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AI setup from zero

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Accounts, payments, apps, and where your files go. Start on Free. Pay on the website. One vendor at a time.

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1. 1 Accounts, payments, and Free vs paid without hype Free is enough to start. Paid buys limits and extra surfaces, not a personality. This part maps accounts, payment rails (web vs App Store vs API), and Free vs paid ladders for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok so you stop stacking four cards and double-paying one product.