No API yet. Here’s why.
LADLE is a chat product with a meal donation attached. An API changes the math, the support model, and the value we add over calling Anthropic directly. When it makes sense, we’ll ship one. Today it doesn’t.
The meal math breaks.
Consumer subscriptions have a clean per-user monthly commitment: $20 in, $8 to the partner we select. API usage is variable — a small integration or a heavy pipeline can bill from $5/mo to $50,000/mo. Turning that into a predictable meal donation requires per-request accounting we haven't built.
The support model is different.
API customers need SLA, uptime guarantees, and per-endpoint debugging. That's a full support function, not the two of us answering emails.
Anthropic already has an API.
If you're building an integration, you're better served calling Anthropic's Claude API directly. It's the same model without our packaging. We don't want to charge you a mark-up for LADLE-branded API access that doesn't add value.
Your options in the meantime.
- The chat UI
Web + iOS (TestFlight). This is the whole product today.
- The playground demo
3 free messages against the real streaming API at /demo.
- Direct Anthropic API
If you need programmatic access, use it — same model, honest pricing at their tier.
Get an email when we ship this.
No newsletter. No launch teasers. One email when the API is genuinely ready, with a candid note on pricing and meal treatment. Optional one-liner on what you’d build helps us weight priorities.
OR EMAIL partners@ladle.chat · WE’LL REPLY IN A DAYFor now, the chat is the whole product.
Try the demo. If you need an API today, call Anthropic’s directly — same model, honest pricing.