ClawPool
Pool Claude tokens to make $$$ or crazy cheap Claude Code
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I built a pool-based proxy that hacks Claude Code's pricing tiers. To actually use Claude Code you need Max at $200/mo, and then most of that capacity sits idle anyway.So ClawPool lets subscribers pool their OAuth tokens and earn up to $120/mo from the spare capacity. Everyone else gets Opus, Sonnet, all models for $8/mo.Setup — they actually support proxies themselves via standard env params: export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="your-pool-key" export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://proxy.clawpool.ai" claude
HN · launched Feb 11, 2026 · 21 upvotes (top 30%) · 0 views
Niche: ai api gateways and proxies · 336 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -46% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Marketplace
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a reverse proxy service that rotates upstream OAuth sessions, monitors token usage, and handles basic metering.
Discussion
7 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Claude Max ($100/month official subscription), Direct Anthropic API access
Concerns raised: Violates Anthropic Terms of Service (account sharing/reselling prohibited), IP address detection and account ban risk from provider, Anthropic actively cracking down with rate limits and enforcement, Buyers risk sudden loss of access if caught, Enables price increases and usage limit decreases industry-wide
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 346 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #113 of 347 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 97 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Quotient Labs: Stop overpaying Claude for tokens you don't need · yc · 2026-09-14 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- claude-pro-pool · github · 2026-10-19 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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- TokenTrack · ph · 2026-10-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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