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How to Get 1 Billion Free Muse Tokens

Raymond — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:02:38 +0000

New Muse users can get 1 billion free tokens by entering an invite code in Settings within 48 hours of signing up. That is roughly ten weeks of the free weekly allowance, at no cost and with no card required.

If you have been curious about Muse, Meta's new personal AI agent, this guide explains what it is, what it can do, how its tokens work, and exactly how to claim the bonus. You can use my invite code below:

Muse invite code: 02F1OY
Sign up:          https://muse.ai/join

What is Muse?

Muse is a personal AI agent that Meta launched on September 8, 2026. Unlike a chatbot that only answers questions, Muse is built to take action and get things done on your behalf.

It runs on Muse Spark, which Meta calls its most capable model to date and which it designed for real-world agent tasks. You talk to it the way you would text a friend, either in the Muse app or through WhatsApp.

A few things set it apart:

Its own computer. Each Muse agent runs on a private cloud virtual machine (Meta calls it Muse Secure VM) with its own storage and a full web browser you can watch.
It keeps working. Long tasks continue in the background even after you close the app.
It's personal. You can name your agent, give it an avatar, and choose how it communicates.
Availability. Muse is rolling out in the United States for adults 18 and older, on iOS, Android, and the web at muse.ai. Support for Meta's AI glasses is planned.

What Muse can do for you

Muse handles both quick errands and long-running goals. According to Meta and launch coverage, it can:

Send emails and manage your calendar
Book travel and make reservations
Open a browser, fill out forms, and complete online checkouts
Negotiate on your behalf, for example to lower a bill or sell a car
Take a bigger goal, turn it into a personal plan, and keep working on it over days or weeks
Offer proactive suggestions as it learns what matters to you

You decide which apps it can connect to, such as email, calendar, payments, and shopping, and you can revoke access at any time. Meta also says Muse is the first AI agent covered by Link's purchase protections, including coverage for lost or damaged items and no-fee returns on eligible purchases.

A few practical ideas to try first:

"Find three flights to Chicago next month under $250 and hold the best one for my approval."
"Compare my internet plan to what's available at my address and draft a message asking for a lower rate."
"Plan a weekly meal schedule and build a grocery list for it."

How Muse tokens and plans work

Muse is free to use up to a weekly limit, and everything is metered in tokens rather than messages. Tokens are the small chunks of text the model reads and writes as it plans, browses, and fills in forms, so one long background task can use far more than a dozen quick questions.

Plan	Price	Weekly allowance
Free	$0	About 100 million tokens (reported)
Power	$20/month	500 million tokens
Max	$100/month	3 billion tokens

The free figure comes from Meta's announcements and third-party testing; check Meta's help page for the current numbers. When you hit your limit, Muse pauses until the weekly reset or until you upgrade.

Invite bonus tokens sit on top of your weekly allowance, which is why claiming them early is worth it.

How to get 1 billion free Muse tokens, step by step

The whole process takes about two minutes. The only rule that matters: redeem the code within 48 hours of creating your account, because the option disappears after that.

Create your account. Go to muse.ai/join or download the Muse app on iOS or Android. On the web you sign in with a phone number and a Meta account, then complete age verification.
Open Settings. On the web, click the gear icon in the lower left. In the app, open the menu and tap Settings.
Find Redeem Invite Code. It usually sits under General (on some versions, General then Usage).
Enter the code 02F1OY and tap Confirm.
Check your balance. Make sure the 1 billion bonus tokens show up before you close Settings.

That's it. You get 1 billion tokens, and so do I, as a thank-you for the referral.

Check out Muse, your personal AI agent. Redeem my code in Settings
within 48 hours of joining and we'll both get 1 billion Muse tokens.

Code: 02F1OY
https://muse.ai/join

Tip: Once you're in, you get your own invite code too (look for the Invite button). Each account can reportedly refer up to 20 friends, earning 1 billion tokens per successful invite.

What 1 billion tokens is actually worth

One billion tokens equals about ten weeks of the free weekly allowance, or two full weeks of the $20 Power plan.

Comparison	Equivalent of 1B bonus tokens
Free plan (~100M/week)	About 10 weeks
Power plan (500M/week)	About 2 weeks
Max plan (3B/week)	About 2 days

In practical terms, that is room to let Muse run real errands, research projects, and longer background goals without watching the meter. Agent tasks that browse many pages burn tokens faster than chat, so the bonus is most useful for the bigger jobs.

Privacy and safety: what to know before you connect your accounts

An agent that reads your email and makes purchases needs more trust than a chatbot, and Meta has built in several safeguards:

Isolated machine. Your agent and your data live in their own virtual machine that no other user's agent can reach.
Sentinel. A separate security agent controls internet access and permissions, kept apart from Muse at the system level.
Hidden credentials. Passwords and payment details are stored so Muse itself never sees them.
Your choice on training. You can opt out of having your conversations used to train Meta's models, and Meta says personal conversations aren't shared with its advertising systems.

Good habits still apply. Start by connecting only the apps a task needs, require approval for purchases, and review what Muse did before you hand it more access.

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse really free? Yes. The free tier has the same features as the paid plans, just a smaller weekly token allowance.

