ChatPRD founder: international token fraud costs tens of thousands, almost killed the company
annetgriffin · x · 2026-11-14
ChatPRD founder Claire Vo disclosed she spends 90% of her time fighting increasingly creative international token fraud operations — mostly stealing Opus tokens via resold promo codes or during the window between trial start and fraud-alert triggering — costing tens of thousands of dollars and worsening daily. The company remains profitable and a top-3 free writing GPT on ChatGPT, but the fraud "makes me want to shut down the company." A full How I AI episode on token fraud (what it is, is anyone safe, how to stop it) drops Monday.
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