Is there a way for another AI coding tool to carve out a place in the hearts of startup founders — and go past Cursor, Cloud Code, Codex, Gemini Code Assist, GitHub Copilot, the many other AI-wrapped VSCode forks, and vibe-coding phenoms like Replit and Lovable?
Amazon likes to use the tried-and-true method of giving away its tools for free.
Cloud giant says it will give one year of free credit to eligible early-stage startups To rival Kiro Pro+AWS CEO Matt Garman made the announcement during his keynote address at the re:Invent 2025 conference. These startups can request free credit for up to 100 users.
But there are restrictions. Only startups that have secured VC funding from Pre-Seed to Series B funding are eligible. US-based startups are eligible, but this offer is not available in every country. Geographic restrictions include France, Germany and Italy, most of South America and, naturally, trade-approved countries. Other than this, Application Must be received by December 31st.
