Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
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Up to $350,000
Up to $350K in cloud credits, open to a French SAS directly.
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Up to $100,000
Up to $100K through Activate with your French entity.
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Up to $30,000
Up to $30K in API credits from France’s own frontier AI lab.
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Up to $150,000
Up to $150K in Azure through Founders Hub. No VC referral required.
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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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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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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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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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Y Combinator
Accelerator
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$500,000 |
The most well-known startup accelerator — $500K for 7% (standard deal) plus 12 weeks of intensive support and Demo Day. |
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Ramp
SaaS / Fintech & Banking
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$350,000 |
Corporate cards and spend management platform offering startups no-personal-guarantee cards, cashback, and $350,000+ in partner perks and software credits. |
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Cloudflare
Infra / Edge
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$250,000 |
Offers tiered startup credits from $5,000 to $250,000 based on funding stage. |
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Techstars
Mentorship
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$220,000 |
$220,000 investment: $20,000 convertible equity for 5% common stock plus $200,000 uncapped MFN SAFE. |
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Berkeley SkyDeck
University Accelerator
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$200,000 |
UC Berkeley's global startup accelerator — $200K investment plus a six-month program with Berkeley faculty and mentors. |
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Mixpanel
Product Analytics
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$150,000 |
Provides over $150,000 in value with one year free including up to 1 billion events. |
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500 Global
Accelerator
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$150,000 |
Seed-stage accelerator and global investment fund — has invested in 5,000+ companies across 80+ countries. |
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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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Zendesk
Support
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$100,000+ |
The full Zendesk Suite — including AI Agents and Copilot — free for up to 2 years through Zendesk for Startups. Over $100,000 in value. |
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DigitalOcean
Cloud
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$100,000 |
Provides up to $5,000 in infrastructure credits for their cloud platform. |
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Datadog
Monitoring / Observability
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$100,000 |
Provides up to $100,000 in credits for one year of free Datadog Pro. |
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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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Oracle Cloud
Cloud
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$100,000 |
Up to $100,000 in Oracle Cloud credits with $500 free to start and 70% discount. |
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Render
SaaS / Database & Infrastructure
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$100,000 |
Render's Startup Program gives early-stage teams cloud hosting credits plus hands-on migration help to ship apps, services, and databases fast. |
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Neon
SaaS / Database & Infrastructure
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$100,000 |
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. |
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Stripe
Financial
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$50,000+ |
$2,500 in Stripe product credits plus over $50,000 in partner discounts from AWS, Mercury, Carta, and more. |
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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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GitHub
Development
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$50,000 |
Up to $10,000 in platform credits for startups, plus $40,000 in non-dilutive funding through the Accelerator program. |
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Segment
SaaS / Analytics & Data
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$50,000 |
Twilio Segment is a customer data platform that collects, cleans, and routes first-party data to your analytics and marketing tools. |
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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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PostHog
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$50,000 |
PostHog for Startups gives early-stage companies platform credits plus merch and partner perks for product analytics, session replay, and feature flags. |
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Atlassian
SaaS / Productivity
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$50,000 |
Bundled free premium access to Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket, Compass and Jira Product Discovery for early-stage startup teams. |
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Auth0
SaaS / Auth & Identity
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$30,000 |
Auth0 for Startups gives venture-backed early-stage companies the B2B Professional plan free for one full year. |
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Runware
Partner
Partner
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$30,000 |
The Runware Grant Program gives startups API credits and support so you can integrate and iterate without upfront inference spend until you're ready to launch. Funding and support for builders shipping with Runware. Integrate once. Access thousands of models across every modality. |
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Salesforce
CRM
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$25,000 |
Offers services valued at $25,000 for CRM and cloud services. |
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Intercom
SaaS / Customer Support
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$25,000 |
Eligible startups get up to 93% off Intercom's AI-first customer service platform plus a free first year of the Fin AI Agent. |
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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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WorkOS
SaaS / Auth & Identity
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$25,000 |
WorkOS for Startups makes apps enterprise-ready with User Management free up to one million monthly active users. |
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Resend
SaaS / Communications
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$25,000 |
Developer-first email API offering Y Combinator startups large credit grants plus direct founder and engineering access. |
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Rippling
SaaS / HR, IT & payroll
