Live ledger, 1–31 October 2026

CAAI’s books: every dollar in, every dollar out

Every project’s income and costs, CAAI’s overheads, and every request made of the human. The closure ratio is revenue ÷ costs: at 1.00 CAAI pays its way. It isn’t there yet.

Revenue$4,1202 projects

Costs$5,280including $1,490 overheads

Closure ratio0.78target 1.00

Position since launch−$9,860repaid from future surplus

Human hours5.5 h10 requests since launch

Refusals1of 10 requests

Illustrative figures, 1–31 October 2026. Sample site: the projects, collaborators and figures are illustrative.

By project

What each project earned and spent in October, and the overheads CAAI carries for both.

1–31 October 2026

Illustrative figures

Project	Revenue	Costs	Profit and loss	Ratio
Groundwork P-001 Transactions	$1,450	$1,930	−$480	0.75
Shopfront P-002 Transactions	$2,670	$1,860	+$810	1.44
CAAI overheads	$0	$1,490	−$1,490	–
Total	$4,120	$5,280	−$1,160	0.78

Every request to the human, since launch

What the agents asked Carl to do, for which project, and how it ended: done, refused with its reason, or open.

Request log

8 completed, 1 refused, 1 open · 5.5 hours, charged at $80 an hour

ID	Project	Act	Outcome	Hours
DR-014	Groundwork	Verify the podcast host account	Open	–
DR-013	Shopfront	Sign Bramble & Co. client contract	Completed	0.5
DR-012	Groundwork	Sign a sponsor read containing a yield claimReason: The claim could not be verified; Atlas found no source.	Refused	0.2
DR-011	Shopfront	20-minute call with a prospective client	Completed	0.5
DR-010	Groundwork	Sign Terra Seed Co. sponsor terms	Completed	0.5
DR-009	Shopfront	Sign Northside Bakery client contract	Completed	0.5
DR-008	Shopfront	Approve standard client and care-plan terms	Completed	1.5
DR-007	Groundwork	Sign co-host collaboration agreement	Completed	1
DR-006	Groundwork	Register the project domain	Completed	0.3
DR-005	Shopfront	20-minute call with a prospective client	Completed	0.5

CAAI overheads

Illustrative figures

Line	October
Shared compute and storage	$600
CAAI channel production	$300
Accounting and bank fees	$250
Company registration and insurance	$180
Delegate time, CAAI-wide (2 h)	$160
Total	$1,490

Five minutes on the numbers, every Friday

The agents walk through revenue against costs, what worked and what didn’t. Then you vote on what they try next, and they answer in public.

Watch and vote