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Claude startup credits: free Claude API credits and Anthropic's highest rate limits for startups founded in the last four years with institutional equity funding. Community tier is open to any early-stage founder. Self-serve application on claude.com.
Open to All
Approval Index
Open to AllAvailable to most startups
Eligibility
For credits: founded within the last four years, equity funding from an institutional investor, and no previous Anthropic startup credits
Community tier is open to any early-stage founder; backing from an Anthropic partner VC / accelerator unlocks additional benefits
Credits apply to the first-party Claude API only (not Bedrock, Vertex AI or Foundry)
Up to $200,000 in AWS credits through AWS Activate. Self-funded startups can get up to $5,000; startups backed by an Activate Provider can get up to $200,000. Credits also cover third-party models on Amazon Bedrock.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Pre-Series B and founded in the last 10 years
Company website or company profile
AWS account on the Paid plan. Accounts on the 6-month Free plan can't receive Activate credits, so upgrade first
New to Activate credits, or requesting more credits than you received before
Portfolio tier: an Org ID from your Activate Provider (accelerator, angel investor, or VC firm)
Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Seed to Series A for the $200,000 / $350,000 tiers
Pre-funded startups can apply for the $2,000 Start tier
AI tier: founded within the last five years, Pre-Seed/Seed raised within five years or Series A within 12 months, and not yet received more than $5,000 in Google Cloud credits
OpenAI has no public self-serve credit application. Startups get API credits through an OpenAI partner VC or accelerator (with a referral code), through Ramp's rewards, or through OpenAI Grove cohorts ($50K in API credits).
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Backed by an OpenAI partner VC and holding a referral code from that VC
The SEO MCP server for developers building with coding agents. One MCP server gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP client your Google Search Console and GA4 data plus Google keyword demand, and the Startups program covers six months of usage free.
Open to All
Approval Index
Open to AllAvailable to most startups
Eligibility
Founded within the last 5 years and raised under $10M in total (bootstrapped teams welcome)
A live production website you own and are growing through search
New AgentGrown customers only (accounts that have bought more than $100 of credit aren't eligible), one application per company
Distributed GPU cloud running inference and batch workloads on 60,000+ consumer GPUs at a fraction of hyperscaler pricing. Startups get $1,000 in SaladCloud credit valid for 24 months, rising to $5,000 with a published case study.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Early-stage startup, pre-seed to Series B
A workload suited to containerised GPU compute
Not an existing paying SaladCloud customer
Programs
Salad for Startups
$1,000 in GPU credits, up to $5,000 with a case study
Unified AI inference API for image, video, audio, LLM, and 3D generation, offering up to $30K in API credits through its Grant Program for early-stage teams building on Runware.
Open to All
Approval Index
Open to AllAvailable to most startups
Eligibility
A real product or a credible MVP — not just an idea on paper
Early-stage startup, before Series A (bootstrapped teams welcome)
Building or launching on Runware within the next six months
Reachable via a business email tied to your product or company
Neo4j's Startup Program gives early-stage teams Aura credits for a fully managed, production-ready graph database, plus technical enablement and go-to-market support for building GraphRAG and AI apps.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Series B or earlier, building a single product for many customers (dev shops, consultants, and marketing agencies are not eligible)
Live, functioning website and a valid company LinkedIn profile with a direct association to the applicant
Corporate cards and spend management platform offering startups no-personal-guarantee cards, cashback, and $350,000+ in partner perks and software credits.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Registered US business entity (LLC, C-corp, S-corp, or LP) with an EIN
Linked business bank account meeting minimum cash balance thresholds
Microsoft for Startups gives Azure credits. Without an investor, new Azure users get $1,000 for 90 days, then $4,000 for 180 days after business verification. With an investor referral code, most startups start at $100,000 and can earn up to $150,000.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Early-stage startup building a scalable product
Investor offer: a referral code from a participating investor, accelerator, incubator, angel network, or university
No-investor offer: new to Azure; the second $4,000 requires business verification
Activate Azure credits within 90 days of accepting the program agreement
Neon's Startup Program offers serverless Postgres credits so early-stage teams can run production-grade databases with branching while keeping infra costs near zero.
