Startup credits for founders

Startup credits are free usage that cloud and AI companies give new companies, so you can build before you pay. This guide lists 55 programs in three groups, each checked on the provider's own page as of November 2, 2026. Start with the group that matches where your company is today.

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What startup credits are

A startup credit is a balance a cloud or AI company puts on your account. Your usage draws it down until it runs out or expires. After that, you pay the normal price.

Companies offer credits so you build on their platform from the start. Pick the platform that fits your product, then claim its credits.

CPU: General computing: the servers that run your website, app and database. 33 of the 55 programs here cover it.
GPU: The chips that train and run AI models. 31 of the 55 programs here cover them.
AI inference: Calls to a hosted AI model, paid by the request or by the token. 35 of the 55 programs here cover it.
Other services: Storage, databases, networking and developer tools. 32 of the 55 programs here cover some of them.

Which group are you in?

Each program fits one of three groups, by the strictest thing it asks of you.

No company needed: You have an idea and an account. Claim these today.
You have a company: You formed a company. No outside round needed.
You raised money or joined an accelerator: You raised a round, or an accelerator or investor gave you a partner code.

Apply in this order

Start with no company. Build a prototype on the programs in the first group. Each needs only an account, and many ask for a card.
Form the company before you ask for more. Company programs check things like a registered name, a live website or a business email address. Set those up first.
Pick one platform and apply there first. Credits expire, so claim them where you will build, when you are ready to use them.
Ask for a partner code when you raise or join an accelerator. The largest tiers need one, such as an AWS Activate Organization ID or a Microsoft Investor Network referral code.
Set a budget alert on the first day. Credits hide your real costs until they run out, so watch your spend from the first week.

Watch for these traps

A card on file. Many programs ask for a card, even for a free credit. Google places a temporary hold on it, and AWS and Microsoft require one to activate the account.
Expiry. Google's trial lasts 90 days and Azure's free credit lasts 30 days. Google's Start tier and Cloudflare's credits last one year, and AWS sets an expiry date on each grant.
Billing after the credits end. Of the 55 programs here, 27 bill usage past the credits and 5 stop the service. The rest don't say. Google's trial and Azure's free account stop rather than charge you, while Microsoft for Startups switches to pay-as-you-go on its own.
What a credit leaves out. Google's trial can't add GPUs. Google's and Microsoft's startup credits don't pay for third-party AI models. Read the coverage list before you plan around a GPU or a model.
Training on your data. Read an AI provider's data terms before you send it customer data. On this page, the terms of Deepgram Startup Program, Google for Startups Cloud Program: Build your prototype and ElevenLabs Grants Program (Startup Grants) let the provider train on your data. Google's Gemini API terms say Google uses what you send its unpaid services to improve its products, and human reviewers may read it. For paid services, those terms say Google doesn't use your prompts or responses to improve its products.

Each trap comes from the provider pages linked in the tables below, checked November 2, 2026.

No company needed

These need only an account, and many ask for a card. Use them to test an idea before you form a company.

