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These 14 verified ai platforms programs offer up to roughly $295K in combined value for early-stage startups. Deepgram Startup Program leads with Up to $100,000 in credits. Every listing below shows who qualifies, whether a VC or accelerator referral is required, and when it was last verified.

14 programs, sorted by credit value · updated 2026-10-17.

Deepgram

Deepgram Startup Program

Deepgram
Max value
Up to $100,000 in credits

Up to $100,000 in voice AI credits, valid 12 months, covering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice-agent APIs.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20261–3 day review
NVIDIA

NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIA
Max value
Free membership. NVIDIA publishes no credit or discount figure.

Free membership for incorporated AI startups under 10 years old. Preferred GPU pricing arrives as a supplier rebate, not an NVIDIA invoice. No credit figure is published.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–30 day review
Anthropic

Claude Startups (Anthropic Startup Program)

Anthropic
Max value
Up to $45,000 in partner discounts and credits

Claude Startups, Anthropic's startup program: up to $45,000 in partner discounts and credits, plus up to $100,000 in API credits through a partner VC. The current cohort is full.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20267–21 day review
Together AI

Together AI for Startups

Together AI
Max value
Up to $50,000 in credits

Together AI inference and fine-tuning credits, high-throughput hosted endpoints for Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek, and dedicated GPU clusters at startup pricing.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–14 day review
Baseten

Baseten for Startups

Baseten
Max value
Up to $25,000 + $2,500 Model APIs

Up to $25,000 in credits for dedicated model deployments or training, plus up to $2,500 for Model APIs, with hands-on support.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20262–10 day review
RunPod

RunPod Startup Program

RunPod
Max value
$25,000 bonus on a $50,000 load, or $1,000 starter

Load $50,000 and get $25,000 in bonus GPU credits on the Growth tier. Starter tier gives $1,000 outright.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–14 day review
ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Startup Grants

ElevenLabs
Max value
33M credits (~680 hrs) free for 12 months

33 million free credits, about 680 hours of Conversational AI, with 12 months of access, for teams building voice into their product.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–7 day review
LangChain

LangSmith for Startups

LangChain
Max value
$10K in credits for 1 year (partner VC-backed), or discounted seats

Discounted seat pricing for first-time customers, plus $10K in credits for one year for startups backed by a LangChain premier VC partner.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20262–7 day review
Fireworks AI

Fireworks for Startups

Fireworks AI
Max value
Credits (amount not published)

Build credits (~$5K–$10K), elevated rate limits, and access to applied-AI engineers for AI-native startups.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–14 day review
Pinecone

Pinecone Startup Program

Pinecone
Max value
Free Standard tier plus credits (amount not published)

Free Pinecone Standard Tier + Pro Support (RBAC, backups, Slack) + ~$5K in usage credits.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–10 day review
Weights & Biases (CoreWeave)

Weights & Biases for Startups

Weights & Biases (CoreWeave)
Max value
50% off Teams plan for 12 months, up to 10 seats (partner-gated)

50% off the Teams plan for 12 months, up to 10 seats, but only reachable through Microsoft for Startups rather than a direct application.

AI PlatformsNeeds referral
Verified Oct 20261–14 day review
Modal

Modal Startup Program

Modal
Max value
Free GPU credits (amount not published)

Up to $25K in Modal serverless GPU credits, Python-native containers, sub-second cold starts, autoscaling H100/A100 for inference and batch jobs.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–14 day review
AssemblyAI

AssemblyAI Startup Program

AssemblyAI
Max value
12 months of recurring free credits

12 months of recurring free credits on core voice AI infrastructure for early-stage startups building with voice or audio. No dollar figure is published.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20262–3 day review
Langfuse

Langfuse Startup Discount

Langfuse
Max value
50% off everything for 12 months

50% off the entire bill for 12 months, open to bootstrapped teams as well as venture-backed ones.

AI PlatformsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–14 day review