> Maybe one of you startup inclined people can make an openllama startup that charges by request

I'm currently building www.lalamon.us specifically to provide a fully hosted open source model experience. One slight difference is that I'm providing a private chat instance for each user, so charging based on hours of active chat usage seemed to make more sense. Per-request charging seems more unpredictable for users, but I'd be interested in hearing the case either way.

Feel free to reach out with more questions if interested; my email is in my profile.