Google Cloud
Cloud
$350,000
Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
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Inference and training credits from AI labs and platforms — Anthropic, OpenAI, Cohere, Hugging Face and the modern AI stack.
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Google Cloud
Cloud
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$350,000 |
Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure. |
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Microsoft
Cloud
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$150,000 |
Offers up to $150,000 in Azure credits for cloud services and development tools. |
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IBM
Cloud
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$120,000 |
Provides up to $120,000 cloud credits for cloud services and AI. |
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AWS
Cloud
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$100,000 |
Offers up to $100,000 in AWS credits for cloud infrastructure, AI model credits via Bedrock, and up to $1M for select accelerator cohorts. |
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Anthropic
AI models / API
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$100,000 |
Offers $25,000 to $100,000+ in Claude API credits for startups depending on stage. |
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New credits added monthly — get them first
Join 1,500+ founders. One email/month, no spam.
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Databricks
Data & AI
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$50,000 |
Provides up to $50,000 in credits for data and AI workloads. |
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Together AI
AI / Infrastructure
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$50,000 |
AI acceleration cloud offering tiered platform credits up to $50K plus dedicated AI engineering support for inference, fine-tuning, and clusters. |
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Mistral AI
AI models / API
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$30,000 |
Provides approximately €30,000 in credits for La Plateforme plus cohort mentorship through their 6-month startup program. |
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Modal
AI / Infrastructure
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$25,000 |
Serverless GPU and CPU compute platform offering early-stage AI startups up to $25K in credits, engineering support, and a founder community. |
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Fireworks AI
AI / Infrastructure
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$10,000 |
Fast-inference platform offering AI-native startups build credits, higher rate limits, and applied-engineer support to ship generative AI on open-weight models. |
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Replicate
AI / Infrastructure
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$10,000 |
Run open-weight AI models via API with per-second billing; startups can claim inference credits with no VC referral required. |
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Perplexity AI
AI search / API
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$5,000 |
Grants 6 months of Enterprise Pro (up to 50 seats) plus $5,000 in API credits for AI-powered search integration. |
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OpenAI
AI models / API
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$5,000 |
Up to $5,000 in OpenAI API credits — including the GPT-4o and ChatGPT API models — for venture-backed startups through OpenAI for Startups. |
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ElevenLabs
AI voice
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$4,000+ |
33 million characters of audio generation (680+ hours) over 12 months for startups with fewer than 25 employees. |
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Weights & Biases
AI / Infrastructure
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$3,000 |
ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation platform offering startups discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud partner programs. |
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Hugging Face
AI / Infrastructure
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$108 |
Open-source AI hub offering startups free PRO access for a limited time, distributed via partner perk marketplaces and promo codes. |
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Cohere
AI models / API
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Varies |
Offers discounted enterprise AI pricing (up to 25% off) and grant access through Cohere Labs for early-stage startups. |
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Pinecone
Vector DB
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Varies |
Offers usage credits, discounts, Pro support, and access to all regions for vector database infrastructure. |
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MongoDB
Database / AI
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Varies |
Offers expanded Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens, and go-to-market support for startups building on MongoDB. |
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Snowflake
Data & AI
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Varies |
Grants free usage credits plus 6-month accelerator with GTM support for startups building on the Snowflake data cloud. |
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Vercel
Hosting / AI
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Varies |
Provides startup credits for serverless hosting and deployment, with multi-vendor credit pools through their AI Accelerator. |
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Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
Offers up to $150,000 in Azure credits for cloud services and development tools.
Provides up to $120,000 cloud credits for cloud services and AI.
Offers up to $100,000 in AWS credits for cloud infrastructure, AI model credits via Bedrock, and up to $1M for select accelerator cohorts.
Offers $25,000 to $100,000+ in Claude API credits for startups depending on stage.
Join 1,500+ founders getting monthly credit alerts. No spam.
Provides up to $50,000 in credits for data and AI workloads.
AI acceleration cloud offering tiered platform credits up to $50K plus dedicated AI engineering support for inference, fine-tuning, and clusters.
Provides approximately €30,000 in credits for La Plateforme plus cohort mentorship through their 6-month startup program.
Serverless GPU and CPU compute platform offering early-stage AI startups up to $25K in credits, engineering support, and a founder community.
Fast-inference platform offering AI-native startups build credits, higher rate limits, and applied-engineer support to ship generative AI on open-weight models.
Run open-weight AI models via API with per-second billing; startups can claim inference credits with no VC referral required.
Grants 6 months of Enterprise Pro (up to 50 seats) plus $5,000 in API credits for AI-powered search integration.
Up to $5,000 in OpenAI API credits — including the GPT-4o and ChatGPT API models — for venture-backed startups through OpenAI for Startups.
33 million characters of audio generation (680+ hours) over 12 months for startups with fewer than 25 employees.
ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation platform offering startups discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud partner programs.
Open-source AI hub offering startups free PRO access for a limited time, distributed via partner perk marketplaces and promo codes.
Offers discounted enterprise AI pricing (up to 25% off) and grant access through Cohere Labs for early-stage startups.
Offers usage credits, discounts, Pro support, and access to all regions for vector database infrastructure.
Offers expanded Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens, and go-to-market support for startups building on MongoDB.
Grants free usage credits plus 6-month accelerator with GTM support for startups building on the Snowflake data cloud.
Provides startup credits for serverless hosting and deployment, with multi-vendor credit pools through their AI Accelerator.
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