levelsio's perpetual AI livestream hits $15K/mo revenue; MiniMax price cut puts daily cost near $864
rickasaurus · x · 2026-09-03
- levelsio shared the economics of his perpetual AI livestream: at the new MiniMax H3 Max price of $0.0125/s, running 24/7 works out to roughly $32,940/month.
- A quoted reply notes that after the price drop to $0.01/s, the daily cost is actually $864 — under $1K a day.
- He says he's already at $15K/month in revenue and needs just one more advertiser to be profitable.
- The thread is a rare public look at the cost structure of always-on AI livestreaming, showing how small model price cuts directly shift the break-even point.
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