How a rescue dog inspired me to build a $2/month AI — and give half to animal shelters

It started with a dog named Louie Louie was a rescue. Scrappy, overlooked, passed over by people who wanted something shinier. He ended up changing everything. The AI assistant you're using right now — SimplyLouie — is named after him. And the mission behind it came from watching what happens when good things are priced out of reach for most people. The problem with $20/month AI ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month. That's: 🇳🇬 4+ days of salary for many Nigerian developers 🇵🇭 3 days of salary for many Filipino developers 🇮🇳 Rs1,600+/month — more than most Indians spend on mobile data 🇧🇷 R$100+/month — nearly a week's grocery budget Think about that. The most powerful AI tools on the planet are priced for Silicon Valley salaries. The rest of the world gets the free tier — with limits, throttling, and no API access. That's not a feature. That's a choice. And it's a bad one. The $2 experiment I wanted to see what would happen if we priced AI at $2/month. Not as a loss leader. Not as a "starter pl