Launching Monday — first Instagram API where AI agents pay per request

Hey PH community. Social Intel is launching this Monday (March 16) at 12:01 AM PST.

Quick version: Instagram influencer search API where AI agents pay $0.10 USDC per request. No signup, no API keys — the x402 protocol handles payment directly over HTTP.

Honest pre-launch numbers:

- 50 developers have hit the API

- 1 paying customer (Node.js MCP agent from Japan)

- 0% conversion rate... because most devs dont have USDC on Base ready

We just shipped a free demo endpoint this week to fix that: curl "https://socialintel.dev/v1/searc..." returns 3 results instantly with no wallet needed.

Happy to answer any questions before Monday. What would you want to see from an influencer data API?