Founding.dev
v2.4

Hackathon edition · Nov 6-9

Launch and monetize your developer platform faster.

Instant setup. One command gives you a deployed API, auth, usage metering and Stripe billing, so you ship the product instead of the plumbing.

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$ npx founding init
  • [00:00.12]✓Provisioning edge API gateway...
  • [00:00.28]✓Injecting JWT & API key middleware...
  • [00:00.45]✓Connecting Stripe metered billing webhooks...
  • [00:00.60]→Live at https://api.yourplatform.dev

Live deployment console

    Trusted by 12,400+ builders worldwide

    main · 4f9c2a1 Ready
    • Build compiled4.1s
    • Edge functions deployed9.8s
    • Auth + RLS policies applied3.2s
    • Stripe metering connected6.0s
    • DNS + TLS provisioned14.9s
    Live at acme-api.founding.app
    Shipped by 12,400 builders
    Deploys in 38s median
    Auth, billing and edge included
    99.99% uptime, last 90 days
    Free until your first $1k MRR
    Built for the Nov 6-9 Design Hackathon

    Quickstart

    From empty folder to billed API in three commands.

    No dashboards to click through. Everything lives in code, versioned in git, and deploys the same way every time. Pick a tab and copy it straight into your terminal.

    terminal

    $ npm create founding@latest my-platform$ cd my-platform$ npx founding dev

    ✓ Ready on http://localhost:3000 · auth, db and billing wired

    Plumbing vs. product

    The boring parts, already built and already fast.

    Poke at the controls. Every card below is the real behaviour you get on day one.

    Sub-Millisecond Usage Metering

    Every call is counted at the edge and priced before the response leaves. Drag to see volume turn into revenue.

    10K447K calls / mo10M

    Metering latency

    0.5ms

    Revenue preview

    $179/mo

    Drop-in Auth & Rate Limiting

    HTTP/2 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 58

    Instant Stripe Billing Sync

    • invoice.paid+$49.00
    • customer.createdacme-labs
    • invoice.paid+$29.00
    • usage.record.created+12,400 calls

    SDKs in Every Language

    Verify an API key and bill one credit in six lines.

    1import { Founding } from "@founding/sdk";2 3const f = new Founding(process.env.FOUNDING_KEY!);4const key = await f.keys.verify(req.headers.get("x-api-key"));5if (!key.valid) return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 401 });6await f.billing.charge(key.customer, { credits: 1 });

    35+ Global Edge Locations

    Your gateway runs next to your users. Pick a region to read its live latency.

    p99 latency · Africa-East / NBO

    4.6ms

    99.999% Uptime · Zero Cold Starts

    Live sandbox

    Try the engine live.

    Pick an endpoint and a key tier, send a request, and watch the meter and the invoice move.

    Endpoint

    Auth tier

    Response · 200 OK

    {
  "status": 200,
  "endpoint": "POST /v1/inference",
  "headers": {
    "x-founding-auth": "verified",
    "x-founding-meter-id": "mtr_99x3",
    "x-edge-latency": "1.14ms"
  },
  "billed_units": 12
}

    Stripe invoice · preview

    Current period usage
    3 calls
    Metered units
    1,284
    Estimated payout
    $5.14

    Zero to billed API

    00:38.00

    1. 00:04build
    2. 00:14edge
    3. 00:17auth
    4. 00:23billing
    5. 00:38live

    The plumbing diff

    Stop building billing infrastructure from scratch.

    One decorator · everything handled

    1import { founding } from "@founding/sdk";2 3export class CompletionsController {4  @founding.metered({ credits: 1, plan: 'pro' })5  async create(req: Request) {6    // auth, rate limits and Stripe billing are handled7    return model.run(await req.json());8  }9}

    ✓ Auth, token-bucket rate limiting and Stripe metering, wired in 38 seconds.

    Revenue & ROI simulator

    See what your API earns before you write the billing code.

    400
    105,000
    $20
    $5$100

    Assumes 50k calls per customer per month.

    Projected Monthly MRR

    $40,000

    Engineering Hours Saved
    140+ hrs
    Founding.dev Fee
    $600/mo

    1.5% × $40,000 = $600. You keep $39,400.

    Design Hackathon · Nov 6-9

    Four days. One idea. Zero infrastructure excuses.

    We are the official platform partner. Every team gets a free Pro workspace, instant deploys and billing wired up, so the whole weekend goes into design and shipping.

    Claim your free workspace

    1. Nov 6

      Kickoff

      Brief drops, repos open

    2. Nov 7

      Build

      Ship the first working version

    3. Nov 8

      Polish

      Design reviews and mentor hours

    4. Nov 9

      Demo

      Live demos and winners

    Global P99 Latency
    42ms
    Uptime SLA
    99.99%
    Upfront until you make $1k MRR
    $0

    Pricing

    Free until you make money.

    $0forever

    For side projects, hackathon teams and your first paying users.

    Make your first $1,000 MRR before you pay anything

    Start Building Free
    • 10k metered API calls / month
    • Auth, rate limiting and a database
    • Stripe billing sync
    • Preview deploys on every PR
    • Community support

    Builders

    Developers who stopped writing plumbing.

    “I had a paid API with metered billing live before my coffee got cold. Last project took me three weekends.”
    MOMaya OkaforIndie hacker, ships PDFKit
    “The preview URL on every PR changed how our two-person team reviews. Nothing to configure, it just works.”
    JLJonas LindqvistFounder, Tracelane
    “Auth, rate limits and invoices out of the box meant our hackathon entry spent 100% of the time on design.”
    PRPriya RamanProduct designer, Nov 6-9 finalist

    FAQ

    Questions founders ask first.

    • Both work. Standard accounts keep full control of your own Stripe dashboard. Express accounts suit marketplaces where you pay out to other builders. You choose at connect time and can switch later without losing usage history.

    • Auth, rate limiting and metering run at the edge in a single pass. Typical overhead is under 2ms at the median and 42ms at the global p99, measured end to end.

    • Yes. The proxy ships as a single container you can run next to your own API. It syncs keys and plans from Founding.dev and reports usage back, so billing stays in one place.

    • Everyone building during Nov 6-9 gets the Indie / Hackathon Free plan with no upfront cost. You only start paying the 1.5% fee once your project passes $1k MRR.

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