YC startup says it has $1.5M in free credits from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-22
A YC startup says it has received $1.5M in model and cloud credits at zero cost:
- $500K from Anthropic (YC deal)
- $500K from OpenAI (YC deal)
- $350K from OpenAI (Azure promo)
- $150K from Google (GCP AI deal)
The post frames 2026 startup building as effectively free, at least on the inference and cloud side.
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