Do the bonus tokens expire? Bonus tokens are separate from your weekly allowance and don't reset with it. Meta can change promotion terms, so use them on real tasks rather than saving them indefinitely.

I missed the 48-hour window. Can I still redeem? No. The redeem option disappears once the window closes, so enter the code during your first session.

Can I use Muse outside the US? Not officially yet. An invite code only adds tokens; it doesn't unlock Muse in countries where it hasn't launched.

Is Muse the same as Muse Code or the Meta AI app? No. Muse Code is a separate coding tool for developers with its own plans, and Meta AI is Meta's general assistant.

Ready to try it?

Sign up at muse.ai/join, open Settings, and redeem code 02F1OY within 48 hours. You'll start with 1 billion bonus tokens on top of your free weekly allowance.

Welcome to TechRay.dev: Why I'm Writing About AI, Agents, and the Future of Building Software

Raymond — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:05:56 +0000

Hi, I'm Raymond Busuttil, and this is the first post on my new corner of the internet.

I've wanted a place like this for a while. Tech moves fast, and the last couple of years have felt like a decade of change compressed into a few seasons. I spend a lot of time reading, tinkering, and building with the latest tools, and I kept catching myself explaining the same things to friends and colleagues over and over. A personal site felt like the obvious next step: a place to think out loud, share what I learn, and hopefully save you some time along the way.

What TechRay.dev is about

Three things will show up here more than anything else:

Trending tech. I'll cover the tools, platforms, and shifts that are worth paying attention to, and I'll be upfront about the ones I think are overhyped.

AI, practically speaking. Not the breathless "everything is about to change" version, and not the dismissive "it's just autocomplete" version either. I want to look at what these systems are genuinely good at, where they fall over, and how to use them well in real work.

Agentic coding. This is the one I'm most excited about. We've moved from AI that suggests the next line of code to AI that can plan a task, read a codebase, run commands, fix its own errors, and hand back a working result. That changes how software gets built, and it changes what it means to be a developer.

Opinion, with receipts

Expect two flavors of content on this blog.

The first is opinion pieces. I have views, sometimes strong ones, and I'll share them. But I'll try to hold them loosely. If I change my mind about something, I'll say so, because in a field that reshapes itself every few months, the people who never update their opinions are the ones who get left behind.

The second is helpful, hands-on articles: how-tos, workflows, lessons learned, and the occasional "here's the mistake I made so you don't have to." If a post doesn't leave you with something you can use or think about, I haven't done my job.

A quick take on agentic coding

Since it's going to be a recurring theme, here's where my head is at right now.

The biggest shift isn't that AI can write code. It's that AI can now work on code. There's a real difference. Autocomplete helps you type faster. An agent can take a goal like "add pagination to this endpoint and update the tests," explore your project, make changes across several files, run the test suite, notice something broke, and try again.

That's powerful, and it's also where people get into trouble. A few things I've come to believe:

Your judgment matters more, not less. When code is cheap to generate, the scarce skill becomes knowing what to build, spotting what's subtly wrong, and deciding what "good" looks like.
Review is the new bottleneck. Agents can produce changes faster than a human can carefully read them. Learning to review efficiently, and to structure work so it's reviewable, is a real skill.
Clear instructions beat clever prompts. The people getting the best results aren't using magic phrases. They're giving agents clear context, tight scope, and a way to verify their own work, like tests or a build step.
Small, verifiable steps win. Asking an agent to rebuild your whole app in one go is a gamble. Asking it to do one well-defined piece and confirming it works is how you make steady progress.
Fundamentals still pay off. Understanding how systems work, how to debug, and how to read code makes you a far better collaborator with an AI than someone who's just accepting whatever comes back.

I don't think agents replace developers. I do think developers who learn to work with them will have a serious edge, and I want to help make that transition less intimidating.

The healthy skepticism clause

I'm optimistic about this technology, but optimism isn't the same as cheerleading. AI tools make mistakes, sometimes confidently. They can introduce security problems, invent APIs that don't exist, and produce code that looks right but isn't. Hype cycles also tend to skip over the boring stuff: cost, reliability, maintenance, and the impact on people's jobs and careers.

I'll try to cover the full picture here, the exciting parts and the uncomfortable ones. If something is impressive, I'll say so. If it's a shiny distraction, I'll say that too.

What's coming next

To give you a taste of what's ahead, here are some topics I'm planning to dig into:

How I set up my workflow for building with AI coding agents
Common mistakes people make when delegating work to an agent (and how to avoid them)
What to look for when choosing between AI tools and models
How to keep your own skills sharp while leaning on AI
Honest reviews of new tools and releases as they land

If there's something specific you'd like me to cover, I'd genuinely love to hear it. This site will be better if it's shaped by the people reading it.

Thanks for being here

Whether you're a seasoned engineer, a curious beginner, or just someone trying to make sense of where technology is heading, I'm glad you stopped by. I'm figuring this out as I go, and I'd like to do it in public, with you along for the ride.

Grab a coffee, look around, and check back soon. There's a lot to explore.

Until next time,
Raymond Busuttil
TechRay.dev