get rewarded for the wait
Get paid for the time your AI makes you wait.
While the model thinks, the build compiles, or the render runs, one tasteful sponsored line appears on the wait you were already losing. Nine out of ten dollars is yours — real cash, deposited monthly.
Free extension · Never reads your work · US payouts · Source-available
Refactor the auth flow to use passkeys
Sample sponsors. Real lines come from live auctions.
The split
Others keep half.
We keep a dime.
- Typical wait-time ad share
- 50%
- Your share with rwrds
- 90%
When the ad pays a dollar, ninety cents goes in your balance. Ten cents covers payment rails and fraud checks. Every line on your ledger shows the split.
Going further Read the founder's essay — where this is headed
The app is just the beginning
A bigger arc than a browser button.
Each step is wider than the last — more surface, more scope, more of the internet bent back toward the people who power it.
How it works
Three steps, then you forget it's there.
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Install the extension
Add Rwrds to Chrome in about a minute. It sits quietly beside the AI tools you already use.
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Keep working — let it wait
When a model thinks or a render runs, one labeled sponsored line appears. You change nothing about your day.
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Get paid
Your share lands in your balance after each verified wait. Fast first payout to your US bank, then monthly — weekly as we grow. Quick ID check before your first withdrawal.
Where it runs
It meets you where you already work.
- Cursor
- VS Code
- Windsurf
- Claude Code
- Codex
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Perplexity
- Sora
- Runway
Editor + CLI ship first on OpenVSX; Chrome extension in parallel. Suno and others follow once live DOM is validated. Logos identify supported tools, not endorsement.
The money
Your dashboard, precise to the cent.
No fantasy dashboards. Honest earnings are modest and real — most people see roughly $30–150 a month, depending on how much they wait. Every figure below is a rule, not a promise.
- 90%
- of every dollar the ad pays — nine for you, one for us.
- $10
- minimum balance before your first cash-out.
- Monthly
- payouts after a fast first one — weekly as we grow.
| Wait | Bid | Your 90% |
|---|---|---|
| Render queue | $0.071 | $0.064 |
| Model thinking | $0.052 | $0.047 |
| Build compiling | $0.118 | $0.106 |
| Deep research | $0.094 | $0.085 |
| Cleared to you | $0.335 | $0.302 |
Illustrative rows. Your real totals are always yours to audit, line by line.
- Never reads your work. It notices that a page is making you wait — never your files, prompts, or screen.
- Source-available. The code that requests an ad is short and published. Read every line.
- Real cash. US bank. Verify once. US payouts at launch. A quick ID check before your first withdrawal — same as any platform that sends you a 1099.
- On your personal ledger. Every ad and every payout is written to your ledger — yours to check, down to the cent, anytime.
Not on Chrome yet?
Safari & Firefox ports are in progress. Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment they ship.
For advertisers
Reach people at the most focused moment of their day.
The pause at the spinner is high-attention and uncluttered. Bid what a real moment of attention is worth — in a live auction.
The wait was always going to happen. Now it pays you.
Free Chrome extension. Ninety percent yours, every time. About a minute to set up.
Start earning — it's freeDesktop Chrome today. Safari & Firefox in progress.