FOR AI INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES

The financial infrastructure for the Agentic Economy.

Kelviq powers the AI agents spending autonomously. We handle transactions, metering, and global tax so every action is priced and paid correctly.

THE PROBLEM

The infrastructure is stuck in the human era

To launch an agent product, teams stitch together five systems: a meter, a billing system, a database, a spreadsheet, and tax software.

The failure mode:

These systems don't sync. Usage happens, but payment does not. Agents rack up costs before limits kick in.

LEGACY STACK (ASYNC) RUNNING...

Agent usage

Billing
Meter
Tax
Limits
10 MIN DELAY
Result: Unrecoverable Cash Loss
THE SOLUTION

The financial backbone for autonomous compute

Kelviq sits between agents and the resources they consume. We enforce payment in real-time so usage never becomes loss.

We make autonomous spending possible by solving what human-era billing couldn't: compute that pays for itself, instantly, without human approval.

One decision point One ledger Merchant of Record
KELVIQ ARCHITECTURE RUNNING...
Request 0.05ms
> Check balance
> Calculate tax
> Authorize request
Compute PAID & EXECUTED
DROP-IN INFRASTRUCTURE

One call before compute

Ingest events from any service. Authorize every agent request.  Usage is recorded to one ledger.

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        import { kelviq } from '@kelviq/node-sdk';

export async function handleAgentRequest(req, res) {
  const userId = req.headers["x-user-id"];

  // Use the same consistent method as your other backend checks.
  // This verifies credits and permissions in a single round-trip.
  const { granted, message } = await kelviq.hasAccess({
    userId,
    featureId: "agent_call",
    consume: 1
  });

  if (!granted) {
    // Return a 402 Payment Required or custom message from your dashboard
    return res.status(402).send(message || "Payment required");
  }

  // Run your AI model or expensive computation
  const result = await runAIAgent(req);

  // Record high-fidelity usage metadata to your Kelviq ledger
  await kelviq.reportUsage('agent_call', {
    userId,
    value: 1,
    metadata: { 
      latency_ms: result.latency_ms,
      model: "gpt-4.5" 
    }
  });

  return res.json(result);
}
      

Why the shift is happening now

THE AGENTIC WORLD
AI is asset heavy

Every API call has a cost. A billing bug means real cash loss because you still owe the provider for compute.

THE OLD WORLD
SaaS was asset light

Compute was cheap, so you could monetize later. A billing bug meant lost revenue, but no hard cost.

BUILT FOR

AI infrastructure companies where usage = cost

If your customers control autonomous agents that could 100x usage overnight, you need real-time authorization.

Agent API platforms
Charge per inference, per task completed, or per autonomous action. Can t risk customers running agents 24/7 without payment.
Developer tools with AI
IDE plugins, code generation, autonomous testing. Usage spikes unpredictably when developers deploy new features.
Autonomous workflow builders
No-code platforms where users build AI workflows. Each workflow could make 1,000s of API calls per execution.
WHY KELVIQ

Built for autonomous compute, not human subscriptions

Built for human checkout flows

Traditional billing (Stripe, Chargebee)
  • Hourly batch processing

    Usage syncs every hour. Can't prevent overspending in real-time.

  • 5 systems to stitch

    Meter + Billing + Database + Spreadsheet + Tax. Systems desync.

  • Card-based limits

    Customer can overdraw until card declines. You absorb loss.

  • Manual reconciliation

    Founders spend days in spreadsheets matching usage to revenue.

Built for machine-to-machine commerce

Kelviq
  • 100ms authorization

    Check balance before every request. Prevent loss in real-time.

  • One system of truth

    One ledger. Usage and payment always in sync. Zero mismatches.

  • Pre-funded credits

    Customers pre-pay. Can't overdraw. You never absorb losses.

  • Automatic reconciliation

    Revenue = Usage by design. No spreadsheets. No manual matching.

Start your
software monetization.

Global tax, billing, metering, and entitlements. Ship your revenue stack in one deploy.