{"slug": "show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public", "title": "Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public", "summary": "FablePool launched a crowdfunding platform where users pool money behind a single AI prompt, and an autonomous agent builds the requested project in public. Funding starts at $0.25 per backer, with projects requiring at least $100 total, as demonstrated by active campaigns including a Claude Shannon website and an open-source AWS clone.", "body_md": "# Pool money behind a big prompt. An AI attempts the build, in public.\n\nStrangers chip in to fund one ambitious instruction — an AI agent carries it out milestone by milestone, with every credit on a public ledger. Funding targets are set by the AI planner (projects total at least $100); backers chip in any amount from $0.25.\n\n## Open projects\n\n**Single page website that shows a picture of Claude Shannon** by Matthew Barras · $2.00 raised of est. $0.35 target\n\n**Build a completely greenroom, open source AWS** by David Hope · $1.25 raised of est. $516.00 target\n\n**UK Car Modification Database** by Kevin Pieroni · $1.00 raised of est. $702.00 target\n\n**Open-source PID tuning python library** by Matthew Barras · $1.00 raised of est. $152.00 target · 2 upvotes\n\n**UK Crowd Sourced Voting for Local Authorities** by Chris Stones · $0.00 raised · target set at planning", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public", "canonical_source": "https://fablepool.com", "published_at": "2026-06-11 21:17:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-11 21:41:43.172592+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["FablePool", "Matthew Barras", "David Hope", "Kevin Pieroni", "Chris Stones", "Claude Shannon", "AWS"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fablepool-pool-money-behind-a-prompt-and-fable-builds-it-in-public.jsonld"}}