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Follow NanoGPT in the press, on podcasts, and at events—from private AI access and model choice to pay-as-you-go infrastructure and crypto-native payments.

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Pay as you gouse one balance instead of maintaining a stack of subscriptions
Account optionalstart privately, with conversation history stored locally by default
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Meet us in person

Upcoming talks and gatherings where the NanoGPT team will be speaking, sponsoring, or joining the conversation.

UpcomingSeptember 25, 2026

F3 Future Finance Forum

Data Sovereignty and AI: Keeping Business Data Local

Milan de Reede joins a panel on data sovereignty, local AI infrastructure, and control of business data.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Featured coverage

Recent conversations

Independent reporting and long-form interviews about how NanoGPT is built and where AI access is heading.

ArticleJune 2026

THORChain

NanoGPT Coming to THORChain: Every AI Model, No KYC, Paid in Crypto

A feature on NanoGPT, crypto-native AI payments, privacy, and the story behind the THORChain integration.

PodcastJune 2026

THORChain Livestream Podcast

NanoGPT AI Aggregator, Pay with Crypto

Milan joins Kenton and Denny to discuss building NanoGPT, model access, data sovereignty, and crypto payments.

PodcastMay 2026

Bitcoin Takeover

Milan de Reede on NanoGPT, AI & Vibe Coding

A long-form conversation about NanoGPT, private access to AI, model routing, payments, and the future of AI-assisted building.

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More appearances

66 verified stories, videos, podcasts, and conference appearances—sourced from original publishers where available.

