# From zero to your first AI request in 2 minutes — no credit card

#ai #llm #api #kimi

Most AI platforms make you prove yourself before you can even look: create an account, enter a card, prepay, then find out if the thing works for you. That's backwards.

Here's the whole onboarding at AIBridge:

# 1. Sign in with GitHub.  2. Grab your key.  3. Run this.
curl https://aibridge-api.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mb-xxxxxxxx" \
  -d '{"model":"deepseek-v4-pro","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Explain why the sky is blue."}]}'

That's it. Sign in with your existing GitHub account, copy your key, and you're making real requests to 15 different models — with 500K free tokens and no card on file.

The paywall-before-proof problem

The standard AI-tool funnel asks for trust before it earns it:

Create an account (name, email, verify)
Add a payment method
Prepay or commit to a tier
Finally run your first real request

Steps 2 and 3 are a gate. If the model turns out wrong for your use case — a thing you could've learned in five minutes — you've already handed over a card for the privilege of finding out.

Flip it: proof before paywall

AIBridge inverts the order. The first thing you get is working, not billing:

Sign in with GitHub OAuth — no new username/password to invent or forget
500K free tokens (weighted) — enough to genuinely evaluate, not a 3-request teaser
15 models, all unlocked — the free tier isn't a walled garden; you can test the flagships too
Playground included — try prompts in the browser before you even write the curl

You can decide whether AIBridge fits before spending a cent. That's the point.

The 2-minute path, step by step

Hit sign-in — GitHub OAuth, two clicks, done
Copy your mb- key from the dashboard
Paste the curl above (or open the Playground and skip code entirely)
Toggle models — deepseek-v4-pro, qwen3-235b-a22b, glm-4-plus, kimi-k3, see what sticks
Decide with data — if it fits, upgrade when you're ready, not before

No card. No prepay. No "we'll bill you in 7 days" fine print.

What's behind the door

DeepSeek — deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek-reasoner, deepseek-coder, deepseek-chat
Qwen — qwen3-235b-a22b, qwen-plus (131K), qwen-max
GLM — glm-4-plus, glm-4-air, glm-4-flash
Moonshot — kimi-k3 (1M context), moonshot-v1-128k / -32k / -8k