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Cloud Credit Cooperative Vision

Current Credits

• AWS Activate: $25,000awarded(shouldhavebeen$100K)
• Expires: June 2028
• Credits page: us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/home#/credits
• March 2026 bill ($2,300) covered by credits

The Vision

• 10+ Black-owned entities each apply for AWS/Google/Azure credits
• Pool credits into cooperative = $4.5M+ infrastructure
• Quik Nation = first investment recipient
• Clara AI revenue funds Black-owned data center
• Data center: UCenSysCom (Atlanta, old Truist Bank building)

UCenSysCom

• Black-founded and owned data center
• Downtown Atlanta
• Old Truist Bank data center facility
• Focus area: machine learning model training

DEI Concern (Trump Era)

• Companies rolling back DEI programs under political pressure
• DON’T frame applications as DEI — frame as BUSINESS
• See strategy notes in memory

FMO has already agreed to participate