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Every credit,
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55 startup AI and cloud credit offers, sorted for solo and pre-funding founders by default. Filter by path, stage, credit type, eligibility, and effort.

20 of 55 offers

Founder fit

How you get credits

Stage

Credit type

Effort

Max difficulty5/5
Max apply time60m

1 active

Linear for Startups

LinearVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

50% off Business plan for 1 year

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Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

MicrosoftVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$150,000

Azure + OpenAI

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Neon for Startups

NeonVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$2,500

credits

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AWS Activate

Amazon Web ServicesVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

From

$1,000

Founders · up to $100,000 with accelerator/VC partner · 2 years

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DigitalOcean Hatch

DigitalOceanVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$5,000

credits

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Google for Startups Cloud Program

Google CloudVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$350,000

over 2 years

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LiveKit Cloud — Startup Program

LiveKitVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Discounted or free LiveKit Cloud for approved early-stage startups

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Modal Startup Credits

ModalVerified

  • Curated
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Compute credits for AI startups

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MongoDB for Startups

MongoDBVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$5,000

Atlas

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Notion for Startups

NotionVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$6,000

Plus/AI

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Pinecone for Startups

PineconeVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$2,500

Pinecone

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PostHog for Startups

PostHogVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

$50,000

PostHog credits + Teams plan

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AssemblyAI — Startup Program

AssemblyAIVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

200,000 hours speech-to-text credits (approved startups)

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Deepgram — Startup Program

DeepgramVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$100,000

credits over 12 months (tiered)

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Fireworks — For Startups

Fireworks AIVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Build credits + higher rate limits (application required)

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LangSmith — For Startups

LangChainVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$10,000

LangSmith credits on Scale tier (eligibility applies)

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Baseten — AI Startup Program

BasetenVerified

  • Official source
  • Solo founder OK
  • No VC needed

Up to

$27,500

credits (inference + model APIs, tiered)

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ElevenLabs Startup Grant

ElevenLabsVerified

  • Curated
  • No VC needed

Voice API credits for startups

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NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIAVerified

  • Official source
  • No VC needed

GPU cloud credits + DGX discounts + NVIDIA tech access

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Oracle for Startups

OracleVerified

  • Official source
  • No VC needed

Up to

$500,000

OCI credits (tiered)

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