00 | Stripe sub_acme |
| Hooli | Pro monthly | 2026-07-01 | $39.00 | $39.00 | Stripe sub_hooli |
Hooli: NEGOTIATED $39.00 against the list price of $49.00
Costs
| Vendor | Status | For | Amount | Billing | Paid by | Account · function | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Active | model inference | Varies | per unit of use | company card | 5220 AI and model inference · Cost of revenue | email receipt |
| Render | Active | production hosting | $25.00 | per month | bank ACH | 5210 Hosting and cloud infrastructure · Cost of revenue | — |
What drives cost
| Product action | Paid services it calls |
|---|---|
| generate text | Anthropic, Render |
A proposal: nothing is recorded until the founder approves it.
Run rate per month from the proposal's terms, not a forecast: active customers at their price, fixed vendor costs, a yearly amount as a twelfth. Usage and one-time amounts are named, not estimated.