Who this is for: Developers, indie hackers, and technical founders ready to deploy OpenAI APIs at scale and charge real money for access.

What you'll build: • A production-ready OpenAI API backend deployed on cloud infrastructure • Rate limiting, authentication, and multi-tenant access control • Cost management dashboards and token usage monitoring • Automated scaling that handles 100+ concurrent paying users • A checkout-to-access pipeline so members pay and get instant API keys

Curriculum covers: API setup → backend auth → deployment → scaling → monetization → organic growth to 100 paying members

Format: Self-paced video lessons + text guides + live community chat with the instructor.