Programs for founders: no company needed
Program	Amount	Covers	What you need	Terms
AWS Free Tier credits (Free plan) Amazon Web Services	From $100, up to $200, per aws.amazon.com/free, checked 2026-11-02. New accounts get $100 in credits at sign-up, per Amazon Web Services. Completing activities in the console earns up to $100 more, per Amazon Web Services. New customers who pick the Paid plan get the same credits.	CPU AI inference Other services	New AWS customer who has never had an AWS account Free Tier credits for one account per person Complete the Explore AWS activities within 6 months to earn the second $100, per Amazon Web Services	Card: Not required. Term: 6 months on the Free plan, or until the credits run out Past the credits: Service stops when the credits run out. More terms Expiry: The Free plan ends 6 months after sign-up or when credits run out. After an upgrade, leftover credits apply to bills until they expire; AWS pages give both 6 and 12 months from account creation. A Free plan account cannot receive other promotional credits, AWS Activate included. Upgrading to the Paid plan lifts that block. The Free plan excludes services that would use the whole credit at once or need hardware purchases. GPU use on the Free plan is not stated. None of the six Free tier eligible EC2 instance types is a GPU type. When the Free plan expires, AWS suspends the account and deletes it after 90 days unless you upgrade. AWS may ask some new customers for a payment method to verify identity. Joining AWS Organizations or setting up Control Tower, among other actions, moves the account to the Paid plan.
AMD Developer Cloud complimentary credit AMD (runs on DigitalOcean)	$100, per amd.com/en/developer/resources/cloud-access/amd-developer-cloud.html, checked 2026-11-02. A $100 credit for AMD Instinct MI300X GPU Droplets, per AMD. At DigitalOcean's listed $2.59 per GPU hour, that buys about 38 hours on one MI300X (computed here).	GPU	Join the free AMD AI Developer Program Describe the intended use case and planned GPU use; AMD decides allocation at its discretion Valid payment method on the DigitalOcean-run account A new AMD Developer Cloud account; the credit cannot be used on an existing DigitalOcean account Testing or development only; no production workloads or crypto mining	Card: Required. Term: 30 days from deposit, unless the credit confirmation email says otherwise Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: The credit expires 30 days from its deposit in the developer cloud account. A powered-off GPU VM still bills or burns credit until it is destroyed. With no payment method on file, the GPU VM and its data are destroyed when the credit expires or runs out. The credit covers MI300X GPUs only. Volumes, object storage and backups are not covered. The credit can be used one time per account. The credit allows up to eight single-GPU MI300X Droplets or one 8x Droplet.
Baseten new-customer credit (credit referral) Baseten	$250, per baseten.co/talk-to-us/credit-referral, checked 2026-11-02. $250 of Dedicated Inference or $100 of Model API credits, expiring in 1 month, per Baseten. The page does not say you get both.	GPU AI inference	New Baseten customer A valid business email and a business use case	Card: The page does not say. Term: 1 month Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: No, per Baseten's terms. More terms Expiry: credits expire 1 month after issue Taking this credit blocks the Baseten AI Startup Program, which only enrolls companies that never received Baseten credits. A personal email address does not qualify.
Cerebras Inference promotional credit Cerebras	$5, per cerebras.ai/pricing, checked 2026-11-02. A one-time $5 promotional credit after adding a valid payment method, per Cerebras.	AI inference	Cerebras Cloud account Add a valid payment method	Card: Required. Term: 30 days after activation Past the credits: Service stops when the credits run out. More terms Expiry: The credit expires 30 days after activation. API and Playground access pause when the credit expires or runs out, unless you buy PayGo credits. Cerebras can withhold or revoke credits for fraud, abuse or duplicate accounts.
Deepgram Startup Program Deepgram	From $1,000, up to $100,000, per deepgram.com/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. Direct applicants start at $1,000 in credits and can move to tiers worth up to $100,000 as usage grows, per Deepgram. Partner-referred startups get the offer on their partner's perks page.	AI inference Other services	An AI builder or early-stage startup In production or launching within 6 months An active Deepgram account Building its own voice AI product (agencies and consultants are excluded) Committed to building and engaging with the Deepgram community	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months per credit grant Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: Yes by default, and you can opt out, per Deepgram's terms. More terms Expiry: each credit grant expires 12 months after issue Credits work only on the Pay As You Go plan. Credits start only after the standard sign-up credits are used up. Requests join Deepgram's Model Improvement Program unless each one sets mip_opt_out=true. The terms let Deepgram use your company name and logo in its marketing.
Google Cloud Free Trial Google	$300, per docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features, checked 2026-11-02. A Free Trial billing account comes with $300 in Welcome credit, per Google. The credit is valid for 90 days from sign-up.	CPU AI inference Other services	Never a paying user of Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform or Firebase Never signed up for the Free Trial before Credit card or other payment method valid for the trial period Bank account verification in some countries	Card: Required. Term: 90 days Past the credits: Service stops when the credits run out. More terms Expiry: Credit expires 90 days after sign-up, also after an upgrade to a Paid billing account. A Free Trial billing account cannot add GPUs to VMs. Upgrading unlocks GPUs and the remaining credit still applies. No quota increases, no Cloud Marketplace and no Windows Server VMs during the trial. The credit cannot pay for the Gemini API in AI Studio or for managed third-party models. Without an upgrade, the billing account closes and its resources stop when the credit or the 90 days run out. Crypto mining is prohibited during the trial.
Google for Startups Cloud Program: Build your prototype Google	Amount not stated, per startup.google.com/cloud, checked 2026-11-02. No cash credit. The offer is free access to the Gemini API and Google models in Google AI Studio.	AI inference	A Google account to use Google AI Studio Aimed at developers and builders on small businesses, bootstrapped startups and self-funded ideas	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: Yes, per Google's terms. More terms AI Studio terms say content sent to the unpaid tier is used to improve Google products and machine learning. AI Studio terms say human reviewers may read unpaid-tier API input and output.
Azure free account Microsoft	$200, per azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account, checked 2026-11-02. A $200 credit to use within 30 days, per Microsoft. New customers also get free monthly amounts of 20+ services for 12 months and 65+ always-free services.	CPU AI inference Other services	New Azure customers only, one free account per new customer Phone number for identity verification Credit or debit card that is not prepaid A Microsoft account or a GitHub account	Card: Required. Term: 30 days for the credit, 12 months for the free service amounts Past the credits: Service stops when the credits run out. More terms Expiry: The credit expires 30 days after sign-up. After 30 days or when the credit is used, the account and services are disabled unless you move to pay as you go. The credit cannot be spent on Spot VMs or Azure Marketplace offers. Free Trial subscriptions cannot get quota increases. GPU access is not stated. A Microsoft account used for the Azure Free Trial cannot get Microsoft for Startups credits. The startup program needs a new Microsoft account. Azure Hybrid Benefit cannot be combined with the free account credit. A temporary $1 authorization may appear on the card at sign-up, per Microsoft.
Modal Starter plan monthly credit Modal	From $30, per modal.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-02. $30 of compute credit every month on the $0 Starter plan, with no stated end date, per Modal. That is $360 a year (computed here). At Modal's listed RTX PRO 6000 rate of $0.000842 a second, $30 buys about 9.9 GPU hours (computed here).	CPU GPU AI inference	A Modal account A payment method on file	Card: Required. Term: monthly, recurring Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. Trains on your data: No, per Modal's terms. More terms Expiry: monthly allotment; the pages do not say whether unused credit rolls over Starter includes 3 workspace seats, 100 containers and 10 GPU concurrency. Usage past the free credit is auto-charged, with extra charges the first time usage crosses set thresholds.
Oracle Cloud Free Tier (Free Trial credit) Oracle	$300, per oracle.com/cloud/free/faq, checked 2026-11-02. US$300 of credit for eligible OCI services, usable for up to 30 days, per Oracle. Always Free services continue with no time limit.	CPU Other services	One Free Trial or Always Free account per person Credit card, or a debit card that works like a credit card Accurate contact and billing information	Card: Required. Term: 30 days Past the credits: Service stops when the credits run out. More terms Expiry: Unused credit expires 30 days after sign-up. PIN debit, virtual, single-use and prepaid cards are not accepted. Paid resources created on the trial are reclaimed after a 30-day grace period unless you upgrade. Always Free resources stay. Some special trial offers suspend the account when the trial ends and delete it 30 days later. OCI's limits table lists GPU limits for Pay As You Go or Trial accounts as Contact Us, so a GPU needs a limit request. The US$300 credit is offered in select countries only, per Oracle.

You have a company

These want a real company, and many check its website, its business email or its age. None needs an outside round.

