Create.ai - AI-Powered Content Creation Platform

An emergency sprint build designed to generate $20M in revenue within 23 hours through viral AI-powered content creation.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Docker & Docker Compose
• Node.js 20+ (for local development)
• Python 3.11+ (for local development)
• PostgreSQL 16
• Redis 7

Environment Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/create-ai.git
cd create-ai

2. Copy environment files

cp backend/.env.example backend/.env

3. Update the .env file with your API keys:

• AI Model API keys (Whisper, QwQ, Llama, FLUX, MeloTTS)
• Stripe API keys
• AWS S3 credentials
• Sentry DSN (optional)
• Mixpanel token (optional)

🐳 Docker Deployment (Recommended)

# Start all services
docker-compose up -d

# View logs
docker-compose logs -f

# Stop services
docker-compose down

Services will be available at:

• Frontend: http://localhost:3000
• Backend API: http://localhost:8000
• API Docs: http://localhost:8000/docs

💻 Local Development

Backend

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python run.py

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Start Required Services

# PostgreSQL
docker run -d --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 postgres:16

# Redis
docker run -d --name redis -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine

# Celery Worker (in backend directory)
celery -A app.celery_app worker --loglevel=info

# Celery Beat (in another terminal)
celery -A app.celery_app beat --loglevel=info

🏗️ Architecture

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
• Backend: FastAPI, Python 3.11, Celery, Redis
• Database: PostgreSQL with SQLAlchemy ORM
• Storage: AWS S3 with CloudFront CDN
• AI Models:
  • Whisper Large v3 Turbo (speech-to-text)
  • QwQ-32B (reasoning)
  • Llama 4 Scout 17B (content generation)
  • FLUX.1 Schnell (image generation)
  • MeloTTS (text-to-speech)
  • Llama 3.2 11B Vision (quality checking)

Key Features

• ⚡ Sub-30 second content creation pipeline
• 💰 Dynamic surge pricing based on server load
• 🏆 Viral challenge system with leaderboards
• 🔄 Platform-specific sharing (TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube)
• 💳 Stripe payment integration
• 📊 Real-time analytics dashboard
• 🚀 Auto-scaling with connection pooling
• 🛡️ Rate limiting and DDoS protection

📊 Monitoring

Metrics Endpoint

• Backend metrics: http://localhost:8000/metrics
• Prometheus: http://localhost:9090 (if configured)

Key Metrics to Track

• Creation success rate
• Average processing time
• Revenue per hour
• Viral coefficient
• Server load percentage
• API response times

🚨 Production Checklist

• Set all environment variables
• Configure SSL certificates
• Set up CloudFlare DDoS protection
• Configure auto-scaling groups
• Set up database backups
• Configure Sentry error tracking
• Set up Mixpanel analytics
• Test payment flows
• Load test with expected traffic
• Set up monitoring alerts

📈 Revenue Optimization

Surge Pricing Triggers

• CPU usage > 80%
• Memory usage > 80%
• Active users > 10,000

Viral Mechanics

1. Launch with 5 template challenges
2. Influencer seeding (first 100 users)
3. Referral rewards (1 free creation per 3 referrals)
4. Platform-optimized sharing
5. Real-time leaderboards

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Creation failures

• Check AI API keys and endpoints
• Verify Redis is running
• Check Celery worker logs

Slow processing

• Monitor AI model latencies
• Check database connection pool
• Verify S3 upload speeds

Payment issues

• Verify Stripe webhook configuration
• Check webhook secret is correct
• Monitor Stripe dashboard

📝 API Documentation

Interactive API docs available at: http://localhost:8000/docs

Key endpoints:

• POST /api/auth/register - User registration
• POST /api/creations/create - Create content
• GET /api/challenges/trending - Get trending challenges
• POST /api/payments/purchase - Process payment

🚀 Scaling Notes

The system is designed to handle:

• 10M+ concurrent users
• 100K+ creations per minute
• Auto-scaling based on load
• Fallback AI endpoints
• Smart caching with Redis

📄 License

Proprietary - Built for the $20M Sprint Challenge

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Success Metric: $20M revenue in 23 hours 🎯