◆ AI Platform Credits
AI Platform Credits — $2.3M on the table.
80 verified programmes for teams building with LLMs, inference, or model training — sorted by face value, each with the eligibility gate spelled out so you know whether you qualify before you apply.
AI Platform Credits compared
The 8 largest programmes that publish a figure, side by side with what it takes to get them.
| Programme | Value | Eligibility gate |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Startup Program | $350K | Startups |
| Google Cloud Web3 Startup Program | $200K | Under 5 years old |
| QuickNode Startup Program | $200K | Startups |
| AssemblyAI Startup Program | $150K | Startups |
| Huawei Cloud Startup Program | $150K | Under 5 years old |
| Microsoft for Startups (Founders Hub) | $150K | Startups |
| Nebius for Startups | $150K | Raised under $50M |
| Anthropic for Startups | $100K | Partner referral needed |
All 80 programmes
Every AI/ML platform credits programme we have verified, sorted by face value. Programmes without a published figure sit at the end.
Google AI Startup Program
$350KThrough the Google for Startups Cloud Program, AI startups can access specialized credits and resources to build on Google Cloud's infrastructure, generative AI
Startups See eligibilityGoogle Cloud Web3 Startup Program
$200KBuild faster and easier with Google Cloud's Web3 startup program, giving you the technology, community, and resources to focus on innovation over infrastructure
Under 5 years old See eligibilityQuickNode Startup Program
$200KQuickNode's Startup Program empowers blockchain startups with exclusive product credits, discounts, technical support, and community networking to accelerate We
Startups See eligibilityAssemblyAI Startup Program
$150KThe AssemblyAI Startup Program provides early-stage startups with up to $150,000 in free API credits to build voice-powered applications using industry-leading
Startups See eligibilityHuawei Cloud Startup Program
$150KHuawei Cloud offers a comprehensive startup program that empowers early-stage companies with up to USD 150,000 in cloud credits, dedicated migration support, en
Under 5 years old See eligibilityMicrosoft for Startups (Founders Hub)
$150KBuild your AI-enabled startup with up to $150,000 in Azure credits, expert 1:1 guidance, and a network of business and technical resources through Microsoft for
Startups See eligibilityNebius for Startups
$150KNebius for Startups empowers AI companies to scale breakthrough innovations by providing exclusive cloud credits, technical training, and access to a thriving A
Raised under $50M See eligibilityAnthropic for Startups
$100KAnthropic for Startups provides up to $100K in Claude API credits for qualifying startups building AI products — apply via an Anthropic VC or accelerator partner for higher credit tiers.
Partner referral needed See eligibilityDeepgram Startup Program
$100KUp to $100K in speech AI credits — transcription, voice agents, TTS, and speaker diarization for pre-Series A startups
New customers only See eligibilityFireworks Ignite Startup Program
$100KGet up to $100,000 in Fireworks credits, priority support, and exclusive access to product roadmap sessions for AI startups
Startups See eligibilityNetMind Elevate Program
$100KClaim up to $100,000 in free inference credits to accelerate AI projects with cutting-edge model APIs, scalable GPU clusters, rapid model deployment, and tailor
Startups See eligibilityOpenAI for Startups
$100KOpenAI for Startups provides $2,500 in API credits on self-serve application, with $25K–$100K+ available through accelerator and VC partner tracks — access to GPT-4o, o1, DALL-E and Whisper.
Partner referral needed See eligibilityDatabricks for Startups Program
$50KDatabricks offers startups up to $50,000 in credits to accelerate product development on its Lakehouse Platform, backed by expert technical support and go-to-ma
Raised under $15M See eligibilityTogether AI for Startups
$50KTogether.ai Startup Program provides $50K in fast open-source model inference credits — Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DBRX and more at throughputs that outperform self-hosted infrastructure.
Osss See eligibilityKoyeb Startup Program
$30KGet up to $30k of compute credits and specialized support to accelerate go-to-market for early-stage startups. The program offers high-performance cloud infrast
Startups See eligibilityNetcore Cloud B2C Startup Program
$30KEligible early-stage B2C startups receive up to $30,000 in Netcore Cloud platform credits, mentorship from industry leaders, and investor networking opportuniti
Raised under $50M See eligibilityPilot for Startups Program
$30KEarly-stage companies get up to $30,000 in Pilot credits to build a super wiki, plus visibility perks and referral rewards.