Programs for founders: you have a company
Program	Amount	Covers	What you need	Terms
Rise (Akamai Cloud start-up program) Akamai (Linode)	From $500, up to $120,000, per akamai.com/cloud/start-ups/rise, checked 2026-11-02. Between $500 and $120,000 in cloud credits during the first year, with discounted services in years two and three, per Akamai. Credits apply against a monthly limit for virtual machines, storage and other cloud services.	CPU Other services	Early-stage, for-profit company fewer than seven years old At least one of: paid employees beyond founders, active non-friends users, initial revenue, or VC funding Plan to scale infrastructure with Akamai Cloud as one of the primary providers New account with a corporate email on the company domain, a valid credit card and a working website Corporate entity in the account's Company field Not an existing Akamai Cloud customer, MSP, systems integrator or reseller	Card: Required. Term: 3 years (credits in year one, discounts in years two and three) Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: first-year and unused credits do not roll over month to month or into later years Usage above the monthly credit limit is charged for that month. The page does not state the discount rate for years two and three. GPU and inference are not named among the services credits apply to.
AWS Activate Founders Amazon Web Services	From $1,000, up to $5,000, per aws.amazon.com/startups/credits, checked 2026-11-02. AWS Activate Credits start at $1,000, per Amazon Web Services. AWS says select participants may get more, up to $5,000 in total.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	AWS account on a Paid Tier Plan (free account plans are not eligible) Pre-Series B: bootstrapped, self-funded or funded up to and including Series A Founded within the last 10 years A functioning website or public profile New to Activate Credits, or asking for more than previously received AWS account email must use the same domain as the application; free email providers are rejected Founders is the tier for startups with no Activate Provider Org ID	Card: Required. Term: expiry set per grant Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: each grant has its own expiry date, shown in the Billing console; AWS will not extend it Upfront fees for Savings Plans and Reserved Instances are not covered AWS Marketplace is not covered, except third-party models on Amazon Bedrock Credits only offset charges from the billing cycle they arrive in onward, not past bills Startups on AWS China Regions are not eligible Kiro startup credits exclude startups with active Activate Credits, so apply for Kiro first if you want both
Kiro startup credits Amazon Web Services (Kiro)	No dollar total on the page; see the note, per kiro.dev/startups, checked 2026-11-02. From $960, up to $14,400 in total (computed here). Up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for 2, 10 or 30 users (Starter, Growth or Scale tier). At the $40 per user per month Pro+ list price (kiro.dev/pricing, read 2026-11-02), that is $960, $4,800 or $14,400 (computed here); Kiro states seats, not dollars.	Other services	Early stage to Series A startup Official business email matching the startup's domain An AWS account ID using a matching email No active AWS Activate Credits Not in an excluded country (the list includes Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UAE) Sign in to Kiro with AWS IAM Identity Center, not Builder ID or GitHub or Google logins	Card: Required. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits expire one year after issue to your AWS account Offered for a limited time only Kiro can charge extra for users beyond your tier, or for a plan above Pro+ After the credits, billing moves to standard Pro+ AWS suggests Kiro credits first, then Activate Credits
AWS Activate credits through Mercury perks Amazon Web Services (via Mercury)	Up to $5,000, per mercury.com/perks/aws, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $5,000 in AWS Activate Credits for Mercury customers, per Amazon Web Services. If you already redeemed less than $5,000 in AWS credits, you get only the difference up to $5,000, per Amazon Web Services.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	A Mercury business banking account (Mercury lists business banking at $0 per month) Business name and email on the AWS application must match the Mercury account No more than $5,000 in AWS credits already redeemed through another third party, per Amazon Web Services AWS Activate rules: pre-Series B, founded within 10 years, Paid Tier Plan	Card: Required. Term: expiry set per grant Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: each grant has its own expiry date, shown in the AWS Billing console Credits are not added on top of earlier AWS credits A mismatch between the AWS application and the Mercury account gets the application rejected
AssemblyAI Startup Program AssemblyAI	Amount not stated, per assemblyai.com/contact/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. A fixed credit amount, recurring for 12 months, plus discounted startup pricing that continues after the credits. AssemblyAI does not state the dollar amount.	Other services	Early-stage startup, pre-seed to Series A; bootstrapped teams welcome Building a product with voice or audio at its core Launching within 6 months, or already in production Short application covering what you build, your stage and your backers; reviewed within a week	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits recur for 12 months Discounted pricing does not apply to LLM Gateway Standard pricing phases in after the program
Cloudflare for Startups, Tier 3 Cloudflare	$10,000, per cloudflare.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. $10,000 in Cloudflare credits for usage-based services, with no minimum funding, per Cloudflare. Inside that, Workers AI is capped at $2,500 and R2 at $10,000, and core security and networking features are free, per Cloudflare.	CPU AI inference Other services	Company incorporated no more than 10 years ago Bootstrapped or self-funded, under $1M raised, per Cloudflare For-profit business with a business email on the company domain (no personal email) Live, publicly accessible website Cloudflare can verify Public presence on LinkedIn, X or GitHub Actively developing a technology product First-time applicant (never approved into the program before) Cloudflare account with a valid payment method on file Not an educational institution, personal blog, consultancy, agency, MSP or reseller	Card: Required. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits last one year or until used up, and Cloudflare grants no extensions The FAQ caps Workers AI at $2,500 for Tier 3, while the terms say $50,000 for Workers AI and add that the actual amount depends on tier, per Cloudflare. The covered-products list shows Workers AI as up to $50,000, which is the Tier 1 cap, per Cloudflare. The general eligibility list also says funded up to Series B and funded within the last 12 months, which conflicts with the Tier 3 bootstrapped criterion. AI Gateway and Registrar fees are not covered by credits. Existing Cloudflare enterprise customers cannot use the Startup Plan. After the credits expire, Cloudflare bills the card on file.
Denvr AI Ascend Denvr Dataworks	From $1,000, up to $500,000, per denvr.com/ai-ascend, checked 2026-11-02. An initial $1,000 of start-up credits for Denvr AI Compute Services, per Denvr Dataworks. Eligible teams can receive up to $500,000 in production credits based on needs and potential, per Denvr Dataworks.	GPU AI inference	AI startup, research team, enterprise or other qualified team building AI applications Denvr evaluates fit with program goals, AI development focus and resource requirements Application form asks for company name, position, phone and email; incorporation is not stated Agree to Denvr's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy	Card: The page does not say. Term: Varies by program fit, with tiered transitions to paid services Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: length of access varies by program fit; no fixed date stated The $500,000 figure is a ceiling for production credits, granted by need and potential, per Denvr Dataworks. Existing customers earn credits through referrals, co-marketing and feedback rather than the start-up grant.
