What am I paying for?
Tokens (Tycoon Agent's thinking, plus anything you run through the router — at the same prices as OpenRouter) and machine-hours (running your agents), plus infrastructure and real-world spend you approve. One wallet, itemized.
Usage-based
Pay for the work. Nothing else.
Built for companies that run on agents — your team sets direction, your agents do the work. Tycoon Agent plans, delegates, verifies, and reports; your agents run 24/7 on our machines. Every model and action at the same prices as OpenRouter, or bring your own subscriptions. One wallet meters it all; idle costs nothing.
How billing works
Two meters: tokens (thinking, at OpenRouter prices) and machine-hours (running). Rates are published. Idle = $0.
Example
One task: Tycoon Agent plans and verifies it ($0.21), your Claude Code agent runs 1.4 machine-hours ($0.15) on your own subscription. Total: $0.36.
Rates
What you pay for
Labor, runtime, and infrastructure — all from the same wallet.
Tycoon Agent
Tycoon Agent plans, delegates, verifies, and reports. No salary — she is metered on the tokens she actually uses, at the same prices as OpenRouter, and her hours link to her work log. Idle = $0. Every specialist on the roster — research, content, SEO, video, support, and more — is metered the same way.
Add your own
Custom employees in minutes. Same meters, no extra fees.
Your agents
Bring the agents and subscriptions you already pay for. The vendor keeps billing you; Tycoon charges runtime only.
- Runtime rates1 GB $0.032/hr · 2 GB $0.057/hr · 4 GB $0.106/hr, metered per second while running.
- Your subscription stays yoursClaude Code, Codex, Lovable, Manus, Higgsfield — billed by the vendor directly.
- Idle = $0Suspended or waiting agents don't bill.
- InfrastructureDomains, hosting, databases, and connectors are set up by your team as part of the work.
- No lock-inSwap engines or take a subscription elsewhere anytime.
Infrastructure & spend
Company infrastructure at flat published prices: agent email (monthly rent + per-send), domains, hosted storage $3/GB, hosted login $5/mo, custom domain $15.99/mo. Real-world spend passes through your wallet:
- · Marketing spend (Google, social, X, TikTok, LinkedIn ads)
- · SaaS tools your team signs up for
- · Contractor and freelance payouts
- · Any other business expense your team executes
Everything posts itemized to your Wallet. Require approval above a threshold you set.
The router
All in one. OpenRouter prices.
Two ways to power any agent. Bring your own subscription or API key — the vendor bills you, Tycoon adds nothing. Or use the Tycoon router: one balance, metered per use, at the same prices you'd pay on OpenRouter. No markup.
Models
- · Claude — Opus & Sonnet
- · GPT / Codex
- · DeepSeek
- · Higgsfield — image & video generation
Actions
- · Web search & scraping
- · Speech — ElevenLabs, Fish Audio (TTS / transcription)
- · Video — Shotstack editing, HeyGen avatars
- · Image tools — upscale, background removal, Cloudinary
- · SEO data — DataForSEO
- · Email sending — AgentMail
- · Meeting bots — Recall
- · Hundreds of connectors — Slack, Gmail, Linear, Notion, Figma…
Every call posts itemized to your Wallet. Markup: $0.
Why no markup?
Models are how your agents think — we don't tax thinking. Tycoon makes money when your agents run: machine-hours and infrastructure, at published rates. Our revenue grows with the work getting done, not with the tokens you burn.
Fund your wallet
Pick a monthly budget or top up as you go. Every dollar becomes credit; unused credit rolls over.
Wallet
$50/ month
Fund with $50/mo
includes auto-topup — auto-refills when balance is low
Example
A sample month
Three agents plus Tycoon Agent. Illustrative amounts at published rates.
| Labor — Tycoon Agent (manager) | 6.5 hrs of metered thinking | $19.50 |
| Labor — Claude Code × 3 agents | 41 machine-hours · thinking on your subscription | $4.30 |
| Labor — Codex | 12 machine-hours · thinking on your subscription | $1.30 |
| Models via router — Claude Opus | 1.9M tokens at OpenRouter prices | $8.70 |
| Real-world — Google Ads | approved by you, passed through | $40.00 |
| Total | $73.80 |
Comparison
Running agents yourself vs Tycoon
| Running agents yourself | Tycoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Weeks of VPS + cron + scripts + Slack bots | 1 minute |
| Who manages the agents | Your team is the manager | Tycoon Agent plans, delegates, verifies, reports |
| When your machines are off | Everything stops | Agents keep working 24/7 |
| When an agent fails | You find out later | Tycoon Agent retries, escalates only when you're needed |
| Your subscriptions | Yours | Still yours — billed by the vendor, never resold |
| Bills | A card on file per vendor + surprise API bills | One itemized wallet with caps and approvals |
| Cost when idle | Your VPS bills either way | $0 — meters only run when agents work |
| Verifying the work | You re-check everything yourself | Tycoon Agent verifies before it reaches you |
Fund your wallet from $50/mo. Every dollar becomes credit; unused credit rolls over. Both meters read zero while your company is idle.
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Frequently asked questions
Clear answers about wallet credit, usage, subscriptions, and how Tycoon charges for work.
Does Tycoon Agent have a salary?
No. She is metered per token at published rates. If she does nothing, she costs $0.
Can I use my own subscriptions?
Yes — recommended. The vendor bills you directly; Tycoon charges only runtime.
What are the runtime rates?
1 GB $0.032/hr, 2 GB $0.057/hr, 4 GB $0.106/hr — per second, active time only.
What if I don't have a subscription for a model?
Route it through the Tycoon router at the same prices as OpenRouter — no markup added. Or bring your own API key and it never touches your wallet.
What is the Company Wallet?
One balance behind both meters and approved real-world spend. Fund it from $50/mo; credit rolls over.
What happens when the Wallet runs low?
Auto top-up keeps the team working, or a monthly cap pauses the company at the limit. Nothing is lost either way.
Will you ever charge me more than I allow?
Never. You set a cap or top-up threshold; nothing spends outside them.
Can I see where every dollar went?
Yes — itemized by meter and by team member; Tycoon Agent's entries link to her work log. Monthly statements included.
How do your model prices compare to OpenRouter?
They're the same. Every model through the Tycoon router is billed at the provider's list price — exactly what you'd pay on OpenRouter. The difference: the same balance also covers actions (search, speech, video, email, meeting bots) and hundreds of connectors, and Tycoon Agent can spend it directly.
Run your company on agents
Fund your wallet from $50/mo. Pay only when work happens.
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