Raised under $1MUnder 2 years oldNew customers only See eligibilityVeridion Startup Program
$30KEmpower emerging businesses with enterprise-grade business intelligence tools and valuable data insights through the Veridion Startup Program.
Raised under $50M See eligibilityCodex Open Source Fund
$25KOpen-source projects building with Codex CLI or OpenAI models can apply for $25,000 API credit grants, part of a $1 million initiative by OpenAI.
Osss See eligibilityVapi AI Startup Program
$25KVoice-AI platform credits for early-stage startups building phone agents on Vapi's developer stack
Startups See eligibilityCerebras Startup Deal
$23KGet up to $22,500 worth of inference on Cerebras Cloud plus priority support and co-marketing opportunities.
Startups See eligibilityBright Data AI Startup Program
$20KBright Data's AI Startup Program hands qualifying AI teams up to $20K in credits for web-scraping and SERP APIs built for LLM training and R
Partner referral needed See eligibilityE2B for Startups
$20KCode-execution sandboxes for AI agents — $20K in credits plus the Pro tier (100 concurrent sandboxes, 24h sessions) for early-stage teams.
Under 3 years oldNew customers only See eligibilityCustomer.io Startup Program
$12KGet up to 12 months of access to Customer.io's powerful customer engagement platform, designed to scale startup marketing efforts with essential automation and
New customers only See eligibilityAdaline API Credits Program
$10KGet $10,000 in free Adaline API credits to build and scale AI applications with their collaborative LLM platform trusted by Salesforce, DoorDash, and Discord.
Startups See eligibilityBeefree SDK Startup Program
$10KReceive $10,000 in Beefree SDK credits and a 12-month 50% discount to embed a world-class, drag-and-drop content builder in your SaaS application.
Under 3 years old See eligibilityDevRev for Startups
$10KEarly-stage startups receive up to $10,000 in DevRev credits, 12 months of free Pro access, and a 50% discount on the following year, along with expert technica
Partner referral needed See eligibilityGroq for Startups
$10KGroq for Startups provides approximately $10K in LPU inference credits — Llama, Mixtral and Gemma models at 300+ tokens/second throughput for latency-critical AI product experiences.
Startups See eligibilityRedis Startup Program
$10KThe program offers early-stage startups free Redis Cloud access for 12 months along with technical support, early feature access, and go-to-market opportunities
Raised under $50M See eligibilityFront for Startups Program
$7KQualifying startups receive 6 months of free access to Front's Growth plan for up to 15 users, along with an AI add-on offering up to 1,000 automated resolution
Startups See eligibility0x JumpStart Program
$5KFuel your startup journey with free API credits, technical mentorship, and ecosystem integration through the 0x JumpStart Program, designed to reduce costs and
Startups See eligibilityDeepInfra Startup Program
$5KCheap serverless inference credits for AI startups that would rather rent GPUs than buy them.
Startups See eligibilityLambda Research Grants
$5KUp to $5K in GPU credits on the same H100 cloud the big labs rent — aimed at researchers publishing or showcasing AI work.
Startups See eligibilityMem0 Startup Program
$5KGet free API credits to build personalized AI applications with Mem0's persistent memory platform designed for AI agents and applications
Startups See eligibilityMurf Startup Incubator Program
$5KEarly-stage startups receive $5,000 in credits over 3 months to access Murf's AI voice and text-to-speech API.
Startups See eligibilityOpenRouter Startup Program
$5KOne grant, every frontier model — up to $5K in universal inference credits across 300+ models plus zero platform/BYOK fees for a year.
Raised under $50M See eligibilityPangea Startup Program
$5KAccess to Pangea's AI security guardrails and protection services designed for startups building secure AI applications with just a few lines of code.
Raised under $50M See eligibilityPerplexity for Startups
$5KPerplexity for Startups provides $5K in Perplexity API credits for AI startups building search-augmented applications — real-time web-grounded LLM answers in a single API call.
