Fireworks for Startups
Fireworks AI's startups URL now redirects to a product page for startups with no credits, no eligibility rules, and no application form.
This program no longer exists
Fireworks AI's startups page now redirects to a For startups product page with no credits, no eligibility criteria, and no application form. Fireworks has not published a closure notice. Checked October 30, 2026.
See what to apply to insteadApply to these instead of Fireworks AI
Live startup programs that cover the same job, each checked against the provider's own page.
How they compare
- Together AI for Startups
- Worth
- Up to $50,000 in credits
- Referral
- Not needed
- Review
- 5 to 14 days
- Baseten for Startups
- Worth
- Up to $25,000 + $2,500 Model APIs
- Referral
- Not needed
- Review
- 2 to 10 days
- Modal Startup Program
- Worth
- Free GPU credits (amount not published)
- Referral
- Not needed
- Review
- 3 to 14 days
Keep the cost down without a program
Vendors often drop startup offers once they move upmarket to enterprise buyers. These still work for an early team.
- Use credits from Together AI, Baseten or Modal in this directory for open-weight model inference.
- Use credits from AWS Activate, Google for Startups or Microsoft for Startups for GPU compute on those clouds.
- Fireworks bills against prepaid credits and lets you set a monthly spend limit, so cap spend before you load test.
- Use cached tokens where Fireworks supports them; it says caching is on by default for select models.
- Ask the Fireworks team about terms once your monthly inference spend is predictable.
About
Fireworks AI announced a Fireworks for Startups program on its blog on October 1, 2025, describing build credits, higher rate limits, and access to applied AI engineers. The program link in that post, fireworks.ai/startups, now redirects to a For startups solutions page that is product marketing: pay-per-token serverless inference, fine-tuning, and a Talk to our team button. That page names no credit amount, no eligibility criteria, and no application.
Fireworks has not published a closure notice, so treat the program as no longer offered until a Fireworks page lists terms again. Fireworks itself is still a live inference and fine-tuning platform billed against prepaid credits you buy. For credits on open-weight model inference, see the alternatives below.
Frequently asked about Fireworks for Startups
Is Fireworks for Startups still available?
Fireworks AI's startups page now redirects to a For startups product page with no credits, no eligibility criteria, and no application form. Fireworks has not published a closure notice. Checked October 30, 2026.
What should startups use instead of Fireworks for Startups?
The closest live options are Together AI for Startups, Baseten for Startups and Modal Startup Program. Each one is listed with its current terms and application link on this page.
Why is this page still published if the program ended?
Because founders still search for it. Removing the page would send them to third-party sites that are still republishing the old terms as if they were current. Keeping it, with the offer stripped out, is the only way to correct the record at the place people actually look.
How can I tell whether a startup credit program is still live?
Open the provider's own startup or partner page and look for a working application form with stated eligibility and credit amounts. Aggregator sites routinely keep listings up for years after a program ends, so a deal roundup is not evidence that the program exists.