AI credits for startups API and cloud credits for young companies. Usually you need a registered company and a website; some programs also ask for investment or an accelerator. Amounts range from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of thousands.
Claude for Startups Anthropic · Direct API
Amount not published API credits
For startups with institutional investment
How hard to get High Needs fund investment, company under 4 years old, applications are reviewed
Startups Apply on the Anthropic siteGoogle Startup Perks Google Cloud · Cloud platform
$10 000 For partner models in Model Garden
Only for Google for Startups Scale or Scale AI members
How hard to get High First join Scale, then ask a Google Cloud representative
Startups Through a Google Cloud representativeAWS Activate AWS · Cloud platform
Amount not published Cloud credits
For startups that fit an Activate package
How hard to get Medium Regular application; some packages need an Activate Provider partner
Startups, Developers Apply on the AWS siteGoogle for Startups Cloud Program: AI Google Cloud · Cloud platform
Up to $350,000 Over 2 years: up to $250,000 in year one, up to $100,000 in year two
For AI startups with seed funding or a Series A
How hard to get High Needs institutional funding, company under 5 years old, Google decides
Startups Apply on the Google Cloud siteMicrosoft for Startups Microsoft · Cloud platform
Up to $150,000 Azure credits grow as the company grows
For startups with their own software, before Series C
How hard to get Medium Regular application, a decision usually within three business days
Startups Apply on the Microsoft for Startups siteGoogle Cloud Free Trial Google Cloud · Cloud platform
$300 For 90 days
For new Google Cloud customers
How hard to get Low Sign up with a card, no application or review
Developers, Startups Sign-up on Google CloudAWS Free Tier AWS · Cloud platform
Up to $200 $100 at sign-up and up to $100 more for trying services, including Amazon Bedrock
For new AWS customers
How hard to get Low Create a new account, no application
Developers, Startups Sign-up on AWSAzure free account Microsoft · Cloud platform
$200 For 30 days, plus free monthly amounts of 20+ services for 12 months
For new Azure customers
How hard to get Low Sign up with a card, no application
Developers, Startups Sign-up on AzureCloudflare for Startups Cloudflare · Cloud platform
Up to $350,000 $10,000 if bootstrapped, $100,000 with under $5M raised, $350,000 if funded by a Cloudflare partner
For startups under 10 years old
How hard to get Medium An application; the amount depends on funding
Startups Apply on the Cloudflare siteNVIDIA Inception NVIDIA · Cloud platform
Amount not published Cloud credits
For AI startups at any stage
How hard to get Medium A free application, no deadlines or cohorts
Startups Apply on the NVIDIA siteElevenLabs Grants ElevenLabs · Direct API
33M characters For 12 months, over 680 hours of agents
For startups under 25 people building with voice AI
How hard to get Medium An application from a business email, a business model is needed
Startups Apply on the ElevenLabs site