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Getting $1M cloud credits for AI startups — and using them wisely | SkyPilot Blog

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You’re an AI startup founder. You’ve just raised a round. You’re now racing to train models or build AI apps. When it comes to infrastructure, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that if you play your cards right, you can get up to $1M in credits from 3+ cloud providers. The bad news is that using those credits efficiently across multiple clouds – while maximizing GPU utilization and managing compute resources – can be quite a heavy infra burden. In this guide, we’ll try and make your life easier by walking you through: As of this writing, here’s a breakdown of the credits you can expect from the big three clouds: Note that: Our tips, from many convos with AI founders: Even with these caveats, if you genuinely need to consume that much cloud/GPU compute, this represents up to ~$1M of solid savings from your own bank account. Through the Google for Startups Cloud Program, AI companies can receive up to $250K in credits with a 1-year expiry, and up to $100K credits as 20% re

You’re an AI startup founder. You’ve just raised a round. You're now racing to train models or build AI apps. When it comes to infrastructure, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that if you play your cards right, you can get up to $1M in credits from 3+ cloud providers. The bad news is that using those credits efficiently across multiple clouds – while maximizing GPU utilization and managing compute resources – can be quite a heavy infra burden. In this guide, we'll try and make your life easier by walking you through: How to get $1M worth of cloud credits for AI startups; Learni

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