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$15,000 |
All-in-one workforce platform unifying HR, payroll, IT, and spend management on one system for scaling startups. |
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Clerk
SaaS / Auth & Identity
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$15,000 |
Clerk for Startups offers early-stage companies discounted Pro authentication features on top of a generous free tier. |
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Customer.io
SaaS / Communications
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$15,000 |
Customer engagement platform giving eligible early-stage startups up to 12 months free of its messaging and automation tooling. |
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Notion
SaaS / Productivity
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$12,000 |
Grants Business plan free for up to 6 months (saving up to $12,000) including Notion AI for new startup teams. |
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Cloudvisor
Partner
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$10,000 |
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. |
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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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Drata
SaaS / Security & Compliance
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$10,000 |
Automated GRC and compliance platform offering preferred startup pricing on its first contract to founders backed by participating investors. |
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Algolia
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$10,000 |
Algolia for Startups grants early-stage companies credits toward AI-powered search and discovery, plus partner perks and early feature access. |
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Sanity
SaaS / Productivity
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$9,000 |
Composable content platform offering startups a free year of the Growth plan through select venture and accelerator partners. |
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Secureframe
SaaS / Security & Compliance
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$7,500 |
Compliance automation platform offering discounted startup pricing on SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and other frameworks for early-stage teams. |
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AngelList
SaaS / Equity & cap table management
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$5,600 |
All-in-one back office for venture-scale startups covering incorporation, cap table, equity, fundraising tools, and 409A valuations. |
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Zoom
SaaS / Communications
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$5,400 |
Provides eligible partner-affiliated startups a free year of Zoom Workplace Business Plus for up to 25 seats. |
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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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Deel
SaaS / HR & global payroll
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$5,000 |
Global payroll, EOR, and contractor management platform letting startups hire, pay, and manage teams across 150+ countries compliantly. |
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Snyk
SaaS / Security & Compliance
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$5,000 |
Developer security platform offering a startup program with discounted access to find and fix vulnerabilities in code, dependencies and containers. |
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SSOJet
SaaS / Auth & Identity
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$5,000 |
SSOJet's startup program gives qualified startups and non-profits 50% off enterprise SSO for twelve months. |
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MojoAuth
SaaS / Auth & Identity
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$5,000 |
MojoAuth's startup program offers 50% off annual Business Pro passwordless authentication for one year. |
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PlanetScale
SaaS / Database & Infrastructure
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$5,000 |
PlanetScale for Startups offers MySQL and Postgres database credits plus zero-downtime migration assistance for early-stage teams scaling their data layer. |
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Sentry
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$5,000 |
Sentry for Startups provides early-stage companies credits and priority support for application monitoring, error tracking, and performance observability. |
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Highlight.io
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$5,000 |
Highlight for Startups offers early-stage teams free usage of the open-source, full-stack monitoring platform for session replay, error tracking, and tracing. |
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Shortcut
SaaS / Productivity
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$5,000 |
Free Business-plan project management and issue tracking built for fast-moving software teams, with no VC or accelerator affiliation required. |
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Twilio
SaaS / Communications
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$5,000 |
Communications APIs platform offering qualifying early-stage startups credits, technical support, and access to its startups team. |
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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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GrackerAI
SaaS / Marketing & SEO
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$3,000 |
AI Engine Optimization platform helping cybersecurity and B2B SaaS startups get cited and recommended inside AI search engines. |
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Supabase
SaaS / Database & Infrastructure
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$3,000 |
Supabase's Startup Program gives early-stage teams credits for its open-source Postgres backend, covering database, auth, storage, and edge functions. |
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Mintlify
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$3,000 |
Mintlify Startups gives venture-backed early-stage teams free AI credits and Pro features to build beautiful, agent-ready product documentation. |
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Loom
SaaS / Productivity
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$3,000 |
Async video messaging for startup teams, offered free for a year through Atlassian's startup program and accelerator partnerships. |
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Carta
SaaS / Equity & cap table management
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$2,000 |
Free cap table and equity management for early-stage founders to issue equity, manage SAFEs, and track ownership from day one. |
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1Password
SaaS / Security & Compliance
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$2,000 |
Business password and secrets manager offering qualifying startups six months free, distributed through founder and accelerator partner programs. |
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Oyster
SaaS / HR & global employment
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$1,200 |
Employer of Record platform helping startups hire, pay, and manage international employees and contractors without setting up legal entities. |
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Vanta
SaaS / Security & Compliance
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$1,000 |