ElevenLabs Grants Program (Startup Grants) ElevenLabs	$5,500, per elevenlabs.io/startup-grants, checked 2026-11-02. 12 months of the Scale plan with 33,000,000 characters, per ElevenLabs. The $5,500 figure is ElevenLabs' own valuation ("More than $5,500+ in value"), not a cash credit, per ElevenLabs.	AI inference Other services	Startup or company with fewer than 25 employees when it applies, per ElevenLabs A valid business email A business or monetization strategy for a long-term product, not a one-off project No agencies, consulting firms or SMBs No products for children aged 18 or under Not an existing enterprise customer One application per company	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months, or until the 33M characters are used Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: Yes by default, and you can opt out, per ElevenLabs' terms. More terms Expiry: the plan converts to Free after 12 months, or once 10,000 credits are left, per ElevenLabs The terms license your content to improve the services; opt out in the Data use menu of account settings. Characters cannot be resold or exchanged.
AWS credits through FounderPass FounderPass (unnamed AWS partner)	Up to $100,000, per founderpass.com/partners/aws, checked 2026-11-02. FounderPass says free members get $25,000 to $100,000 in AWS credits, set by an unnamed partner. Its own FAQ says a company just starting out should expect much lower.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	Free FounderPass membership Company under 10 years old Less than $25,000 in earlier AWS Activate credits, per FounderPass Active website and up-to-date LinkedIn company page; website domain matches the business domain An active 12-digit AWS account Short form, then a meeting with the partner, who sets the amount from stage, existing credits and spend	Card: Required. Term: expiry set by AWS, given on approval Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: set by AWS; terms given on approval The partner is not named on the page Approval takes 10 to 40 days FounderPass may earn a commission on this offer The 20% to 60% savings depend on partner agreements and approval, per FounderPass
Google for Startups Cloud Program: Start tier Google	$2,000, per cloud.google.com/startup/pre-funded, checked 2026-11-02. $2,000 of Google Cloud credits, valid for 12 months, per Google. Extras listed on the same page: $200 of Google Skills credits and 12 months of Google Workspace Business Plus, per Google.	CPU GPU AI inference	Digital-native technology startup with a working MVP, a clear business model and plans to seek venture funding soon Founded within the last 24 months No Google Cloud credits received beyond the free trial Business email on the same domain as the public company website Google Cloud billing account (18-character ID) owned and administered by a user on the company domain Active website that describes the company, team and product; empty or placeholder sites are rejected Located where Google Cloud is sold through self-service purchasing Not a nonprofit, educational institution, government entity, dev shop, consultancy, agency or traditional small business	Card: Required. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits are valid for 12 months A Cloud Billing account with a payment method is needed before applying; the program terms make the company pay all usage beyond the credits. Google says it will not notify you when the credit is exhausted. Third-party models (Anthropic included) are billed directly and are not covered by the credits. Google screens applicant websites for AI-generated content and may reject on that basis. The free Workspace benefit requires that the domain had no paid Workspace plan within 31 days of applying; this rule limits the Workspace benefit, not the credits.
JetBrains Startup Program JetBrains	Amount not stated, per jetbrains.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. A 50% discount, not a credit: up to 10 IDE subscriptions, 10 team or learning tool subscriptions and 10 JetBrains AI subscriptions, for five years, per JetBrains. Startups in a JetBrains partner's network get six months free (up to 10 licenses in total) and then the 50% discount, per JetBrains.	Other services	Privately owned company Evidence the company was established within the last five years Company website or other discoverable online presence Commercial licenses only (no personal licenses) One discount per organization, subsidiaries included	Card: The page does not say. Term: 5 years Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: the discount ends five years after approval or when the 10-per-category limits are used An order that pushes a category past 10 licenses is charged at the regular rate. You still pay half of list price.
Mercury perks (non-AWS compute) Mercury	$300, per mercury.com/perks, checked 2026-11-02. $300 in Supabase credits over one year for new Supabase customers, per Mercury. Mercury also lists an ElevenLabs grant of 12 months and 33 million characters, with no USD value stated, per Mercury. Microsoft for Startups (up to $5,000 Azure) and GitHub ($10,000, VC-funded only) are each partner's own program and are not counted here, per Mercury.	Other services	A Mercury business banking account (Mercury lists business banking at $0 per month) Supabase: new customers only ElevenLabs: one grant per company, full-time founders, under 25 employees GitHub: outside equity funding up to Series B	Card: The page does not say. Term: varies by perk; Supabase credits run one year Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Supabase credits run over one year Google Cloud perk is temporarily unavailable Each partner applies its own terms
Microsoft for Startups (standard path, no referral code) Microsoft	From $200, up to $150,000, per learn.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/standard-benefits/unlock-more-benefits, checked 2026-11-02. $200 of Azure credit at sign-up, usable for up to 90 days, per Microsoft. Business verification raises the total to $5,000 (another $4,800) for up to 180 days, per Microsoft. Usage milestones then raise it to $25,000, $50,000 and $150,000, based on the number of Azure workloads and sustained spend, per Microsoft.	CPU AI inference Other services	Develop a software-based product or service the company owns Privately held and for-profit Headquartered in a country where Azure is available No more than $350,000 of lifetime free Azure credits, per Microsoft Not raised Series C or later Not an educational institution, government organization, consultancy or agency; no cryptocurrency mining A new personal Microsoft account with no prior Azure offer; work, school and company-domain accounts are refused Identity check with a personal LinkedIn account Business verification that the startup is a registered legal entity, for the $5,000 milestone, per Microsoft $25,000 milestone: 5 or more Azure workloads for 60 days; $50,000: 7 or more; $150,000: 10 or more and about $3,000 a month of usage for 60 days, per Microsoft	Card: Required. Term: $200 for up to 90 days; $5,000 for up to 180 days after business verification; 2 years from the $25,000 milestone, per Microsoft Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: The $200 stage lasts up to 90 days from sign-up, per Microsoft. After business verification, the $5,000 stage lasts up to 180 days, per Microsoft. If a stage's requirements are not met in time, the sponsorship ends and the subscription converts to pay as you go. Credits must be activated within 90 days of accepting the program agreement, and extensions are not available. GPU-enabled infrastructure is listed as an Investor Network benefit, not a standard one. Third-party Foundry models (Anthropic included) and Marketplace purchases are not covered. GitHub usage draws on the credits only after the Azure subscription is linked as GitHub's payment method. Each milestone workload must stay above $1 of spend for all 60 days, per Microsoft.
MongoDB for Startups MongoDB	Amount not stated, per mongodb.com/solutions/startups, checked 2026-11-02. MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI embedding and reranker tokens, in four tiers: Inspire (bootstrapped), Grow (early-funded), Innovate (VC-backed) and Scale. MongoDB does not publish the amounts.	AI inference Other services	Less than 7 years old Series A or earlier Focused on a single software product or service (no development shops or agencies) Not previously accepted into the program Active company website and LinkedIn profile Apply through a VC or accelerator partner, or directly if you have none	Card: The page does not say. Term: Activate within 12 months, then use within 12 months Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: the promo code must be activated within 12 months, and credits expire 12 months after activation (extensions case by case) Developer Support is free for the first 30 days, then starts at $49 a month (payable with the credits). Promo codes apply only to future charges, not past usage.