2026

September 4–5, 2026
Conference
NanoGPT at Common S3nseCommon S3nse Conference & Hackathon · NanoGPT sponsors the two-day gathering, with founder Milan de Reede joining the speaker lineup.
August 2026
Article
NanoGPT Review: Complete AI Platform GuideInfrabase · An independent technical overview of NanoGPT’s model catalog, API, pricing model, privacy, and developer experience.
August 2026
Article
NanoGPT Review 2026: Pay-As-You-Go AI Without the Model Lock-InDeepReview · An independent field guide to NanoGPT’s multi-model workflow, API, pricing, privacy model, best-fit users, and tradeoffs.
July 2026
Article
NanoGPT Connector Launches for the WordPress AI ClientWordPress Plugin Directory · A community connector brings NanoGPT text and image generation, live model discovery, subscription labels, pricing, and balance details into WordPress’s native AI Client.
July 2026
Article
NanoGPTNotKYC · An independent review of accountless AI access, pay-as-you-go pricing, supported cryptocurrencies, and privacy tradeoffs.
July 2026
Video
How to Build an AI Startup with a Secret IdentityJason Esguerra · A long-form founder interview about building NanoGPT while working at the Dutch central bank and writing anonymously as Mira Hurley.
June 2026
Article
CharacterVault Adds Sign in with NanoGPTCharacterVault · CharacterVault added a PKCE sign-in flow for NanoGPT, automatic model discovery, provider selection, and account usage details without asking users to paste a long-lived API key.
June 2026
Article
Nanoodle Turns NanoGPT Workflows Into Shareable AppsNanoodle · The browser-only community project lets people wire NanoGPT text, image, video, and audio models into visual workflows, then share or export them as standalone apps that run on each user’s own balance.
June 2026
Article
Lumiverse Adds NanoGPT Sign-In and Native Model AccessLumiverse · The open-source AI frontend added NanoGPT PKCE sign-in, live model discovery, subscription status, and later expanded the integration to image generation and usage tracking.
May 2026
Article
NanoGPT Review: Anonymous AI Access with Crypto PaymentsKYC No Thanks · A critical independent assessment of NanoGPT’s accountless access, privacy posture, payment options, custody, and provider tradeoffs.
May 2026
Article
How NanoGPT Stops Users From Leaking Secrets Into Every Major LLMGrepture · A customer case study on NanoGPT’s optional PII-redaction layer, reversible placeholders, provider-agnostic request path, and zero-data-mode deployment in the EU.
May 2026
Article
NanoGPT: No-KYC Review and Privacy ScoreNoKYC Directory · A verified editorial review scores NanoGPT’s privacy and trust posture while examining anonymous access, payment options, custody, security tradeoffs, and community reports.
May 2026
Article
NanoGPTxmr.club · A hands-on privacy review of NanoGPT’s accountless flow, local chat storage, model access, and cryptocurrency payments.
May 2026
Podcast
AI Sub Slave vs NanoGPT with MilanFreedom Tech Friday · An hour-long conversation about NanoGPT, AI agents, browser-local models, privacy, and building more user-controlled AI tooling.
May 2026
Article
Fluent Adds a Native NanoGPT ProviderFluent · The macOS assistant added NanoGPT as a built-in provider with model pricing, balance and request-cost tracking, and a partner discount.
May 2026
Article
Nano Ecosystem Round Up of 2026 So FarNano Foundation · The Nano Foundation highlights NanoGPT’s x402 work and the use of instant Nano payments for autonomous AI services.
April 2026
Video
Don’t Trust, Verify: Sovereignty in the Age of AIBitcoin 2026 · Milan de Reede joined the Genesis Stage panel on privacy, verification, and sovereignty as AI becomes infrastructure.
April 2026
Video
Inside the Zano-Verse: Permissionless AI Access with ZANOZano Project · Zano’s official ecosystem show devotes a segment to NanoGPT, permissionless AI access, and paying for models directly with ZANO.
April 2026
Article
RoleCall Partners With NanoGPT for Model AccessRoleCall Studios · RoleCall credited NanoGPT for the free-model access in its interactive-fiction platform, later formalizing a partner integration with native provider setup, live model discovery, subscription support, and a member discount.
March 2026
Article
Community Plugin Brings NanoGPT to OpenClawOpenClaw community · A dedicated provider plugin added NanoGPT onboarding, dynamic model discovery, token usage, subscription tracking, and balance checks to OpenClaw.
February 2026
Article
Why Nano Might Be Better Than Bitcoin for AI Agent PaymentsBitcoin Index · An analysis using NanoGPT as a real-world case study for fee-free micropayments, pay-per-prompt AI, and machine-to-machine commerce.
February 2026
Video
NanoGPT: Pay-Per-Prompt AI ServiceWatchman Privacy · A practical discussion of pay-as-you-go AI, privacy, open models, video generation, and using NanoGPT without multiple subscriptions.

