Fuzzball SaaS Prepaid Token Billing Model with Unified Portal Backend

Situation

Drove adoption of prepaid token ('CIQ Tokens') billing model for Fuzzball SaaS MVP, with unified Portal backend as single source of truth for all user accounts and token balances. Free tier deferred to fast-follow. MVP requires account + credit card to run workflows.

Reasoning

Prepaid tokens mitigate CIQ's financial risk from chargebacks on expensive compute jobs. Unified Portal backend creates a single customer identity across all CIQ products — strategic infrastructure investment that pays dividends across future products. Free tier deferred to reduce MVP scope while maintaining the long-term vision. Peter pushed hard for this exact design and got what he wanted.

Additional Context

Meeting with Greg, Bjorn, Jonathon, Chris Wolford. Bjorn initially proposed post-pay but deferred to team. Greg proposed prepaid tokens. Peter drove the unified Portal architecture decision. Keycloak integration already assigned to Portal team. Jonathan to create engineering tickets.

Observed Evidence

Fathom summary confirms prepaid token model adopted, unified Portal backend decided, free tier deferred. Peter confirmed he 'pushed hard for this exact design and got what I wanted.' Bjorn deferred to team assessment. Jonathon tasked with engineering tickets.

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