Compliance automation platform that helps startups achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR certifications faster with automated evidence collection. |
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Linear
SaaS / Developer Tools
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$1,000 |
Linear is a streamlined issue tracking and project management tool built for high-performance software and product teams. |
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Figma
SaaS / Productivity
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$1,000 |
Collaborative design and whiteboarding platform offering startups up to a free year of the Professional plan via accelerator partners. |
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Stripe Atlas
Legal
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$500 |
Incorporate a US C-Corp from anywhere in the world. $500 flat fee covers incorporation, EIN, founder agreements, and Stripe product credits. |
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Webflow
SaaS / Design & Marketing
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$348 |
Visual web development platform offering eligible referred startups 100% off their first year of a site plan. |
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Outrank
SaaS / Marketing & SEO
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$279 |
AI SEO platform that writes and publishes optimized articles to your CMS on autopilot, so startups can grow organic traffic without a content team. |
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Tally
SaaS / Productivity
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$174 |
No-code form builder with unlimited free forms, offering startups 50% off the Pro plan for one year via partners. |
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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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Amplitude
Product Analytics
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Free for 1 year |
One year free of the Growth plan with up to 1.2 billion events and 200K monthly tracked users. |
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HubSpot
Marketing
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Offers up to 90% off on marketing, sales, and CRM software for startups. |
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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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Mercury
Banking
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Varies |
Free startup banking built for founders — no monthly fees, FDIC-insured deposits, and integrated treasury for idle cash. |
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Brex
Banking
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Varies |
Corporate cards and finance stack built for startups — no personal guarantee, rewards on startup-relevant spend. |
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Clerky
Legal
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Varies |
Startup-friendly legal paperwork — incorporation, fundraising docs, and equity grants done online with founder-friendly defaults. |
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Gusto
HR & Payroll
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Varies |
Modern payroll, benefits, and HR for early-stage teams — automatic tax filings and contractor payments included. |
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Antler
Pre-Seed Accelerator
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Varies |
Pre-seed / day-zero investor for first-time founders — find a co-founder and build a company from scratch in one of 30+ global locations. |
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Entrepreneur First
Pre-Seed Accelerator
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Varies |
Talent investor that funds individuals before they have a company. Pairs founders, gives a stipend, and invests at pre-seed. |
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NVIDIA Inception
AI Program
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Varies |
Free program for AI and data-science startups — discounts on NVIDIA hardware/software, technical training, and go-to-market support. |
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Mozilla Builders
Corporate Grant
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Varies |
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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AWS Imagine Grant
Corporate Grant
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Varies |
AWS Imagine Grant — three award tracks (Momentum to Modernize, Go Further Faster, Pathfinder/GenAI) of cash plus AWS Promotional Credits for nonprofits using the cloud for social impact. |
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Google.org
Corporate Grant
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Varies |
Google's philanthropic arm — funds nonprofits and social-impact startups working on global challenges (AI for good, education, equity). |
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Provides up to $200,000 in credits for cloud services and infrastructure.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Offers up to $100,000 in AWS credits for cloud infrastructure, AI model credits via Bedrock, and up to $1M for select accelerator cohorts.
Available to most startups
Provides approximately €30,000 in credits for La Plateforme plus cohort mentorship through their 6-month startup program.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Offers up to $150,000 in Azure credits for cloud services and development tools.
Typically requires VC partner intro
The most well-known startup accelerator — $500K for 7% (standard deal) plus 12 weeks of intensive support and Demo Day.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Join 3,000+ founders getting monthly credit alerts. No spam.
Corporate cards and spend management platform offering startups no-personal-guarantee cards, cashback, and $350,000+ in partner perks and software credits.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers tiered startup credits from $5,000 to $250,000 based on funding stage.
Available to most startups
$220,000 investment: $20,000 convertible equity for 5% common stock plus $200,000 uncapped MFN SAFE.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
UC Berkeley's global startup accelerator — $200K investment plus a six-month program with Berkeley faculty and mentors.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Provides over $150,000 in value with one year free including up to 1 billion events.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Seed-stage accelerator and global investment fund — has invested in 5,000+ companies across 80+ countries.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Provides up to $120,000 cloud credits for cloud services and AI.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
The full Zendesk Suite — including AI Agents and Copilot — free for up to 2 years through Zendesk for Startups. Over $100,000 in value.
Available to most startups
Provides up to $5,000 in infrastructure credits for their cloud platform.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Provides up to $100,000 in credits for one year of free Datadog Pro.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers $25,000 to $100,000+ in Claude API credits for startups depending on stage.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Up to $100,000 in Oracle Cloud credits with $500 free to start and 70% discount.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Render's Startup Program gives early-stage teams cloud hosting credits plus hands-on migration help to ship apps, services, and databases fast.
Typically requires VC partner intro
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.
