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Two things: what a new model, a price change or a launch does to your infrastructure bill, and what changed in the credit programs we track. Every item links to its source.

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Industry news September 29, 2026 2 min read

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.7 reached Amazon Bedrock on 28 September, and GPT-6.1 Sol followed a day later

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.7 reached Bedrock on 28 September, GPT-6.1 Sol a day later. Vendor prices, and what's still unconfirmed on Bedrock itself.

Industry news September 24, 2026 2 min read

GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna and Claude Opus 5.5 reached Amazon Bedrock on 22 September, and Activate credits can pay for them

GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna and Claude Opus 5.5 reached Bedrock on 22 September. Activate credits cover third-party models there, but Bedrock's rates are unconfirmed.

Industry news September 15, 2026 1 min read

Gemma 4 31B now runs on AWS three different ways

Gemma 4 31B now has three routes onto AWS and Google — Bedrock, SageMaker, and Google Cloud — and each bills differently.

Industry news August 24, 2026 2 min read

OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Sol to $4 and $20 until 21 November, and the same rate reached Bedrock

Input went from $5 to $4 and output from $30 to $20, promotional at least through 21 November. Amazon Bedrock matched it, and Activate credits can pay for it.

Industry news August 19, 2026 2 min read

DeepSeek raised API prices on 16 August, and the same weights are cheaper on a provider that gives credits

V4-Flash output went from $0.28 to $0.66 off-peak and $1.32 at peak. Together AI serves the same MIT weights at $0.28 and runs a startup credit program.

Industry news August 17, 2026 1 min read

Gemini Flash doubles in price on 1 January, and Google credits only pay for Google models

Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 and $3.75 per million tokens through 31 December, then $1.50 and $7.50. Google startup credits only cover Gemini and Gemma.

Program digest August 12, 2026 3 min read

Cloudflare's ceiling moves to $350k, Google's credits still won't pay for Claude

Cloudflare's tiers moved, Google's credits exclude third-party models, and AWS lists an account requirement that quietly disqualifies applicants.

Industry news August 12, 2026 2 min read

Google's free tier for AI Studio apps: no card, no expiry, and a hard ceiling

The Starter Tier hosts an AI Studio app free with no payment method and no time limit. The limits tell you what it is for — and when to move.

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