Startups See eligibilityRime API Credits Program for YC Startups
$5KRime provides $5,000 in API credits to YC startups for seamless integration of their advanced text-to-speech API, complete with priority support and early acces
Startups See eligibilityBraintrust for Startups
$3K6–12 months of Braintrust Pro free — evals, tracing, and LLM observability for AI teams that have raised at least $100k. Partner-VC startups get a full year.
Raised under $15MPartner referral needed See eligibilityOpenAI Data Sharing and Complimentary Tokens Program
$2KOrganizations can opt in to share feedback, evaluations, and API usage data with OpenAI to help improve models and receive up to 11M complimentary tokens per da
Startups See eligibilityPhospho Startup Program: $2000 AI Builder Credits
$2KEarly-stage AI SaaS developers can get $2000 in free AI builder credits from Phospho, reducing financial risk and enabling rapid experimentation to achieve prod
Startups See eligibilityAI Student Pack
$2KGet $1,500+ in free credits on 16 AI tools that help students study, create, and build faster with comprehensive back-to-school discounts
Students See eligibilityBlockPI Web3 Startup Program
$1KBlockPI Network is launching a support program for blockchain startups designed to lower entry barriers and fuel growth. It offers up to $1000 in API credits, d
Startups See eligibilityExa Startup Credits
$1K$1,000 in free Exa credits for startups building agents that need real web context — the search API used by Cursor, Cognition, and OpenRouter.
Startups See eligibilityRoboflow for Startups
$948A free year of Roboflow Core ($948) for new customers under $5M raised — labeling, cloud-GPU training, and inference credits loaded up front.
Partner referral needed See eligibilitythirdweb Startup Program
$690Receive over $690 in value including $100 usage credits, three months free of Growth Plan and Standard Engine Plan, plus mentorship and resources to accelerate
Startups See eligibilityDataStax Astra DB: $300 Free Trial
$300A cloud-native vector database for building production-ready generative AI applications. It delivers high relevance vector search, fast responses, and a free ti
Startups See eligibilityDeepgram $200 Free Credits
$200Deepgram provides a transparent and scalable pricing structure featuring a free $200 credit and flexible plans to suit individual developers, growing businesses
Raised under $50M See eligibilityYou.com Pro Plan Discount Offer via You.com Partnership
$120You.com, in partnership with TL;DR, offers six months of discounted access to its AI-powered Pro Plan, delivering advanced summarization, transcription, and con
Partner referral needed See eligibilityPostmark Bootstrapper Offer
$75Get $75 to help offset email costs with Postmark's reliable transactional email delivery, designed specifically for bootstrapped startups.
Startups See eligibilityFree Google Workspace Business Starter Offer
$72Squarespace offers a free year of the Google Workspace Business Starter plan for eligible users, providing professional email, collaboration tools, and cloud st
Startups See eligibilityLlamaCloud Free Credits
$10Get 10,000 free credits for production-grade document intelligence with LlamaCloud's enterprise-grade parsing, extraction, and indexing platform
Raised under $15M See eligibilityCerebras Free LLM Credits
$1Get started with Cerebras' AI models using 1 million free inference tokens every day and instant access to their API without a waitlist.
Startups See eligibilityArize AI for Startups
Free Arize AI observability and LLM evaluation credits for early-stage AI startups watching models in production.
Startups See eligibilityBaseten Startup Program
Production-grade ML inference credits and engineer-grade support for early-stage AI startups that are already shipping models behind an API.
Startups See eligibilityBrevo Startup Program
Brevo's Startups & VCs Program empowers startups with essential tools and resources to unlock their full growth potential. The program partners with global VC f
Under 5 years old See eligibilityBrowse AI Startup Program
Join the Browse AI startup program to save 20% on annual plans and build scalable, no-code web data pipelines in minutes. The program empowers startups to extra
Raised under $15M See eligibilityCartesia for Startups
API credits for early-stage startups building low-latency voice AI on Cartesia's speech models
Startups See eligibilityCohere for Startups
Cohere for Startups provides 25% off API pricing and grants for enterprise-grade NLP and RAG applications — Command, Embed and Rerank models optimised for business data and retrieval.