Notion for Startups Notion	Up to $12,000, per notion.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. Free months of the Business plan with Notion AI: 6 with a select partner and 3 with a business website and domain email. Companies under 10 employees get 1, per Notion. Business costs $20 per member, billed annually. Notion values the offer at up to $12,000 for 100 employees, per Notion.	Other services	Not a paying Notion customer Work email on the company domain (no Gmail or Outlook) Fewer than 100 employees, per Notion No previous Notion promotion Valid business website for the 3-month offer Affiliation with a select Notion startup partner for the 6-month offer	Card: The page does not say. Term: 1, 3 or 6 months Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: the free period ends after 1, 3 or 6 months Companies under 10 employees get the 1-month trial, so most early startups get 1 month unless a partner refers them, per Notion. Solo applicants, parked websites and personal-only social profiles also drop to the 1-month trial.
OVHcloud Startup Program, START level OVHcloud	Up to $12,000, per us.ovhcloud.com/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. The US program gives up to $12,000 of public cloud credits for 12 months, plus 6 hours with an engineer, per OVHcloud. The EU program states EUR 10,000 for the same level, per OVHcloud. The SCALE level, for Series A and later, gives up to $120,000 (EUR 100,000 on the EU site), per OVHcloud.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	Selected pre-seed or seed startup At least a proof of concept or MVP that can run on OVHcloud Needs cloud infrastructure soon Not an NGO or association, and not a past Startup Program member Apply by form, then answer a follow-up email Incorporation is not stated	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: vouchers must be used within the 12-month program or they are lost GPU credits cover only RTX5000, V100 and V100S instances; all other GPUs are excluded. Dedicated servers and VPS are not covered. Non-eligible products are debited to the payment method on the account. Invoices above the remaining voucher balance are not paid by vouchers automatically.
Ramp partner rewards Ramp	$350, per ramp.com/rewards/google-cloud-platform, checked 2026-11-02. $350 in Google Cloud credits at sign-up, per Ramp. Ramp also lists AWS Activate and OpenAI API credits with no amount, and non-compute credits such as Datadog up to $100,000 and Retool $25,000, per Ramp.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	A Ramp account; rewards are redeemed in the Ramp dashboard Registered in the US as a corporation, LLC or LP (nonprofits welcome); no sole proprietors At least $25,000 in cash in a linked US business bank account, per Ramp Most operations and corporate spending in the US	Card: The page does not say. Term: varies by perk Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms The $25,000 cash minimum blocks very early startups, per Ramp AWS and OpenAI rewards state no amount
Runpod Startup Program, Starter Tier RunPod	$1,000, per runpod.io/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. The Starter Tier gives $1,000 in credits usable across Pods, Serverless, Clusters, Public Endpoints and Storage, per RunPod. The Growth Tier is a spend match: commit $50,000 and Runpod adds $25,000 in bonus credits under a 12-month agreement, per RunPod.	GPU AI inference Other services	Startup with a working product and near-term GPU needs (best fit: pre-Series A) Venture backing strongly preferred but not required New to Runpod (existing customers are reviewed case by case) Selective: Runpod cannot accept every applicant Incorporation is not stated	Card: The page does not say. Term: Starter: not stated. Growth: 12-month agreement Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Starter credit expiry is not stated The page headline calls it a program for venture-backed AI startups, and most accepted startups have raised Seed or later. The Growth bonus requires a $50,000 upfront commitment and has no reload, per RunPod.
Scaleway Early Stage Program Scaleway	Stated in EUR; see the note, per scaleway.com/en/startup-program/early-stage-program, checked 2026-11-02. EUR 9,000 in cloud credits over 6 months, not renewable, with on-demand access to a customer success manager, per Scaleway. USD fields are null because the page states EUR only.	CPU GPU	Entity under 5 years old Fewer than 50 employees, per Scaleway Not an existing Scaleway customer, unless moving up from the Founders stage Minimum cloud consumption of EUR 500 a month Startup that has validated its proof of concept (pre-seed to seed)	Card: The page does not say. Term: 6 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits are valid 6 months and are not renewable The EUR 500 monthly minimum consumption is a spend commitment. Applications are reviewed within 21 business days.
Scaleway Founders Program Scaleway	Stated in EUR; see the note, per scaleway.com/en/startup-program/founders-program, checked 2026-11-02. EUR 1,000 in cloud credits, valid 12 months and not renewable, usable on Scaleway's cloud products, per Scaleway. USD fields are null because the page states EUR only.	CPU GPU	Entity under 5 years old Fewer than 50 employees, per Scaleway Not an existing Scaleway customer	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits are valid 12 months and are not renewable Support is self-serve only, with no customer success manager. Applications are reviewed within 21 business days. Consumption above the voucher amount is billed to the startup.
AWS credits through Secret Secret (unnamed AWS partner)	Up to $100,000, per joinsecret.com/aws-activate, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $100,000 in AWS credits, or 20% to 50% off monthly AWS spend, through an unnamed AWS partner, per Secret. The partner sets the amount after a manual review.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	A Secret account (the deal button reads "Get deal for free") Already spending at least $100 per month on AWS Live website and a company LinkedIn or Crunchbase profile Manual approval by Secret's team	Card: Required. Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms The page also carries a Go Premium dialog ($149 per year or $399 one time); the deal itself is not tagged Premium The partner is not named and uses group buying Needs existing AWS spend, so a new account does not qualify
Stripe Atlas perks Stripe	From $5,000, up to $100,000, per support.stripe.com/questions/stripe-atlas-perks-partners, checked 2026-11-02. The Atlas perk list names $5,000 of AWS Activate Credits, for new users only, per Stripe. It also names $5,000 or more of Azure credits through Microsoft for Startups, per Stripe. It names $100,000 of Cloudflare product credits through the Cloudflare Startup Program, per Stripe. Atlas also gives $2,500 in Stripe product credits for the first year, per Stripe. Those cover Stripe fees, not compute.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	Form the company with Stripe Atlas: $500 one-time setup fee, then $100 per year Perks open in the Atlas Dashboard after the Atlas application is approved Each partner may apply its own eligibility rules	Card: Required. Term: Stripe credits run one year after incorporation; partner perks vary Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Stripe product credits end one year after incorporation Atlas cannot guarantee every partner will accept every Atlas company The AWS perk is for new AWS users only The Treasury bonus is $500 for opening a Treasury account within 7 days, not a fee refund, per Stripe
Tenki for Startups Tenki (Tenki Cloud, LLC, owned by Luxor Technology)	$10,000, per tenki.cloud/startups, checked 2026-11-02. $10,000 in free credits on approval, for Tenki Sandboxes, GitHub Actions runners and the AI Code Reviewer, per Tenki. Tenki also matches purchased credit 1:1 up to $40,000, which needs your own spend, per Tenki.	CPU Other services	Sign up and upgrade the workspace from Starter to Team before applying Has not raised beyond Series B Tenki also weighs team size, money raised and company age	Card: Required. Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: not published; Tenki confirms terms in the acceptance email The Team plan is a paid subscription at $250 a month, or $200 a month billed yearly, per Tenki. The $40,000 match is only paid out against credit you buy, per Tenki.
Vast.ai Startup Credit Matching Program Vast.ai	Amount not stated, per vast.ai/startup, checked 2026-11-02. A spend match, not free credit. Vast matches verified compute spend dollar for dollar in credits, up to a cap set per startup at approval.	GPU	Actively training models, running inference or scaling a production workload Committed paid spend on Vast Vast reviews every application and sets the offer by company stage and use case Incorporation is not stated	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms No upfront credits and no free trial: you must pay for compute to earn matching credits. Matching credits wait on verification of the spend. The match cap is not published.