VC-Backed
Approval Index
VC-BackedTypically requires VC partner intro
Eligibility
Self-funded: under $1M in funding building an early-stage product or MVP
VC-backed: raised at least $1M or in a recognized accelerator such as Y Combinator
PostHog for Startups gives early-stage companies platform credits plus merch and partner perks for product analytics, session replay, and feature flags.
Mistral ran a startup program, Mistralship, that gave a cohort of about 10 startups roughly €30,000 in La Plateforme credits. Its announcement page now returns a 404 and there is no open public application.
International payroll and EOR built for founders. Pay contractors in 150+ countries from $19/month or hire EOR employees in 27 markets from $299/month, plus $12,000+ a year in free enterprise support. No equity, no setup fee, open to any company.
Open to All
Approval Index
Open to AllAvailable to most startups
Eligibility
Open to any company that needs to hire or pay international contractors or employees; no accelerator, funding round or batch requirement
Standard KYC/KYB, sanctions and country-availability checks apply (contractors in 150+ countries, EOR in 27 markets)
Normal per-worker fees still apply: contractors from $19/month, EOR employees from $299/month; no setup fee and no annual commitment
AWS Advanced Tier Partner that helps startups access AWS credits, cut cloud costs, and get hands-on support from AWS-certified experts — with no added service fee.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Legally registered company using AWS (~$100/month minimum spend)
For AWS credits: functioning website and under 10 years old
$10,000 in GitHub platform credits for 12 months, usable on GitHub Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security, and Actions. For partner-affiliated startups funded up to Series B.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Received outside funding, up to Series B
Affiliated with a GitHub for Startups partner
New to GitHub Enterprise (not on an Enterprise plan in the past six months)
Have not previously received GitHub credits or GitHub Enterprise licenses
Fast-inference platform offering AI-native startups build credits, higher rate limits, and applied-engineer support to ship generative AI on open-weight models.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
AI-native startup building generative AI apps that need fast, reliable inference
Early-stage company (pre-seed through Series B per third-party listings)
Legendary Benchmark investor Bill Gurley's foundation awarding $5,000 non-dilutive micro-grants to early builders and founders chasing a dream — applicants (18+, US residents) showing real commitment through unpaid work and facing a specific financial obstacle the grant would unblock. Pilot applications open May 2026; deadline Aug 1, 2026.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Must be 18 years or older
Must currently reside in the United States
Must have read the book “Runnin’ Down a Dream”
Pilot applications open May 2026 — deadline Aug 1, 2026; first grants awarded early Fall 2026
PlanetScale for Startups offers MySQL and Postgres database credits plus zero-downtime migration assistance for early-stage teams scaling their data layer.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Early-stage startup, typically pre-seed through Series A
Often routed through a startup partner channel or approved ecosystem
Sentry for Startups provides early-stage companies credits and priority support for application monitoring, error tracking, and performance observability.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Company must be new to paying for Sentry (a prior free plan is okay)
Application required and review by the Sentry team
Highlight for Startups offers early-stage teams free usage of the open-source, full-stack monitoring platform for session replay, error tracking, and tracing.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Startup must have raised less than $2 million in funding
ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation platform offering startups discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud partner programs.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
New W&B customer (Microsoft offer is new-customers-only)
Member of a qualifying partner program (Microsoft for Startups or Google Cloud Startup Perks)
DigitalOcean Hatch gives startups that have raised $10M or less 12 months of infrastructure credits (amount varies) plus 15 months of Standard support.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Raised $10M or less
A company website and a matching business email
A DigitalOcean team account registered with your business email
Not used DigitalOcean credits before
Service-based businesses are not eligible; AI-native startups are prioritized
The NVIDIA Inception program is free for AI and data-science startups — discounts on NVIDIA hardware/software, technical training, and go-to-market support. No fees, no equity, open globally at every stage.
