Well... These are amounts for individuals. AWS Activate offers $100k to startups and that's just the advertised amount, $200-300k offers are not uncommon. Googl

Well... These are amounts for individuals. AWS Activate offers $100k to startups and that's just the advertised amount, $200-300k offers are not uncommon. Google and Microsoft do the exact same thing. They compete to lock you in. The math really starts working when your cloud bill is $5-10k a month or more. Then you can either foot the bill or hire an extra engineer. There are thousands of startups who'd much prefer to hire another engineer instead.