Arca Now Pays Anyone for Their Saved AI Chat Sessions

Arca, a desktop app that pays people for their saved AI chat sessions, is now open to anyone on Mac and Windows. It was invite-only until now. The app finds the sessions your AI tools already keep, lets you choose which to share, and pays weekly for the ones that pass review. It comes from the team behind Brevis.

What changed

Brevis says it opened Arca in small batches first to get the experience right. Now anyone can install it. The company's pitch is simple. Every AI session records real work: the back and forth, the dead ends, the fix that finally worked. Once the window closes, that record is worth nothing to the person who did the work. Arca tries to change that.

How it works

• Install the app and it lists the sessions it finds on your computer, past ones included.
• Pick a session. Arca removes names, file paths, account details and keys on your machine, then shows a quote range.
• Confirm to send it for review, or withdraw and the upload is deleted.
• Approved sessions are paid weekly.

What qualifies

Arca works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Claude Desktop. Sessions with Claude Opus and Fable, and with the latest GPT models in Codex, qualify today, with more to come. Very short sessions do not qualify, and every submission is reviewed before it pays. Connecting GitHub is optional but can raise a session's value. Through November 30, a launch challenge adds $10,000 in prizes on top of regular payouts.

Privacy to weigh

The company says Arca only reads sessions already on your computer. Nothing uploads in the background, and nothing leaves until you pick a session and confirm. One detail matters, though. Further anonymising happens on Arca's side after upload, so not every step runs on your device. Work sessions can include client or business details, so look at what you are sending.

What is not known

The material does not say how much sessions pay beyond a quote range shown in the app. It also does not say who uses the sessions or how the anonymising on Arca's side works. The claims here come from the company.