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Programs for founders: you raised money or joined an accelerator
Program	Amount	Covers	What you need	Terms
AWS Activate Portfolio Amazon Web Services	Up to $200,000, per aws.amazon.com/startups/credits, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $200,000 in AWS Activate Credits, per Amazon Web Services. The amount depends on the offer your Activate Provider holds, and a later, larger offer pays only the difference.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	An Org ID from an Activate Provider (accelerator, angel investor or venture capital firm) The provider must confirm your affiliation within 30 days Your application email must match the one on file with your provider Pre-Series B, founded within the last 10 years AWS account on a Paid Tier Plan Each Org ID works once	Card: Required. Term: expiry set per grant Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: each grant has its own expiry date, shown in the Billing console; AWS will not extend it AWS lists a rejection reason for a most recent funding round older than 12 months Earlier Activate Credits are subtracted: you receive the difference, not a second grant Upfront fees for Savings Plans and Reserved Instances are not covered
AWS Credits for AI Startups Amazon Web Services	From $200,000, per aws.amazon.com/startups/credits, checked 2026-11-02. $200,000 or more in AWS credits for AI startups that have outgrown Activate Portfolio, per Amazon Web Services. AWS gives no upper limit.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	Invite only For startups ready to scale after Activate Portfolio Reached through your AWS account manager	Card: Required. Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms No public application
AMD Instinct GPU Evaluation Program AMD (through partner cloud providers)	Amount not stated, per amd.com/en/products/accelerators/instinct/eval-request.html, checked 2026-11-02. Evaluation access to AMD Instinct GPUs through partner clouds. The page states no price. Duration and capacity vary by partner.	GPU	Aimed at start-ups and companies testing AMD Instinct GPUs and ROCm for AI workloads Request an evaluation from a partner card on AMD's page AMD's program team reviews and replies within two weeks Accept AMD's evaluation program terms	Card: The page does not say. Term: Varies by partner Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Either party can end the agreement at any time. Data on the platform can be deleted after that. The partner list loads only with JavaScript and could not be read today. Educators, researchers and students are pointed to the AMD University Program instead.
Claude Startups API credits through partner VCs Anthropic	Up to $100,000, per claude.com/programs/startups, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $100K in additional Claude API credits for startups funded by a VC in Anthropic's partner network, claimed through the VC, per Anthropic.	AI inference	Funded by a VC in Anthropic's partner network Claim the credits through that VC	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: No, per Anthropic's terms. More terms The page does not list the partner VCs. The page does not say whether Claude Startups membership is also needed. Credits apply only to the first-party Claude API through Claude Console.
Baseten AI Startup Program Baseten	No dollar total on the page; see the note, per baseten.co/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $27,500 in total (computed here). Up to $25,000 for Dedicated Inference or Training plus up to $2,500 for Model APIs, per Baseten. The $27,500 total is the sum of the two caps (computed here); the page gives no combined figure.	GPU AI inference	AI is core to the primary product Funding stage Seed to Series A (the program targets VC-funded startups) Company started less than 5 years ago Net new customer that never received Baseten credits Admission by application	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. Trains on your data: No, per Baseten's terms. More terms Any earlier Baseten credit, including the $250 referral credit, makes a company ineligible, per Baseten.
Cerebras Early Access Program Cerebras	Amount not stated, per cerebras.ai/early-access, checked 2026-11-02. Free credits of an unpublished amount, plus private-preview access to new open-source models on Cerebras Inference.	AI inference	Apply; Cerebras invites a select group of builders Selection criteria are not listed	Card: The page does not say. Term: Not stated Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Not stated. cerebras.ai/startups now redirects to a general landing page that offers a free trial. No startup program page was found.
Cloudflare for Startups, Tiers 2 and 1 Cloudflare	From $100,000, up to $350,000, per cloudflare.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. Tier 2 gives $100,000 in credits and Tier 1 gives $350,000, per Cloudflare. Workers AI is capped at $10,000 (Tier 2) or $50,000 (Tier 1), and R2 at $10,000, per Cloudflare.	CPU AI inference Other services	Funded by a Cloudflare affiliated partner (Cloudflare publishes no partner list) Tier 2: under $5M raised, per Cloudflare Tier 1: $5M or more raised, per Cloudflare Funded up to Series B and funded within the last 12 months Company incorporated no more than 10 years ago For-profit business with a business email on the company domain Live website and a public LinkedIn, X or GitHub presence First-time applicant Cloudflare account with a valid payment method on file	Card: Required. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits last one year or until used up, and Cloudflare grants no extensions AI Gateway and Registrar fees are not covered by credits. An approved upgrade between tiers does not reset the one-year expiry date. After the credits expire, Cloudflare bills the card on file.
GitHub for Startups GitHub	$10,000, per github.com/enterprise/startups, checked 2026-11-02. $10,000 in GitHub credits on a GitHub Enterprise Cloud account, per GitHub. The credits pay Enterprise license (seat) costs and add-ons: Copilot (licenses, premium models, agentic features), Advanced Security and other metered offerings such as Actions.	CPU AI inference Other services	Affiliated with a GitHub for Startups partner (investor, incubator or accelerator) Received outside funding, up to Series B or earlier (non-equity credits do not count) New to GitHub Enterprise: not on an Enterprise plan in the past six months Never received GitHub credits or GitHub Enterprise licenses before Enterprise Cloud on GitHub.com only (no Enterprise Server, no data residency) Valid payment method on file	Card: Required. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits expire 12 months after approval or when used up GitHub places an authorization charge on the card within a few weeks of onboarding, and a failed charge locks the account. Downgrading from Enterprise before the credits run out forfeits the rest and bars reapplying. With an Azure subscription attached, usage bills to Azure once the credits are gone. The 50k Actions minutes come with GitHub Enterprise itself.
