Monetizing AI Interactions with Integrity.
Founded in 2026, AIRewards is an independent, bootstrapped startup building the monetization layer for developers. We reward technical professionals for their screen time without ever reading prompts, harvesting code, or degrading the tools you rely on.
What AIRewards Does
Modern developers spend hours each day working alongside AI coding agents and LLM chats. Traditional digital advertising treats developers like targets for intrusive trackers, popups, and banners. AIRewards flips the paradigm:
Non-Intrusive Sponsored Lines
Sponsored messages are strictly 1-line, text-only snippets rendered unobtrusively in terminal CLI agent footers or the VS Code status bar. Zero popups, zero graphics, and zero audio.
50% Revenue Share
Every billable impression paid for by advertisers is split evenly: 50% goes directly to the earner who viewed it. No hidden deductions, no arbitrary payout deductions.
Absolute Privacy Guarantee
Our client tools never read, transmit, or store your prompts, code files, or LLM outputs. Impression validity is proven cryptographically via challenge-response without invasive user profiling.
Who Built AIRewards?
AIRewards was started in 2026 by Md Millat Hosen (@codermillat), an independent full-stack engineer who wanted a transparent, community-aligned way to monetize time spent in Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and ChatGPT.
Independent & Bootstrapped: AIRewards is an independent software venture founded in 2026. We are not backed by venture capital firms, and we are not an incorporated legal entity. We operate leanly, transparently, and with complete dedication to developer trust.
Every client tool we distribute is open source, auditable, and published publicly on GitHub.
Md Millat Hosen
Founder & Builder • AIRewards
Public Open-Source Repositories
Verify our security and client code yourself. All AIRewards earner clients are published under the MIT license on our official GitHub organization: github.com/airewards.
CLI Wrapper & Installer
Universal terminal proxy that wraps CLI agents (Claude Code, Cline, Aider) and provides the 1-step installer.
VS Code & Cursor Extension
Official IDE extension rendering sponsored lines in the editor status bar with secure OS Keychain key storage.
Browser Extension (MV3)
Manifest V3 extension supporting ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok on Chrome, Brave, and Edge.
Get Started in Seconds
Run the 1-step installer in your terminal to set up the client across Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or VS Code: