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The startup programs worth applying to — what each one gives, who qualifies and how to apply, checked against each vendor's own page.
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NVIDIA
AI / LLMNVIDIA Inception — Free Program for AI Startups
NVIDIA Inception is a free program for AI startups: Deep Learning Institute courses, preferred pricing on NVIDIA hardware and software, partner cloud credits and introductions to its VC network.
Stripe
Payments & FinanceStripe Atlas — Incorporate + $2,500 in Stripe Credits
Stripe Atlas incorporates a Delaware C corp or LLC for $500 and includes $2,500 in Stripe credits for the first year plus over $50,000 in partner discounts.
HubSpot
Sales & CRMHubSpot for Startups — Up to 90% Off
HubSpot for Startups gives pre-seed to Series A startups 90% off Professional and Enterprise products in year one, 50% in year two and 25% in year three.
Mixpanel
AnalyticsMixpanel for Startups — 1 Year Free
Mixpanel gives startups under five years old with up to $8M raised a free year of its full product suite — which Mixpanel values at $145,000.
Notion
ProductivityNotion for Startups — Up to 6 Months of Business + AI Free
Notion gives startups under 100 people up to six months of its Business plan with Notion AI free — six months through a partner, three applying directly, one for teams under ten.
Anthropic
AI / LLMAnthropic Startup Program — Free Claude API Credits
Anthropic's startup program gives venture-backed startups founded in the last four years free Claude API credits and its highest API rate limits. Anthropic does not publish an amount.
Google Cloud
Cloud InfrastructureGoogle for Startups Cloud Program — Up to $350K
Google for Startups Cloud Program gives pre-funded startups $2,000, funded startups up to $200,000 over two years, and AI-first startups building on Gemini up to $350,000.
OpenAI
AI / LLMOpenAI for Startups — API Credits via Partner VCs
OpenAI gives free API credits, higher rate limits and time with its solutions engineers to startups backed by a VC in its partner network. OpenAI does not publish an amount.
AWS
Cloud InfrastructureAWS Activate — Up to $200K in Credits
AWS Activate gives self-funded startups $1,000 (up to $5,000) in AWS credits, and startups backed by an Activate Provider up to $200,000 — usable on Amazon Bedrock and every AWS service.
Microsoft Azure
Cloud InfrastructureMicrosoft for Startups — Up to $150K Azure Credits
Microsoft for Startups gives every approved startup $200 in Azure credits, and up to $150,000 with a referral code from an investor in its network — plus GitHub Enterprise and Microsoft 365.
Datadog
MonitoringDatadog for Startups — Up to $100K Credits
Datadog gives Series A-or-earlier startups referred by an official partner up to a year of free access to the full platform, worth up to $100,000 in credits.
LangChain
Developer ToolsLangSmith for Startups — $10K in Credits
LangChain gives startups discounted LangSmith seats, and startups backed by one of its premier VC partners $10,000 in LangSmith credits for a year.
fal
AI / LLMfal Startup Program — $1,000 to $5,000 Credits
fal gives approved startups in Europe and Asia $1,000 in credits, growing to $5,000 as their monthly spend on fal rises.
Modal
Cloud InfrastructureModal for Startups — Free GPU Credits
Modal gives startups that raised from a Modal partner fund, or over $1M from any fund, a one-time grant of free GPU credits and direct access to its engineers.
AssemblyAI
AI / LLMAssemblyAI Startup Program — 12 Months of Credits
AssemblyAI gives pre-seed to Series A startups building on voice or audio twelve months of recurring free credits, then discounted startup pricing.
Qdrant
DatabasesQdrant for Startups — 20% Off Qdrant Cloud
Qdrant gives pre-seed to Series A startups with under $5M raised 20% off Qdrant Cloud for a year, sessions with its engineers and partner perks.
Together AI
AI / LLMTogether AI Startup Accelerator — Up to $50K Credits
Together AI's startup accelerator gives startups $15,000, $30,000 or $50,000 in credits depending on how much they have raised, plus hours with its engineers.
monday.com
Productivitymonday dev for Startups — 10 Seats at $2
monday.com gives VC-backed startups under two years old ten monday dev seats at $2 per seat per month for their first year.
Zendesk
Customer SupportZendesk for Startups — Up to 2 Years Free
Zendesk for Startups gives funded startups six months of Suite Professional and Copilot free for up to 50 agents — one or two years through a VC or accelerator partner.
Salesforce
Sales & CRMSalesforce Launchpad — Free & Discounted Salesforce
Salesforce Launchpad is a free program that gives venture-backed startups free and discounted Starter Suite, Pro Suite, Sales Cloud, Agentforce, Tableau and Slack.
Apollo.io
Sales & CRMApollo for Startups — 50% Off for a Year
Apollo.io gives startups under 20 people 50% off its Basic or Professional plan for a year, for up to five seats.
Apify
Web Data & ScrapingApify for Startups — 30% Off the Scale Plan
Apify gives startups with under $5M raised, whose product depends on Apify data, 30% off its Scale plan for six months — extendable to twelve.
Firecrawl
Web Data & ScrapingFirecrawl for Startups — Double Credits for a Year
Firecrawl doubles the monthly credits on annual plans for a year for startups under five years old, under 50 people and with under $10M raised.
Bright Data
Web Data & ScrapingBright Data AI Startup Program — Up to $20K
Bright Data gives AI-first startups from pre-seed to Series A up to $20,000 in platform credits for web data collection.
Algolia
Developer ToolsAlgolia Startup Program — $10,000 in Credits
Algolia gives startups under seven years old with under $15M raised $10,000 in credits for their first twelve months.
Brex
Payments & FinanceBrex — $350K+ in Partner Perks
Brex customers get over $350,000 in discounts and credits on AI and SaaS tools, alongside business banking and corporate cards with no personal guarantee.
Airtable
ProductivityAirtable for Startups — $500 Credit
Airtable gives startups $500 in credit on the workspace they plan to upgrade, reviewed in three to five days.
Typeform
ProductivityTypeform for Startups — Up to 75% Off
Typeform gives startups under five years old, under 50 people and with under $5M raised up to 75% off its annual Business plan.
Mem0
AI / LLMMem0 Startup Program — 3 Months of Pro Free
Mem0 gives new users in its startup program three months of the Pro plan free — which Mem0 values at $1,000 — plus a private Slack channel with its team.
PostHog
AnalyticsPostHog for Startups — $50K in Credits
PostHog gives companies under two years old with under $5M raised $50,000 in credits for a year, plus partner perks from Incident.io, Speakeasy and Depot.
Fireworks AI
AI / LLMFireworks for Startups — Inference Credits
Fireworks AI gives venture-backed startups with over $500K raised credits for serverless inference, fine-tuning and on-demand GPUs, plus access to its applied AI engineers.
Deel
Payments & FinanceDeel for Startups — Free Founder Payroll
Deel offers free US payroll for founders for life, and venture-backed startups with $500K+ raised get their first five seats free for life.
Manus
AI / LLMManus for Startups — 6 Months of Manus Team
Manus gives startups referred by a partner VC six months of Manus Team for up to 20 seats, which Manus values at $4,800, plus bonus credits.
Deepgram
AI / LLMDeepgram Startup Program — Up to $100K Credits
Deepgram's startup program gives AI builders and early-stage startups with under $10M raised up to $100,000 in credits for its speech and voice agent APIs.
Amplitude
AnalyticsAmplitude Startup Plan — 1 Year of Growth Free
Amplitude gives startups under 20 people with under $10M raised a free year of its full Growth plan — up to 100M events a month — with no credit card.
GitLab
DevOpsGitLab for Startups — Free Ultimate for a Year
GitLab for Startups gives externally funded pre-seed and seed startups a free Ultimate licence for up to 20 seats for a year, then 50% off in year two.
Vercel
HostingVercel for Startups — Up to $30K Credit
Vercel for Startups gives startups backed by its partner VCs and accelerators up to $30,000 in credit and Enterprise-tier access.
Render
HostingRender for Startups — $500 to $100K Credits
Render gives qualified startups $500 in credits, startups applying through a partner $2,500–$5,000, VC-backed startups $10,000–$25,000, and AI startups with $2.5M+ raised $100,000.
Brevo
Email & MarketingBrevo for Startups — Partner Discounts
Brevo offers startups discounts on its marketing and CRM plans through its VC and startup-program partners; with a partner or creator code, new sign-ups get 50% off Starter and Standard for three months.
Miro
CollaborationMiro for Startups — $500 to $1,000 Credit
Miro gives startups under 30 people $1,000 in credit through one of its startup partners, or $500 if they apply directly.
Framer
Design & WebsitesFramer for Startups — 1 Year of Pro Free
Framer gives pre-seed and seed startups backed by one of its partner investors a free year of the Framer Pro site plan, which Framer values at $360.
Sentry
MonitoringSentry for Startups — Up to $5,000 Credits
Sentry for Startups gives companies founded in the last two years, with under $5M raised, up to $5,000 in Sentry credits for a year.
Auth0
Auth & SecurityAuth0 for Startups — 1 Year of B2B Professional Free
Auth0 gives venture-backed startups with under $5M raised, under $1M ARR and under two years old a free year of B2B Professional for up to 100,000 monthly active users.
Clerk
Auth & SecurityClerk for Startups — Discounted Clerk Pro
Clerk gives startups up to a year after launch, with up to $5M raised, a discount on Clerk Pro — SMS codes, RBAC, allowlists and session controls.
Intercom
Customer SupportIntercom Early Stage — 93% Off Year One
Intercom's Early Stage program gives startups with up to $10M raised and under 15 employees 93% off in year one, including Fin AI agent outcomes, then 50% and 25%.
Asana
ProductivityAsana for Startups — Partner Discount for 12 Months
Asana gives Series A-or-earlier startups a discount on Starter or Advanced annual plans for their first twelve months, using a code from an Asana partner.
Linear
ProductivityLinear for Startups — Free Business Plan via Partners
Linear gives startups under 50 people that come through one of its partners a free period on its Business plan, redeemed with the partner's link or code.
GitHub
Developer ToolsGitHub for Startups — $10,000 in Credits
GitHub for Startups gives partner-affiliated startups with outside funding up to Series B $10,000 in credits for GitHub Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security and Actions.
Atlassian
CollaborationAtlassian for Startups — Premium Free for 12 Months
Atlassian for Startups gives VC-funded or accelerator-backed startups with up to $10M raised Jira, Confluence, Loom and Bitbucket Premium free for a year, for up to 50 users.
Pinecone
DatabasesPinecone for Startups — Free Standard Tier + Credits
Pinecone for Startups gives startups under 100 people, Series A or earlier, free access to its Standard tier and Pro Support, plus usage credits and discounts.
Retool
Developer ToolsRetool for Startups — 1 Year Free (Up to $60K)
Retool gives startups with under $10M raised a year free on any monthly Team or Business plan — worth up to $60,000 — then 25% off in year two.
MongoDB
DatabasesMongoDB for Startups — Atlas Credits + Voyage AI
MongoDB for Startups gives Series A-or-earlier startups Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens across four tiers, plus a session with a MongoDB expert.
ElevenLabs
AI / LLMElevenLabs Startup Grants — 12 Months Free
ElevenLabs Startup Grants give companies under 25 people twelve months of free access with 33 million characters — which ElevenLabs values at over $5,500.
Cloudflare
Cloud InfrastructureCloudflare for Startups — $10K to $350K Credits
Cloudflare for Startups gives bootstrapped startups $10,000 in credits and partner-funded startups $100,000 or $350,000, across Workers, R2, Workers AI and security.
Neon
DatabasesNeon (Databricks Startup Program) — Up to $200K
Neon, now part of Databricks, gives self-funded startups up to $1,000 in Neon credits and venture-backed startups up to $200,000 in combined Neon and Databricks credits.
DigitalOcean
Cloud InfrastructureDigitalOcean Startups (Hatch) — 12 Months of Credits
DigitalOcean Startups, formerly Hatch, gives startups that raised $10M or less twelve months of cloud credits and fifteen months of free Standard support.
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