Google for Startups Cloud Program: AI tier (Scale AI) Google	From $250,000, up to $350,000, per startup.google.com/cloud, checked 2026-11-02. Year 1: credits cover 100% of usage up to $250,000, per Google. Year 2: a 20% credit on year-2 spend, up to another $100,000, per Google. Under Google's 20% rule, the full $100,000 year-2 credit takes $500,000 of year-2 spend (computed here).	CPU GPU AI inference	AI-first startup: AI is built into the company's foundation, not added as a productivity layer Pre-Seed or Seed round raised within the last 5 years, or a Series A raised within the last 12 months Funding from institutional investors or venture capital firms (SAFEs count); angel, friends and family, crowdfunding, grants, prize money and private equity do not qualify Founded within the last five years No more than $5,000 of Google Cloud credits received before, per Google Business email on the website's domain; billing account administered by a user on that domain Not a nonprofit, educational institution, government entity, dev shop, consultancy or agency	Card: Required. Term: 2 years Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits expire on the date Google sets when it issues them Year 2 is a 20% match on spend, not a grant, per Google. Third-party models (Anthropic included) are billed directly and are not covered by the credits. Google decides AI-first status case by case.
Google for Startups Cloud Program: Scale tier Google	From $100,000, up to $200,000, per cloud.google.com/startup/benefits, checked 2026-11-02. Year 1: credits cover 100% of usage up to $100,000, per Google. Year 2: a 20% credit on year-2 spend, up to another $100,000, per Google. Under Google's 20% rule, the full $100,000 year-2 credit takes $500,000 of year-2 spend (computed here). The benefits page also lists up to $12,000 of Enhanced Support credits and $600 a month of Maps credits (separate application), per Google. It also lists 12 months of Workspace Business Plus.	CPU GPU AI inference	Pre-Seed or Seed round raised within the last 5 years, or a Series A raised within the last 12 months Funding from institutional investors or venture capital firms (SAFEs count); angel, friends and family, crowdfunding, grants, prize money and private equity do not qualify Links to public sources that show the equity investment Founded within the last five years No more than $5,000 of Google Cloud credits received before, per Google Working MVP, clear roadmap and a verified company domain Business email on the website's domain; billing account administered by a user on that domain Not a nonprofit, educational institution, government entity, dev shop, consultancy or agency	Card: Required. Term: 2 years Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits expire on the date Google sets when it issues them Year 2 is a 20% match on spend, not a grant, per Google. The landing pages give the age limit as 3 to 5 years depending on program tier, without naming the tier that uses 3 years. Third-party models (Anthropic included) are billed directly and are not covered by the credits. Subscription, prepay, annual-license and Marketplace products are excluded.
Google for Startups Cloud Program: Web3 Scale tier Google	From $100,000, up to $200,000, per cloud.google.com/startup/web3, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $200,000 over 2 years for Google Cloud and Firebase, per Google. Year 1 covers 100% of usage up to $100,000, per Google. Year 2 gives a 20% credit on year-2 spend, up to another $100,000, per Google. The page also lists $12,000 of Enhanced Support credits for one year, per Google.	CPU GPU Other services	Web3 project or startup Pre-Seed or Seed round within the last 5 years, or Series A within the last 12 months Qualifying funding includes VC, accelerator, incubator and accredited angel equity, SAFEs, convertible notes, verifiable token raises and blockchain foundation grants Founded within the last five years No more than $4,000 of Google Cloud credits received before, per Google Business email on the website's domain Not a nonprofit, cryptocurrency mining company or token distributor acting contrary to local regulatory guidance	Card: Required. Term: 2 years Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits expire on the date Google sets when it issues them Year 2 is a 20% match on spend, not a grant, per Google. The prior-credit cap is $4,000 here, lower than the $5,000 on the general Scale tier, per Google.
Intel Cloud Services (hardware evaluation) Intel	Amount not stated, per cloud.intel.com/docs/how_to_request.html, checked 2026-11-02. No credit. Registered users request evaluation instances of Intel hardware, including Intel GPU and AI PC instances. The docs state no price.	CPU GPU	Register with a corporate email address Request an instance with intended use, use case and duration Intel approves, rejects or waitlists each request within 2 to 3 business days	Card: The page does not say. Term: Up to 30 days per reservation, extensions included Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: Each reservation has a hard end date. Data left on the instance can be lost after it. ai.cloud.intel.com (the old Intel Tiber AI Cloud host) no longer resolves in DNS. The Intel Liftoff page now redirects to Intel's 404 handler. Additional users on an instance must share the requester's email domain. The 2026-09-04 release notes add regional availability in India, China and Poland.
Koyeb Startup Program Koyeb (joining Mistral AI)	Up to $30,000, per koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-for-startups-accelerate-with-credits-for-high-performance-infrastructure, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $30k of compute credits for Standard and GPU instances, per Koyeb.	CPU GPU	Seed-stage company In a Koyeb partner accelerator, or raised $1M to $5M from VCs, per Koyeb Bootstrapped and very early startups are reviewed case by case A Koyeb account on a paid plan	Card: Required. Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms New users need a valid payment method and a paid plan (Pro is $29 a month) because the Starter plan is being removed, per Koyeb. Koyeb is moving into Mistral Compute. The February 17, 2026 post does not mention the startup program. The application form is hosted on tally.so, linked from the 2024 announcement post.
