$1000 in AWS credits for startups (For free)

I’ve been using AWS for couple of years now, spending around $10/mo primarily for Cloud9 and S3.

Now, that’s not a lot but it’s always nice to find ways to spend less. So I bumped into this program:

AWS ACTIVATE

I filled in the form and briefly described a startup that I’m working on, and a few days later such an email came in:

When I logged into the AWS billing dashboard, this was already there:

Well, $1000+$350 is a very pleasant bonus!