2025

December 2025
Article
Use AI Privately With Monero — NanoGPT ReviewMonerica · A hands-on walkthrough of private, no-account AI access, Monero funding, local chat storage, sign-in tokens, and text, image, audio, and video tools.
November 2025
Article
LettuceAI Adds Native NanoGPT SupportLettuceAI · The open-source roleplay and long-form chat app added NanoGPT as a built-in endpoint, later extending it with tool use, image generation, and subscription quota tracking.
October 2025
Conference
NanoGPT at Nano’s 10th BirthdayNano 10-Year Anniversary Meetup · Milan de Reede and Huggi joined Nano’s tenth-anniversary gathering in Amsterdam to share NanoGPT’s growth story and its experience as a major real-world Nano merchant.
August 2025
Article
Migrating Legacy ChatGPT Conversations to NanoGPTSolis&Root on Medium · A step-by-step guide to moving long or legacy-model ChatGPT and Claude conversations into NanoGPT and continuing them through API-backed models.
August 2025
Video
Use Top AI Models Without Signup, Subscriptions, or CardsCP Breeze Tech · A focused walkthrough of accessing NanoGPT’s text and image models without an account, paying per use with cryptocurrency, and keeping conversations private.
July 2025
Video
NanoGPT Now Takes Shielded Zcash PaymentsVini B · A concise feature on NanoGPT moving from transparent swap payments to self-custodied, shielded ZEC deposits through BTCPay Server.
July 2025
Video
The Most Privacy- and Eco-Friendly AI ChatbotsElvi · An independent comparison of privacy-first and lower-impact AI services that includes NanoGPT among the alternatives evaluated.
July 2025
Article
NanoGPT Privacy and KYC ReviewKYCnot.me · An independently maintained assessment of anonymous access, privacy, cryptocurrency payments, custody, terms, and third-party model routing.
June 2025
Video
Special Guest Milan from NanoGPTMonero Talk · A live guest segment about NanoGPT, privacy-focused AI access, cryptocurrency payments, and running an independent AI platform.
June 2025
Article
NanoGPT Comes to the Bitcoin.com WalletBitcoin.com · Bitcoin.com integrated a NanoGPT-powered AI experience into its self-custodial wallet, with direct access to chat, image, and video models and a VERSE-funded launch promotion.
May 2025
Video
All AI Models in One Place Without a SubscriptionNanoCommunity · A practical walkthrough of NanoGPT’s chat, image, and video models, pay-as-you-go balance, and cryptocurrency payment options.
May 2025
Video
Launching bcashGPTBCH Bliss 2025 · Milan presents bcashGPT, the Bitcoin Cash edition powered by NanoGPT, at the peer-to-peer cash conference in Ljubljana.
May 2025
Video
Closing the Loop on Crypto AI AgentsETHDam · Milan’s full ETHDam III talk on why AI needs crypto, privacy-preserving access, autonomous agents, and AI wallets.
April 2025
Video
NanoGPT: Overlord IntermediaryWatchman Privacy · An earlier deep dive into using NanoGPT as a privacy-conscious intermediary for leading proprietary and open AI models.
April 2025
Video
Zero Fees, Instant Crypto? Ex-Central Banker Says It’s RealJamStacked by Strawberry Labs · A 42-minute founder interview about leaving the Dutch central bank, building NanoGPT, crypto and AI, and using fee-free Nano payments.
March 2025
Article
From NanoGPT User to Landing Page DesignerLee B. on LinkedIn · The designer behind NanoGPT’s current landing page recounts moving from regular user to collaborator, exploring competing concepts and building the selected responsive design.
March 2025
Conference
NanoGPT at Web3 AmsterdamWeb3 Amsterdam · NanoGPT founder Milan de Reede joined the Amsterdam conference as a speaker on AI access, privacy, and crypto-native products.
March 2025
Article
How Bad Actors Exploited NanoGPT’s Free GiveawayJ0eychnpulp on Medium · An independent on-chain investigation of abuse targeting a small Nano giveaway, with recommendations for limiting repeat claims and suspicious withdrawals.
February 2025
Podcast
StealthEX & Nano AMAStealthEX · A live conversation with Milan de Reede about Nano, feeless payments, adoption, privacy, and building NanoGPT.
February 2025
Video
NanoGPT for TypeScript DevelopersCrysoLabs · A developer tutorial demonstrating a community TypeScript package for integrating NanoGPT into AI-powered applications.
January 2025
Video
Why Milan Left Banking to Democratize 100+ AI Models WorldwideA Cosmic Quest to Network States, AI, & DeepTech · A one-hour founder conversation about leaving central banking, building NanoGPT, and making a wide range of AI models available without subscriptions.

