{"slug": "openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract", "title": "OpenAI and Anthropic are giving away millions in computing power to attract startups", "summary": "OpenAI and Anthropic are offering free compute credits worth millions of dollars to attract startups into their ecosystems, with some individual offers exceeding $3 million. At Y Combinator alone, the two companies could collectively distribute up to $800 million in credits annually. The discount war aims to improve margins ahead of their upcoming IPOs.", "body_md": "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 in credits per year combined. The discount war comes at a time when both companies need to improve their margins ahead of upcoming IPOs.\n\nThe article [OpenAI and Anthropic are giving away millions in computing power to attract startups](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract-startups/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract-startups/", "published_at": "2026-07-07 10:44:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 11:06:42.038629+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-products"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Y Combinator"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-and-anthropic-are-giving-away-millions-in-computing-power-to-attract.jsonld"}}