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AI IntelligenceJul 7, 2026AI Intelligence
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OpenAI, Anthropic, and major cloud providers are racing to outbid each other with free compute credits to pull startups into their ecosystems.

Some individual offers top $3 million. At Y Combinator alone, OpenAI and Anthropic could hand out up to $800 million.

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OpenAI, Anthropic, and major cloud providers are racing to outbid each other with free compute credits to pull startups into their ecosystems. Some individual offers top $3 million. At Y Combinator alone, OpenAI and Anthropic could hand out up to $800 million.