Typically requires VC partner intro
$2,500 in Stripe product credits plus over $50,000 in partner discounts from AWS, Mercury, Carta, and more.
Available to most startups
Provides up to $50,000 in credits for data and AI workloads.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Up to $10,000 in platform credits for startups, plus $40,000 in non-dilutive funding through the Accelerator program.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Twilio Segment is a customer data platform that collects, cleans, and routes first-party data to your analytics and marketing tools.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
AI acceleration cloud offering tiered platform credits up to $50K plus dedicated AI engineering support for inference, fine-tuning, and clusters.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
PostHog for Startups gives early-stage companies platform credits plus merch and partner perks for product analytics, session replay, and feature flags.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Bundled free premium access to Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket, Compass and Jira Product Discovery for early-stage startup teams.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Auth0 for Startups gives venture-backed early-stage companies the B2B Professional plan free for one full year.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
The Runware Grant Program gives startups API credits and support so you can integrate and iterate without upfront inference spend until you're ready to launch. Funding and support for builders shipping with Runware. Integrate once. Access thousands of models across every modality.
Available to most startups
Offers services valued at $25,000 for CRM and cloud services.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Eligible startups get up to 93% off Intercom's AI-first customer service platform plus a free first year of the Fin AI Agent.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Serverless GPU and CPU compute platform offering early-stage AI startups up to $25K in credits, engineering support, and a founder community.
Typically requires VC partner intro
WorkOS for Startups makes apps enterprise-ready with User Management free up to one million monthly active users.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Developer-first email API offering Y Combinator startups large credit grants plus direct founder and engineering access.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
All-in-one workforce platform unifying HR, payroll, IT, and spend management on one system for scaling startups.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Clerk for Startups offers early-stage companies discounted Pro authentication features on top of a generous free tier.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Customer engagement platform giving eligible early-stage startups up to 12 months free of its messaging and automation tooling.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Grants Business plan free for up to 6 months (saving up to $12,000) including Notion AI for new startup teams.
Available to most startups
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.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Fast-inference platform offering AI-native startups build credits, higher rate limits, and applied-engineer support to ship generative AI on open-weight models.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Run open-weight AI models via API with per-second billing; startups can claim inference credits with no VC referral required.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Automated GRC and compliance platform offering preferred startup pricing on its first contract to founders backed by participating investors.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Algolia for Startups grants early-stage companies credits toward AI-powered search and discovery, plus partner perks and early feature access.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Composable content platform offering startups a free year of the Growth plan through select venture and accelerator partners.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Compliance automation platform offering discounted startup pricing on SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and other frameworks for early-stage teams.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
All-in-one back office for venture-scale startups covering incorporation, cap table, equity, fundraising tools, and 409A valuations.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Provides eligible partner-affiliated startups a free year of Zoom Workplace Business Plus for up to 25 seats.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Grants 6 months of Enterprise Pro (up to 50 seats) plus $5,000 in API credits for AI-powered search integration.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Up to $5,000 in OpenAI API credits — including the GPT-4o and ChatGPT API models — for venture-backed startups through OpenAI for Startups.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Global payroll, EOR, and contractor management platform letting startups hire, pay, and manage teams across 150+ countries compliantly.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Developer security platform offering a startup program with discounted access to find and fix vulnerabilities in code, dependencies and containers.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
SSOJet's startup program gives qualified startups and non-profits 50% off enterprise SSO for twelve months.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
MojoAuth's startup program offers 50% off annual Business Pro passwordless authentication for one year.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
PlanetScale for Startups offers MySQL and Postgres database credits plus zero-downtime migration assistance for early-stage teams scaling their data layer.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Sentry for Startups provides early-stage companies credits and priority support for application monitoring, error tracking, and performance observability.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Highlight for Startups offers early-stage teams free usage of the open-source, full-stack monitoring platform for session replay, error tracking, and tracing.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Free Business-plan project management and issue tracking built for fast-moving software teams, with no VC or accelerator affiliation required.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Communications APIs platform offering qualifying early-stage startups credits, technical support, and access to its startups team.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
33 million characters of audio generation (680+ hours) over 12 months for startups with fewer than 25 employees.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation platform offering startups discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud partner programs.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
AI Engine Optimization platform helping cybersecurity and B2B SaaS startups get cited and recommended inside AI search engines.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Supabase's Startup Program gives early-stage teams credits for its open-source Postgres backend, covering database, auth, storage, and edge functions.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Mintlify Startups gives venture-backed early-stage teams free AI credits and Pro features to build beautiful, agent-ready product documentation.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Async video messaging for startup teams, offered free for a year through Atlassian's startup program and accelerator partnerships.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Free cap table and equity management for early-stage founders to issue equity, manage SAFEs, and track ownership from day one.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Business password and secrets manager offering qualifying startups six months free, distributed through founder and accelerator partner programs.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Employer of Record platform helping startups hire, pay, and manage international employees and contractors without setting up legal entities.
