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- aifree.devClaim 1M Free Tencent Hy4 Tokens on ZenMux, First 1,000 Users1M free Tencent Hy4 tokens on ZenMux, no payment needed
Catch: first 1,000 claims only; link expires Nov 11, 2026
Get $70 in Free Exa API Credits With Promo Code EXA50API$50 Exa API credit from code EXA50API, plus the $10 bonus and $10 monthly
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Get $100 of Free AI Agent Credit on Entire, No Payment Taken$100 to run Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Sol agents on Entire, free
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Grab 500M Free GLM-5.3-Flash Tokens in the ZCode Weekend Build500M free GLM-5.3-Flash tokens in ZCode this weekend, from Oct 30
Catch: Flash model only; the tokens expire Nov 2, 01:00 UTC- aifree.devWhat changed in free AI: Oct 12–1826 changes in free AI, week of Oct 12–18
19 new: Anthropic Academy free courses, Appwrite Education plan, +17 more
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NVIDIA: 1M-Context Nemotron 3.5 Super VL Free on OpenRouter1M-token context, $0 input and output, image and video input
Catch: shared OpenRouter free-tier rate limits, no announced end date
Ongoing; claim with an OpenRouter account and the :free model id
YC-Backed Replicas Offers $300 in Free Credits for New Signups After $4M SeedReplicas - which runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode on isolated cloud Linux VMs - raised a $4M seed from YC and Paul Graham. The founder's launch post grants every new signup $300 in free credits; officially a launch-day offer, so it can end without notice.
OpenCode Makes Stealth Model Cat Jam Free for Agentic CodingOpenCode's stealth model Cat Jam Free - 262K context, 131K output, reasoning up to max effort, tool calling and JSON output - is live at $0 input and output for agentic coding. Maker unconfirmed; no announced end date on the free access.- aifree.devQoder Extends Free Qwen3.8-Flash Access Past September 30, No End Date SetQwen3.8-Flash stays free for all individual Qoder users - including Free plan, even at zero Credits - after the promo that was set to end September 30 was extended with no announced end date. Efficient-tier models are free too, but only on paid plans.
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