2024

December 2024
Video
The Ironman Rebel-Banker Turned No-Code AI Success StoryBEE CURIOUS · A 45-minute founder profile about leaving central banking, revealing the Mira Hurley identity, and co-founding NanoGPT with AI-assisted coding.
December 2024
Article
Pay for AI With Monero: NanoGPT Reviewr/Monero · An unsolicited user review highlights NanoGPT’s Monero payments, clean installable app, responsive support, privacy stance, and API compatibility with clients such as SillyTavern.
December 2024
Article
SillyTavern Adds NanoGPT as a Native ProviderSillyTavern · SillyTavern added NanoGPT as a built-in chat-completion and API provider, establishing an integration later expanded with reasoning, tool calls, embeddings, and balance tracking.
December 2024
Article
Small-Cap Crypto Dominates Payments in This AI Pay-Per-Use HubFinbold · An analysis of real payment activity on NanoGPT, with founder context on why low-fee cryptocurrencies lead usage.
November 2024
Article
Battle of Coins Builds AI Tournaments on NanoGPTNano community · A community-built tournament app used NanoGPT to ask multiple models to compare cryptocurrencies over several rounds, with each query funded through instant Nano micropayments.
November 2024
Podcast
Claude, Milan de Reede, Cheapy, BasePoker & Nano-GPTFiendish & Friends · A roundtable conversation with Milan about peer-to-peer cash, AI access, and building NanoGPT.
November 2024
Video
Pseudonymous Advocacy & XNO with MilanThe Bitcoin Cash Podcast · A long-form interview on pseudonymous advocacy, Milan’s move from Mira Hurley to public founder, NanoGPT, Nano, and crypto infrastructure.
October 2024
Video
From Central Banker to Crypto AI InnovatorDigital Cash Network · Joel Valenzuela talks with Milan about NanoGPT, privacy and censorship, central banking, and cryptocurrency adoption.
October 2024
Article
NanoGPT: Why Do We Prefer Payments in Nano?Nano Foundation · A NanoGPT guest article on settlement speed, fees, user experience, and why Nano became the platform’s preferred payment rail.
October 2024
Podcast
Live with Litecoin UndergroundLitecoin Underground · A live discussion about NanoGPT, pay-per-use AI, privacy, and using cryptocurrency instead of separate AI subscriptions.
October 2024
Video
Mira Hurley RevealedKeyword: Crypto · A wide-ranging video interview covering Milan’s path from central banking and the Nano community to building NanoGPT.
October 2024
Video
Premium AI Logos for ESPN Fantasy FootballMadora · A practical pay-per-prompt demo that uses NanoGPT to generate a custom fantasy-football logo, adjusts the image, and uploads it to ESPN.
October 2024
Article
MultiPrompt Compares NanoGPT Models Side by SideNano community · A browser-local community app uses NanoGPT and NanoGPTJS to send one prompt to as many as ten text or image models, compare the outputs side by side, and keep prompt history on the user’s device.
September 2024
Article
NanoGPT Launches an AI-Powered Farcaster TipbotNano community · An early social experiment combined a Nano tip wallet with NanoGPT, letting Farcaster users create text and images simply by tagging the bot and spend or withdraw their tipped balance.
August 2024
Article
NanoGPTJS Brings the NanoGPT API to Node.jsNano community · A community developer released a Node.js library for NanoGPT chat and image generation, including model discovery, balance and cost metadata, context helpers, and runnable examples.
June 2024
Video
Demo Video: Using NanoGPT v2.0Vinícius Barbosa · An independent, unpaid walkthrough of NanoGPT’s pay-per-use flow with GPT-4o, Claude 3 Opus, and instant Nano deposits and withdrawals.
May 2024
Article
Crypto Wallet Adds Pay-Per-Use Access to Premium Subscription AIsFinbold · Coverage of the Cake Wallet and NanoGPT partnership, bringing pay-per-use AI models into the wallet’s marketplace.
April 2024
Article
Nanswap Adds NanoGPT-Powered AI ArtNanswap · Nanswap ART integrated NanoGPT image generation so creators could make DALL·E 3 and Stable Diffusion artwork and turn it into Nano-based collectibles.
January 2024
Article
NanoGPT Adds a Progressive Web App, Swaps, and StreamingNano Foundation · An ecosystem update covering NanoGPT’s early PWA release, NanSwap deposits, lower-cost chat models, and streaming responses.

2023

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About NanoGPT

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NanoGPT gives individuals, teams, and developers access to leading AI models through one pay-as-you-go platform and OpenAI-compatible API. People can use text, image, video, audio, search, and agent tools without managing separate provider subscriptions. NanoGPT is built around model choice, transparent usage pricing, and privacy-conscious access, with local conversation history by default and accountless use available.

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