AI Startup Loses $4,000 Overnight to Bot Accounts Abusing Free Credits

An AI founder woke up to 5,500+ new signups that turned out to be thousands of bot accounts abusing free credits to generate short videos, costing about $4,000 overnight — exposing gaps in email verification and anti-abuse safeguards.

2026-10-30 ~ 2026-10-31 · 2 related posts

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