BREAKING
AWS GPU Crunch Opens Door for Rivals
Why Startups Are Looking Elsewhere
1
H100/H200 supply short
↓
2
AWS prioritizes own workloads
↓
3
Prices raised ~20%
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4
Startups switch clouds
H100 On-Demand Price Per GPU-Hour
Runpod
2.69
Together AI
5.4
0
%
cheaper (low)
0
%
cheaper (high)
0
x
H100 rate spread
Specialist Clouds vs AWS
Specialist Clouds
Cheaper
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Immediate availability
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Lower cost, per-second billing
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Spot tiers can interrupt
AWS
Stable
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Enterprise SLAs
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Deep integration
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Adding 1M+ GPUs in 2026
First Habits May Form on Rivals
AI NEWS BLITZ
An Nvidia GPU shortage at AWS is giving specialist clouds a chance to win AI startups.