Auckland, 16 October 2026. NetPotential, the Rosedale web development agency founded by Tim Thomas in 2003, has launched the Token Burner: a way for charities, community groups and businesses to pitch an idea and have it built using the AI capacity the agency has left over each week.
NetPotential builds websites, online stores and apps with AI agents, directed and reviewed by Thomas, and pays for a large weekly AI allowance to do it. Paying client work typically uses about half of that allowance. The rest resets at the end of the week whether it is used or not.
To launch the Token Burner, NetPotential is building selected projects for registered charities and not-for-profits free of charge: both the AI work and Thomas’s own time. Only a handful of places are available, and the offer is for a limited time while the agency builds its first case studies.
“Every week I pay for AI capacity, and every week about half of it resets unused. There’s no point letting it go to waste when it could be building a donation page for an animal rescue or a volunteer portal for a community group. So for a while, we’re putting it towards good causes, free.”
Who can apply
Applications take about two minutes. NetPotential is especially looking for:
- animal rescue and welfare
- children and education
- community initiatives
- helping people in need
- any good cause serving humanity
The Token Burner is a curated selection, and most pitches will not be picked. Selected charities pay nothing for the build; minimal hard costs such as domain registration and hosting are passed on. After the launch offer, picked charity projects get 75% off NetPotential’s published prices and commercial projects 50% off. Builds use spare capacity only, so they fit around paying client work.
Picked projects are shared openly, with the organisation’s agreement, on LinkedIn and NetPotential’s website: what was built, how, and how fast. Confidential information is never published.
Apply or find out more: netpotential.co.nz/token-burner
About NetPotential
NetPotential is a web development agency in Rosedale, on Auckland’s North Shore, building for New Zealand businesses and organisations since 2003. It designs and builds websites, online stores, web apps and AI systems, with AI agents doing the build work and founder Tim Thomas directing and reviewing every change. Its prices are published and fixed. More about NetPotential.
Media contact
Tim Thomas, founder
021 535 832 · [email protected]
Images
Free to use with this story, credited to NetPotential. Token Burner launch image (1520 x 1562, JPEG) · NetPotential logo (SVG) · Launch art (1200 x 1200 PNG): heart, paw, school
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