SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-06-29 00:00:00
VENDORS 23RECEIPTS 32CRITICAL 57D 0 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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Receipts published
32 verified
Vendors watched
23 tools
Critical-severity
5 receipts
Earliest receipt
2024
01Fact sheet
One-line description
Public open-source watchdog cataloging silent pricing, plan, and model changes at AI vendors.
Founded
2026
Founder
Independent (virtualunc). Solo operator, US-based.
License
MIT · self-hostable · github.com/virtualunc/gotnerfed
Funding
Bootstrapped. No outside investors.
Vendor relationships
None. No advertising, no sponsorships, no vendor money. Ever.
Contact (press)
press@gotnerfed.com - catch-all to founder, 24h response
Contact (corrections)
corrections@gotnerfed.com - 72h response on any factual dispute
02Boilerplate · drop-in quotes
60-word version

gotnerfed.com is the public open-source watchdog cataloging every silent change AI vendors make to their pricing, rate limits, free tiers, and model quality. Every receipt is sourced (vendor changelog, Wayback Machine, or vendor statement), scored 0–100 on a public rubric, and graded by a 3-LLM AI Jury whose verdicts are published side-by-side. MIT-licensed. Independent. No vendor money.

20-word version

gotnerfed.com is the open-source watchdog cataloging every silent change AI vendors make to pricing, rate limits, and model quality.

03Brand assets · logos · marks
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04Live captures & badges
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05Story angles
01

Every major AI lab silently nerfs paid users

Cursor, Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, DeepSeek and more - each documented with sourced receipts and AI Jury verdicts. The pattern is industry-wide, not vendor-specific.

02

Most nerfs ship with no changelog entry

The majority of receipts in the archive document a change the vendor never announced - caught by diffing the page, not reading a release note. The silence is the story.

03

New top tiers tend to squeeze the tier below

When a vendor ships a pricier ceiling, the plan beneath it often gets quietly re-capped soon after. The new ceiling redefines what the old one was.

04

AI inference is still heavily subsidized

Every silent nerf is a step toward the price the market actually pays. The honeymoon ends in measurable monthly increments.

06About the founder

Solo operator, US-based, independent. Built gotnerfed after getting silently downgraded by three different AI vendors in 60 days. Available for interviews - schedule via press@gotnerfed.com.

Press kit last updated: launch week 2026Corrections to receipts: corrections@gotnerfed.com · 72h response