Nvidia offers startup customers a chance to swap compute power for a share of their future revenue.

Microsoft provides startup founders up to $150,000 in free Azure cloud credits instead of cash.

Cloud-based AI firms, model builders, and other enterprises will share both product and cloud revenue with Nvidia through its new partnership program.

Eli the Computer Guy questions how Nvidia has enough chips left over to provide hardware for future profit-sharing agreements if they were selling their chips as fast as they were producing them.

Nvidia's new partnership program, announced on a Thursday, offers fast-growing AI startups token credits to power their development in exchange for a slice of future profits.