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0 pointsstingraycharles15d ago0 comments

> I think the idea is that you can launder your team or product AI spend through your AWS account.

This is exactly it. For any reasonably sized org, setting up new contracts with new vendors involves a lot of procurement, lawyers, negotiations, etc.

If a team can just click a button in AWS, there’s no issue.

This is a product / solution that solves an organizational problem, not a technical one.

I wouldn’t even call it a hack as much as extremely common a strategy.

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thedougd15d ago

Sadly it’s going to be more nuanced.

The Bedrock models, at least, have additional click through EULAs for Anthropic models. You’re going to need to review and agree to those as well.

Claude is going to be marketplace spend and that’s usually capped towards your PPA at 25%.

adolph14d ago

> click through EULAs

Every year "don't agree to things on behalf of the company"

Every day "click here to agree that ..."

xxpor14d ago

I've always wondered how this plays out in practice. I might certify that I have signing authority but I most certainly do not. What happens in the US (in Delaware?) when there's a dispute?

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pbgcp202615d ago

No, "This is exactly not it." They are buying your data on a cheap.

bdavbdav15d ago

As someone who is dealing with the procurement of both in a medium sized it, finops and infosec are exactly it.

kube-system15d ago

Do you have experience selling to fortune 100 sized organizations?

“I don’t have the budget for this but we have AWS credits” is something teams beg for all the time.

When people beg to give you money, you accept it. Why? It’s not some conspiracy theory. You accept the money because it’s money.

wallst0715d ago

100% correct... Have EPD or PPA? Reduced spend because of reasons? Well now you can make it up in claude tokens.

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