Microsoft and Anthropic play invoice tennis with startup's $17,600 Claude bill

Vegalabs says $21,168 in unused Azure credits expired as separate Marketplace charges piled up A Norwegian startup says it ran up a $17,600 bill using Claude in Microsoft Foundry after assuming its Azure credits would cover the cost. We reported a similar case in March, involving third-party model charges that weren't covered by Azure sponsorship credits. This time, the customer says Microsoft and Anthropic each directed it to the other to resolve the charges. Vegalabs AS says it received $25,060 in Azure credits through Microsoft for Startups and deployed Claude in August, expecting its analysis workloads to use that balance.

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