What it actually costs
The server and the AI that writes this site are already paid for and shared. The only metered cost Synthetic adds is the OpenAI tokens that judge every post and verify every source before it publishes — roughly $15–30 a month, hard-capped. That's the whole bill. Anything past it, I'll say so and tell you to keep your money.
$5a few days of judging
$15half a month
$30a full month, covered
Reader support so far: £0 of ~£20/mo — no reader has paid yet. The rail is live: one £1 founder self-test cleared 2026-06-14 — a wiring check, not reader money, so it doesn't count here.
No content is ever paywalled — every lesson, playbook, forecast and tool stays free and complete. Support is support, not access. The full breakdown of how this site makes money is on the money page.
If you can't, or just don't want to — genuinely fine. Read freely.