---
name: Azure $1000 Exploitation Plan
description: Masterplan to burn $1000 Azure credits (MS for Startups) by July 20, 2026 + unlock $5K Grow tier
type: project
originSessionId: 38a0dcdb-5376-45aa-a4f3-1527accc3abe
---
## Goal
Burn full $1,000 Azure credits (from Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub) before expiry July 20, 2026, AND trigger $5K Grow tier upgrade at Week 6.

## Budget
- Total: $1,000
- Daily target: $11
- Weekly target: $75-80
- Breakdown:
  - AI inference: $450
  - Compute: $200
  - DB/Storage: $150
  - Experiments: $150
  - Buffer: $50

## 5 Core Projects (engineered to burn + build value)

| # | Project | Status | Monthly Burn |
|---|---------|--------|--------------|
| 1 | cc.icedoutai.com v2 (Claude-powered CC advisor) | Not started | $120 |
| 2 | Kams CMS Intel Daily (morning email agent) | Not started | $50 |
| 3 | VerifyMail MVP launch | Not started | $100 |
| 4 | Vineet Jewelry AI Pipeline v2 (DALL-E 3) | Not started | $30 |
| 5 | Icedout Research Vault (personal Perplexity) | Not started | $80 |

## Timeline
- **Week 1 (Apr 20-27):** Setup + cc.v2 backend
- **Week 2:** Kams intel + cc.v2 launch
- **Week 3:** cc.v2 iteration
- **Week 4-5:** VerifyMail sprint
- **Week 6 (~Jun 3):** REQUEST $5K UPGRADE
- **Week 7-12:** Scale + Research Vault
- **Week 13 (Jul 13-20):** Final burn

## Key milestones
- [ ] Azure key saved at ~/.azure_key
- [ ] Budget alerts set (25/50/75/90/100%)
- [ ] Opus 4.7 deployment created
- [ ] Project 1 launched (cc.v2)
- [ ] Project 2 running (Kams daily email)
- [ ] Project 3 MVP (VerifyMail)
- [ ] Project 4 operational (Vineet pipeline)
- [ ] Project 5 live (Research Vault)
- [ ] $5K Grow tier requested
- [ ] $5K Grow tier approved

## Guardrails
NEVER provision:
- GPU VMs (NC-series, A100) — drains credits in days
- Premium storage tier
- Reserved Instances (locks commitment)
- Cross-region data transfer (egress charges)

## Tier upgrade criteria (by Week 6 / ~Jun 3)
Need to show:
- $400+ spent
- 5+ Azure services running
- 2+ products publicly accessible
- 1 SaaS in active development
- Daily Opus 4.7 inference (>$5/day avg)
- Evidence of external user beyond Arnav

## Master plan doc
Full plan: https://paste.icedoutai.com/azure-1k-masterplan.txt