Available to most startups
Compliance automation platform that helps startups achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR certifications faster with automated evidence collection.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Linear is a streamlined issue tracking and project management tool built for high-performance software and product teams.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Collaborative design and whiteboarding platform offering startups up to a free year of the Professional plan via accelerator partners.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Incorporate a US C-Corp from anywhere in the world. $500 flat fee covers incorporation, EIN, founder agreements, and Stripe product credits.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Visual web development platform offering eligible referred startups 100% off their first year of a site plan.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
AI SEO platform that writes and publishes optimized articles to your CMS on autopilot, so startups can grow organic traffic without a content team.
Available to most startups
No-code form builder with unlimited free forms, offering startups 50% off the Pro plan for one year via partners.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Open-source AI hub offering startups free PRO access for a limited time, distributed via partner perk marketplaces and promo codes.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
One year free of the Growth plan with up to 1.2 billion events and 200K monthly tracked users.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers up to 90% off on marketing, sales, and CRM software for startups.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers discounted enterprise AI pricing (up to 25% off) and grant access through Cohere Labs for early-stage startups.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers usage credits, discounts, Pro support, and access to all regions for vector database infrastructure.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Offers expanded Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens, and go-to-market support for startups building on MongoDB.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Grants free usage credits plus 6-month accelerator with GTM support for startups building on the Snowflake data cloud.
Typically requires VC partner intro
Provides startup credits for serverless hosting and deployment, with multi-vendor credit pools through their AI Accelerator.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Free startup banking built for founders — no monthly fees, FDIC-insured deposits, and integrated treasury for idle cash.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Corporate cards and finance stack built for startups — no personal guarantee, rewards on startup-relevant spend.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Startup-friendly legal paperwork — incorporation, fundraising docs, and equity grants done online with founder-friendly defaults.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Modern payroll, benefits, and HR for early-stage teams — automatic tax filings and contractor payments included.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Pre-seed / day-zero investor for first-time founders — find a co-founder and build a company from scratch in one of 30+ global locations.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Talent investor that funds individuals before they have a company. Pairs founders, gives a stipend, and invests at pre-seed.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Free program for AI and data-science startups — discounts on NVIDIA hardware/software, technical training, and go-to-market support.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
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.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
AWS Imagine Grant — three award tracks (Momentum to Modernize, Go Further Faster, Pathfinder/GenAI) of cash plus AWS Promotional Credits for nonprofits using the cloud for social impact.
Specific eligibility criteria apply
Google's philanthropic arm — funds nonprofits and social-impact startups working on global challenges (AI for good, education, equity).
Specific eligibility criteria apply
A French SAS qualifies for the global programs directly, and France has a homegrown option too: Mistral runs its own startup credit program.
Entrepreneur First runs a Paris program, and Y Combinator and Techstars fund French startups every year.
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Founder building a US entity from outside the US
$200K+ in credits + a Delaware C-Corp
Compute-heavy AI startup, seed heading into early Series A
$1M+ in cloud + AI credits
Seed-stage B2B SaaS with institutional funding
$500K+ in effective value
Credit for Startups tracks 91 programs open to French founders, worth a combined $4.0M+. That includes Y Combinator, Google Cloud, Ramp. Every listing shows its value, eligibility, and how to apply.
Yes. A French SAS applies directly to AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and the rest on identical terms. No US entity needed for credits.
Yes. Mistral offers up to $30K in API credits, a natural first stop for French teams building on open-weight models.
Entrepreneur First runs a Paris program. Y Combinator takes French founders every batch, and Antler and Techstars operate nearby in London and Berlin.
Credits, perks, and grants are, with no equity taken. Accelerators invest for equity, and each listing shows the terms.
Cloud, AI, and developer-tool credits founders can claim — usage dollars to spend on the infrastructure powering your stack.
Application-based startup programs from cloud and AI sponsors — bundles of credits, support, and partner introductions.
Cohort-based accelerators and incubators — Y Combinator, Techstars, Antler and the rest. Most provide cash for equity plus mentorship and a demo day.
Discounts and free tiers on the tools every startup uses — banking, legal, productivity, hiring, sales, marketing.
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