[chickenpotpie]

$100k is another employee for free. That's a significant sum for an early stage startup.

[icheishvili]

Why should startups backed by powerful institutional capital get more credits from AWS than ones that are bootstrapped and hurting for cash much more?

[avianlyric]

Because they’re more likely to succeed and spend real cash with AWS later.

Amazon’s a business, not a charity.

[harryh]

AWS credits aren't charity. They're an investment by Amazon that they hope will lead to future AWS revenue.