Arca Pays Users for Stored AI Session Records
The desktop app, now open to the public on Mac and Windows, could turn idle coding histories into a paid data category as more AI models qualify.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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Arca, a free desktop app from the team behind Brevis, opened to the public on Mac and Windows on November 11, 2026, after an invite-only early access that began October 13. The app finds AI session history already stored on users' computers, lets users choose which sessions to submit, and pays for sessions that are approved. This is a shipped product, not an announcement.
Why it matters
Records of AI sessions accumulate on personal machines and currently have no value to the person who produced them once the work is done. Arca tests whether that stored activity can be packaged and sold as a data asset, a model that could expand as more AI tools generate reusable session records.
Arca supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Claude Desktop, and anonymises each selected session on the user's device before upload. The company returns a quote range for each session, though the source gives no figures for those ranges.
The players
Arca
A desktop app from the team behind Brevis that pays users for approved AI session records and is available for Mac and Windows.
Brevis
The team behind Arca, named as its origin in the launch announcement.
The details
After installation, the app scans the machine and displays AI sessions it has located there. A user picks a session to submit, and Arca anonymises it locally, stripping sensitive details before anything leaves the device. The app then returns a quote range, and sessions that are approved are paid weekly; users can withdraw a session at any time, which deletes the upload.
Timeline
October 13, 2026: Arca opened in invite-only early access.
November 11, 2026: Arca opened to the public on Mac and Windows.
November 30, 2026: The Arca Launch Challenge prize period ends.
The Tech Race
Arca is positioned around the growing volume of session records produced by coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Its model depends on those tools continuing to store usable session history locally, and it expands as more AI models qualify for sessions.
Anyone can sign up with an email address and no invite or waitlist, and the app is free to use on Mac and Windows. Users who connect GitHub may strengthen their profile, which the source says can raise the value of their sessions.
The takeaway
The trajectory to watch is whether session records become a broadly tradable data category as more AI models qualify. Track the Arca Launch Challenge results when the prize period closes on November 30, 2026.
Further reading
For more on how AI tools are reshaping everyday software work, explore our Artificial Intelligence coverage.
More information
Download the Arca desktop app to see which of your AI sessions it can find.
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