All perks / AI
21 programs · up to $430.5K combined
21 of 137 programs · $430.5K combined
Values are maximums. Most programs grant less at first.
Claude for Startups
A year of Claude Team (5 Premium seats), a $1K API credit, office hours and up to $45K in partner deals. Partner-VC-backed teams can get up to $100K more in API credits.
Who qualifies: Founded in the last 5 years or funded in the last 2. Bootstrapped founders qualify for the base package.
Deepgram Startup Program
Speech-to-text and voice AI credits. Direct applicants start at $1K and can upgrade. Partner referrals get more.
Who qualifies: Early-stage, under $10M raised.
Devin for Startups
$15K in Devin credits on approval, plus a dollar-for-dollar match on your next $100K of usage, up to $50K.
Who qualifies: Reported to need VC backing and the Team plan.
Daytona Startup Grid
Sandbox infrastructure for AI agents. $10K on acceptance, then more tranches as you hit milestones. Some posts say $100K; the official terms cap it at $50K.
Who qualifies: Privately held companies.
Startup Accelerator
Credits for serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, fine-tuning and GPU clusters, plus engineering and go-to-market support.
Who qualifies: AI startups building on open models.
Runware
Image and video generation API credits.
Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.
Fireworks AI Startups
Build credits, higher rate limits and engineer support for open-weight models.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Replicate Credits
Credits to run and fine-tune open models via API.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Startup Grants
Free usage of ElevenLabs voice, TTS and conversational AI for building voice products.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups building with voice.
Perplexity for Startups
Six months of Enterprise Pro plus $5K in Sonar API credits.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Weights & Biases
Discounted Pro access, mainly through Microsoft and Google Cloud startup programs.
Who qualifies: Needs a referral from a partner VC, accelerator or perks platform.
API credits via partners
No self-serve application. Credits come through partner VCs and accelerators, Ramp rewards ($2.5K) or OpenAI Grove cohorts ($50K).
Who qualifies: Through partners, not a direct application.
AssemblyAI for Startups
Speech AI credits for transcription and audio intelligence.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Cohere for Startups
Discounted enterprise pricing and grant access through Cohere Labs.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Firecrawl Startups
Double your monthly web-scraping credits for a year.
Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.
Hugging Face Startups
Discounted Inference Endpoints, Spaces hardware and expert support.
Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.
Intel Liftoff
Compute access, engineering support and go-to-market help for AI startups.
Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.
LangSmith for Startups
Free or discounted LangSmith seats and traces for agent observability.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
Llama Startup Program
Monthly cloud inference reimbursement and Meta Llama experts for startups building on Llama.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.
NVIDIA Inception
Free program with hardware discounts, training credits, cloud partner offers and investor introductions.
Who qualifies: Startups building with AI or GPUs.
Pinecone Startup Program
Vector database credits plus Pro support in all regions.
Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.