Indian founders try to profit by selling $25,000 AI credits handed out at YC Startup School: Report
Jessica Rajan, Published on May 19th, 2026

Following the Y Combinator Startup School in Bengaluru, free AI tool credits handed to attendees have appeared for resale online, The Economic Times reported. About 2,000 attendees received credits worth $25,000. Developers are reselling credits for platforms like AWS, OpenAI, Azure, and Anthropic at discounts of 20-40%. For early-stage AI startups, such credits help offset high backend costs.
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