Startups See eligibilityComet for Startups
Comet Teams free for seed and Series A startups under $10M raised, under 2 years old, and under 100 people — ML experiment tracking without the line item.
Under 2 years old See eligibilityCursor Pro for Students
Verified students get one full year of free Cursor Pro, an AI-powered code editor with advanced debugging and AI assistance.
Students See eligibilityElevenLabs Startup Grants
ElevenLabs Startup Grants provide 33 million characters of voice AI free — equivalent to 680+ hours of studio-quality audio generation for AI voice, content and accessibility products.
Startups See eligibilityFal.ai Grants
Fal.ai Grants gives early-stage AI startups GPU compute credits to ship generative-media products faster.
Startups See eligibilityFirecrawl Student Program
Instant 10,000 free Firecrawl credits for students — sign up with an academic email and enter code STUDENTEDU. No card, two minutes.
Students See eligibilityGoogle Workspace Promo Code
Get 15% off Google Workspace business plans for the first 3 months through Googally, an authorized Google reseller in 24 countries
Startups See eligibilityHelicone Startup Discount
Open-source LLM observability — 50% off the first year for startups under 2 years old and under $5M raised; students free.
Under 2 years old See eligibilityHugging Face for Startups
Hugging Face for Startups provides 6 months of free Pro plan access plus Inference Endpoint credits — the model hub powering most of the open-source AI ecosystem.
Osss See eligibilityIntercom Early Stage Program for Startups
Startups receive a 90% discount on Intercom's AI-first customer service platform, enabling businesses to maximize efficiency and savings, and start more valuabl
Raised under $50M See eligibilityLangChain for Startups
LangChain's startup program gives early-stage AI teams discounted access to LangSmith observability and LangGraph orchestration.
Startups See eligibilityLangfuse for Startups
Open-source LLM observability with startup credits that grow as your AI product scales.
Osss See eligibilityLlamaIndex for Startups
RAG-ready infrastructure credits for early-stage AI startups building on LlamaIndex and LlamaCloud.
Startups See eligibilityMailchimp Free Plan
Free forever email marketing plan with up to 500 contacts and 1,000 monthly email sends, perfect for small businesses and startups
Raised under $15M See eligibilityMistral AI Ambassador Program
Earn free API credits, early-access to new features, and VIP recognition by joining the six-month Mistral AI Ambassador Program.
Startups See eligibilityPinecone Startup Program
Free Pinecone vector database credits for AI startups building semantic search, RAG, and recommendation systems
Raised under $15MPartner referral needed See eligibilityPlayAI Education & Nonprofit Discount
Students, educators, and verified nonprofit organizations receive a 20% discount on every PlayAI subscription plan.
Students See eligibilityQdrant for Startups
AI-focused startups receive a 20% discount on Qdrant Cloud for 12 months, one-on-one technical guidance, and exclusive partner perks.
Startups See eligibilityReclaim Startup Discount Program
Eligible startups receive 20% off any paid Reclaim plan (Starter and Business) for 3 years, providing long-term cost savings and enhanced team scheduling.
Under 5 years old See eligibilityRunway Builders Program
Up to 500k free Runway API credits plus Tier 5 throughput for Seed–Series C startups building with video AI and Runway's Characters agents.
Startups See eligibilityShotstack Startup Program
Empower your startup with Shotstack's advanced video editing API. Qualifying startups receive an 80% discount on Professional plans and $5,000 in credits for 12
Raised under $15MUnder 3 years old See eligibilityNo programme matches that search. Browse every credit type.
It varies per programme, which is why every card shows its own gate. The recurring conditions are a funding ceiling, a company-age limit, and a referral from an approved VC or accelerator. AI Platform Credits programmes are aimed at teams building with LLMs, inference, or model training.
Usually yes — they are separate vendors with separate criteria, and stacking cloud, AI and SaaS credits is the normal outcome for a funded startup. What you cannot usually do is claim the same vendor twice, or claim after you have already been a paying customer.
You land on standard list pricing for whatever usage you have by then, which is frequently the largest bill the company has ever had. Treat a credit as a runway extension with a known end date, not as a discount.
Because the vendor does not publish one. 54 of 80 ai platform credits programmes state a figure; the rest are listed without one rather than with a number we made up.