Microsoft for Startups Investor Network offer Microsoft	From $1,000, up to $150,000, per learn.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/standard-benefits/unlock-more-benefits, checked 2026-11-02. $1,000 of starter credits right after applying with a referral code, per Microsoft. After approval, up to $150,000 of total credits, depending on eligibility and prior usage, per Microsoft. Listed extras: Azure Standard Support (24/7), GitHub Enterprise (up to 20 users), Microsoft 365 Business Premium (up to 50 seats), Dynamics 365, Power Platform and LinkedIn Premium.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	10-character referral code from a VC, accelerator, incubator, angel network or university in Microsoft's Investor Network Registered startup name and address that match the company's legal documents Same base eligibility as the standard path: a software product the company owns, for-profit, not Series C or later, no more than $350,000 of lifetime free Azure credits, per Microsoft A new personal Microsoft account with no prior Azure offer A credit card	Card: Required. Term: 2 years from application approval Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: unused credits lapse at the end of the 2-year benefit period, with no extensions Microsoft does not publish the list of participating investors; the code must come from the investor. GPU-enabled infrastructure is offered subject to availability. Third-party Foundry models (Anthropic included) are not covered.
Modal for Startups Modal	Amount not stated, per modal.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. The page promises thousands of free GPU credits without a number. The Seed to Series A tier gets free credits; the Scaling and Series B+ tier gets custom credits.	CPU GPU AI inference	New to Modal Seed to Series A tier: any VC funding from a Modal partner fund, or more than $1M of VC from any fund, per Modal Scaling and Series B+ tier: more than $30M raised or post-Series B, and a VC in Modal's partner network, per Modal	Card: Required. Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. Trains on your data: No, per Modal's terms. More terms Credits are a one-time grant per tier, with no reapplying. The FAQ has a question on how long credits last, but its answer did not load in a static fetch. The FAQ asks why Modal requires a payment method, and the billing docs require one.
Nebius for Startups Nebius	Amount not stated, per nebius.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. Credit amounts are not published. The page offers introductory credits, compute savings and engineering support through Nebius VC partners.	GPU	VC or accelerator-backed Raised at least $5M from an approved Nebius VC partner, applying through that partner, per Nebius Building or scaling an AI-enabled product or model Working company website Company email address Officially incorporated fewer than 5 years ago Not a consulting firm, reseller, cloud provider, crypto-only business or public company	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Applicants go to a waitlist, and Nebius does not guarantee response times. The free founder community is open to all AI startups but carries no credits. The page does not say whether credits cover Token Factory inference.
Oracle Startup Growth Engine Oracle	Up to $60,000, per oracle.com/uk/artificial-intelligence/startup-growth-engine/terms, checked 2026-11-02. Oracle Universal Credits for OCI services, from $5,000 to $60,000 per the UK terms; Oracle picks the amount. The Latin America rules give a range of $5,000 to $100,000, per Oracle. Selected companies may also get one year of Level 1 Oracle PartnerNetwork membership and Oracle Marketplace access.	CPU GPU AI inference Other services	Legally registered technology company building software, data, cloud native or AI products Proprietary product validated with customers or active pilots A defined workload to build on or move to OCI Business entity in a country or territory Oracle has designated Pass due diligence on identity, ownership, sanctions and politically exposed persons Not a public entity; existing OCI customers need a growth case Oracle accepts (the Latin America page bars an active OCI relationship)	Card: The page does not say. Term: 12 months Past the credits: Usage past the credits is billed. More terms Expiry: credits last 12 months from the date they are made available; unused credits expire with no cash value Selection or a funding-band indication does not bind Oracle to give any credits. The US-English program page returns 404; live pages are the UK, Europe and Latin America sites, so US availability is not shown. Usage after credits run out is charged at OCI list prices.
AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerator Trial on TensorWave TensorWave (application form on amd.com)	Amount not stated, per amd.com/en/forms/sign-up/mi-300x-trial-on-tensorwave.html, checked 2026-11-02. A free 72-hour MI300X trial. No dollar value is stated.	GPU	Apply through AMD's sign-up form TensorWave decides allocation from the form answers	Card: The page does not say. Term: 72 hours Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: The trial lasts 72 hours. The form fields load only with JavaScript, so eligibility rules could not be read. TensorWave's own homepage lists no free trial or credits. It offers a Request POC button instead.
Together AI Startup Accelerator (Build tier) Together AI	Up to $15,000, per together.ai/startup-accelerator, checked 2026-11-02. Build tier: up to $15K in platform credits plus 3 hours of forward-deployed engineering, per Together AI. The Scale tier ($5M to $10M raised) gives up to $30K and the Grow tier (over $10M raised) up to $50K, per Together AI.	GPU AI inference	Selected by Together AI (the page calls it a selection-based program) Build tier: up to $5M raised, per Together AI Apply through the form on the accelerator page	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Credits do not apply to Reserved GPU Clusters. Credits cover serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, fine-tuning and instant clusters. The terms let you turn on Zero Data Retention by answering No to storing prompts and training. They do not state the default.
Vercel for Startups Vercel	Up to $30,000, per vercel.com/startups, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $30,000 in Flexible Commitment Amount, a prepaid Vercel balance where each unit is worth $1.00, plus Enterprise-tier access and startup support, per Vercel.	CPU Other services	Submit the interest form on the Vercel for Startups page Vercel publishes no eligibility criteria on the page Vercel routes startup benefits through venture capital and accelerator partners to their portfolio companies	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Expiry: not stated The amount is a Flexible Commitment Amount, not a plain credit. The page does not say whether AI Gateway or v0 usage draws from it. The separate Vercel AI Accelerator closed applications on February 16 for its 2026 cohort, so it is not added here.
Vultr Digital Start-up Program Vultr	Up to $100,000, per discover.vultr.com/startup-program, checked 2026-11-02. Up to $100,000 in cloud credits plus long-term discounts of 35%, per Vultr. The page does not say which Vultr products the credits cover.	CPU	Recent Series A, B, C, D or E financing Name and contact details of the senior-most technical executive Name and contact details of the senior-most cloud infrastructure lead Share the last 6 months of cloud compute invoices Agree to be publicly referenceable as a program member	Card: The page does not say. Past the credits: The page does not say. More terms Built for migrations: you hand over six months of another cloud's invoices. GPU coverage is not stated on the page.

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