Conditions
Approval Index
ConditionsSpecific eligibility criteria apply
Eligibility
Building products in AI, deep learning, or data science
Officially incorporated and less than 10 years old
At least one developer and a working website
Any funding stage; no revenue required
Not eligible: consulting and outsourced development firms, crypto companies, cloud service providers, resellers and distributors, public companies
Mozilla's themed grant program for early-stage open-source AI builders. Awards up to $100K per project. Currently between cohorts — watch builders.mozilla.org for the next call.
Claude startup credits: free Claude API credits and Anthropic's highest rate limits for startups founded in the last four years with institutional equity funding. Community tier is open to any early-stage founder. Self-serve application on claude.com.
Open to All
Eligibility
For credits: founded within the last four years, equity funding from an institutional investor, and no previous Anthropic startup credits
Community tier is open to any early-stage founder; backing from an Anthropic partner VC / accelerator unlocks additional benefits
Credits apply to the first-party Claude API only (not Bedrock, Vertex AI or Foundry)
Up to $200,000 in AWS credits through AWS Activate. Self-funded startups can get up to $5,000; startups backed by an Activate Provider can get up to $200,000. Credits also cover third-party models on Amazon Bedrock.
Conditions
Eligibility
Pre-Series B and founded in the last 10 years
Company website or company profile
AWS account on the Paid plan. Accounts on the 6-month Free plan can't receive Activate credits, so upgrade first
New to Activate credits, or requesting more credits than you received before
Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
Conditions
Eligibility
Seed to Series A for the $200,000 / $350,000 tiers
Pre-funded startups can apply for the $2,000 Start tier
AI tier: founded within the last five years, Pre-Seed/Seed raised within five years or Series A within 12 months, and not yet received more than $5,000 in Google Cloud credits
OpenAI has no public self-serve credit application. Startups get API credits through an OpenAI partner VC or accelerator (with a referral code), through Ramp's rewards, or through OpenAI Grove cohorts ($50K in API credits).
Conditions
Eligibility
Backed by an OpenAI partner VC and holding a referral code from that VC
The SEO MCP server for developers building with coding agents. One MCP server gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP client your Google Search Console and GA4 data plus Google keyword demand, and the Startups program covers six months of usage free.
Open to All
Eligibility
Founded within the last 5 years and raised under $10M in total (bootstrapped teams welcome)
A live production website you own and are growing through search
New AgentGrown customers only (accounts that have bought more than $100 of credit aren't eligible), one application per company
Distributed GPU cloud running inference and batch workloads on 60,000+ consumer GPUs at a fraction of hyperscaler pricing. Startups get $1,000 in SaladCloud credit valid for 24 months, rising to $5,000 with a published case study.
Unified AI inference API for image, video, audio, LLM, and 3D generation, offering up to $30K in API credits through its Grant Program for early-stage teams building on Runware.
Open to All
Eligibility
A real product or a credible MVP — not just an idea on paper
Early-stage startup, before Series A (bootstrapped teams welcome)
Building or launching on Runware within the next six months
Reachable via a business email tied to your product or company
Neo4j's Startup Program gives early-stage teams Aura credits for a fully managed, production-ready graph database, plus technical enablement and go-to-market support for building GraphRAG and AI apps.
Conditions
Eligibility
Series B or earlier, building a single product for many customers (dev shops, consultants, and marketing agencies are not eligible)
Live, functioning website and a valid company LinkedIn profile with a direct association to the applicant
Corporate cards and spend management platform offering startups no-personal-guarantee cards, cashback, and $350,000+ in partner perks and software credits.
Conditions
Eligibility
Registered US business entity (LLC, C-corp, S-corp, or LP) with an EIN
Linked business bank account meeting minimum cash balance thresholds
Microsoft for Startups gives Azure credits. Without an investor, new Azure users get $1,000 for 90 days, then $4,000 for 180 days after business verification. With an investor referral code, most startups start at $100,000 and can earn up to $150,000.
Conditions
Eligibility
Early-stage startup building a scalable product
Investor offer: a referral code from a participating investor, accelerator, incubator, angel network, or university
No-investor offer: new to Azure; the second $4,000 requires business verification
Activate Azure credits within 90 days of accepting the program agreement
Neon's Startup Program offers serverless Postgres credits so early-stage teams can run production-grade databases with branching while keeping infra costs near zero.
