Arca Opens to Everyone, Paying People for the AI Sessions They’d Otherwise Throw Away
After invite-only early entry, the desktop app from the staff behind Brevis is now open to anybody on Mac and Home windows.
HONG KONG, November 11, 2026: Arca, a brand new desktop app from the staff behind Brevis, opened to the general public right this moment. Arca pays folks for the AI periods they’d in any other case throw away. It finds the session historical past their AI instruments already carry on their pc, lets them select which periods to submit, strips delicate particulars on the gadget earlier than something is uploaded, and pays for the periods which are accredited. Beginning right this moment, anybody can enroll with an e mail tackle, with no invite and no waitlist.
A lot of right this moment’s data work runs by means of AI instruments. Individuals steer a mannequin by means of a process, correcting it, throwing out what fails and protecting what holds up. Each a type of periods leaves an in depth document of actual work: the back-and-forth, the lifeless ends, the repair that lastly labored. These information pile up by the 1000’s on folks’s computer systems, and as soon as the window closes, they’re value nothing to the one that did the work. Arca provides that work a worth.
The way it works
Arca works with the AI instruments folks already use, together with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Claude Desktop. After putting in the app, customers see the periods Arca has discovered on their machine, previous ones included. They decide a session to add, and Arca anonymises it on their pc earlier than it leaves, then returns a quote vary. Customers both verify, which sends the session to evaluate, or withdraw, through which case the add is deleted. Accepted periods are paid weekly.
Arca solely reads periods which are already on the person’s pc, and it lists all the pieces it finds. Nothing uploads within the background, and nothing leaves the gadget till the person picks a session and confirms. Earlier than a session is uploaded, Arca strips names, file paths, account particulars and keys, and additional anonymising runs on Arca’s facet.
“Each AI session is a document of actual considering and actual work, and till now the one that did that work acquired nothing for it,” mentioned Michael, co-founder and CEO of Brevis. “Arca lets folks see what their periods are value and resolve for themselves what to share. We opened it in small batches first to get the expertise proper. In the present day it’s open to everybody.”
Constructed for actual work in any discipline
Arca is constructed for anybody who does actual work with AI, from code to contract critiques, analysis and lengthy working conversations. Periods with Claude Opus and Fable, and with the most recent GPT fashions in Codex, qualify right this moment, with extra to return. Very quick periods don’t qualify, and each submission is reviewed earlier than it pays. Customers can join GitHub to strengthen their profile, which might elevate the worth of their periods, nevertheless it isn’t required.
Arca carries the precept behind Brevis’s verifiable computing work into a brand new area: issues you’ll be able to confirm are value greater than issues you need to belief.
Availability
Arca first opened on October 13 in invite-only early entry, admitting customers in small batches. With right this moment’s launch, the invite requirement is gone. Customers enroll with an e mail tackle or a Google account and may begin instantly. Arca is free to make use of and obtainable now for Mac and Home windows at arca.market.
By November 30, the Arca Launch Problem provides $10,000 in prizes on prime of normal payouts for accredited periods.
About Arca
Arca pays folks for the AI periods they’d in any other case throw away. The desktop app finds the periods folks’s AI instruments already preserve, lets them select what to share, anonymises periods on the gadget earlier than add, and pays for accredited periods. Arca is constructed by the staff behind Brevis. Study extra at arca.market.
About Brevis
Brevis builds verifiable computing infrastructure. Its zero-knowledge proving expertise, together with the open-source Pico zkVM, lets functions show the outcomes of complicated computations. Study extra at brevis.network.
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