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Such barter deals were also popular during the 00s Internet Bubble.

Here more on the deals (2003):

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/aol-saga-ope...

Popular names included AOL, Cisco, Yahoo, etc.

Not sure if Amazon’s term sheets driving high valuation are nothing but AWS credits (Amazon’s own license to print money).





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