Cursor’s 75% off deal is absolutely insane. Silicon Valley startups are picking cloud providers like they’re picking cabbages, and their compute accumulation is growing so fast it’s starting to catch up to seed-round valuations.

CoinJie.com reports that Silicon Valley startups are currently seeing a surge in computing power credit demand, as AI vendors launch fierce competition to win enterprise customers. Cursor is offering a 75% discount. Sales teams from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others are offering generous terms—some founders even postpone fundraising and negotiate between vendors. Many companies provide cloud computing services and token credits, with totals often exceeding $3 million, which is equivalent to the U.S. seed round median. Google Cloud can provide up to $500,000 in cloud credits and early access to Gemini, while Microsoft and AWS also offer incentives. Vendors want to lock in startup customers early to build long-term revenue, while also facing growing challenges from increasingly powerful free and low-priced models.