VC-Backed
Eligibility
Self-funded: under $1M in funding building an early-stage product or MVP
VC-backed: raised at least $1M or in a recognized accelerator such as Y Combinator
PostHog for Startups gives early-stage companies platform credits plus merch and partner perks for product analytics, session replay, and feature flags.
Mistral ran a startup program, Mistralship, that gave a cohort of about 10 startups roughly €30,000 in La Plateforme credits. Its announcement page now returns a 404 and there is no open public application.
International payroll and EOR built for founders. Pay contractors in 150+ countries from $19/month or hire EOR employees in 27 markets from $299/month, plus $12,000+ a year in free enterprise support. No equity, no setup fee, open to any company.
Open to All
Eligibility
Open to any company that needs to hire or pay international contractors or employees; no accelerator, funding round or batch requirement
Standard KYC/KYB, sanctions and country-availability checks apply (contractors in 150+ countries, EOR in 27 markets)
Normal per-worker fees still apply: contractors from $19/month, EOR employees from $299/month; no setup fee and no annual commitment
AWS Advanced Tier Partner that helps startups access AWS credits, cut cloud costs, and get hands-on support from AWS-certified experts — with no added service fee.
Conditions
Eligibility
Legally registered company using AWS (~$100/month minimum spend)
For AWS credits: functioning website and under 10 years old
$10,000 in GitHub platform credits for 12 months, usable on GitHub Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security, and Actions. For partner-affiliated startups funded up to Series B.
Conditions
Eligibility
Received outside funding, up to Series B
Affiliated with a GitHub for Startups partner
New to GitHub Enterprise (not on an Enterprise plan in the past six months)
Have not previously received GitHub credits or GitHub Enterprise licenses
Fast-inference platform offering AI-native startups build credits, higher rate limits, and applied-engineer support to ship generative AI on open-weight models.
Conditions
Eligibility
AI-native startup building generative AI apps that need fast, reliable inference
Early-stage company (pre-seed through Series B per third-party listings)
Legendary Benchmark investor Bill Gurley's foundation awarding $5,000 non-dilutive micro-grants to early builders and founders chasing a dream — applicants (18+, US residents) showing real commitment through unpaid work and facing a specific financial obstacle the grant would unblock. Pilot applications open May 2026; deadline Aug 1, 2026.
Conditions
Eligibility
Must be 18 years or older
Must currently reside in the United States
Must have read the book “Runnin’ Down a Dream”
Pilot applications open May 2026 — deadline Aug 1, 2026; first grants awarded early Fall 2026
PlanetScale for Startups offers MySQL and Postgres database credits plus zero-downtime migration assistance for early-stage teams scaling their data layer.
Conditions
Eligibility
Early-stage startup, typically pre-seed through Series A
Often routed through a startup partner channel or approved ecosystem
Sentry for Startups provides early-stage companies credits and priority support for application monitoring, error tracking, and performance observability.
Conditions
Eligibility
Company must be new to paying for Sentry (a prior free plan is okay)
Application required and review by the Sentry team
Highlight for Startups offers early-stage teams free usage of the open-source, full-stack monitoring platform for session replay, error tracking, and tracing.
Conditions
Eligibility
Startup must have raised less than $2 million in funding
ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation platform offering startups discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud partner programs.
Conditions
Eligibility
New W&B customer (Microsoft offer is new-customers-only)
Member of a qualifying partner program (Microsoft for Startups or Google Cloud Startup Perks)
DigitalOcean Hatch gives startups that have raised $10M or less 12 months of infrastructure credits (amount varies) plus 15 months of Standard support.
Conditions
Eligibility
Raised $10M or less
A company website and a matching business email
A DigitalOcean team account registered with your business email
The NVIDIA Inception program is free for AI and data-science startups — discounts on NVIDIA hardware/software, technical training, and go-to-market support. No fees, no equity, open globally at every stage.
Conditions
Eligibility
Building products in AI, deep learning, or data science
Officially incorporated and less than 10 years old
Mozilla's themed grant program for early-stage open-source AI builders. Awards up to $100K per project. Currently between cohorts — watch builders.mozilla.org for the next call.
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