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Methodology →The Index
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.
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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
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
MicrosoftVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$150,000
Azure + OpenAI
Neon for Startups
NeonVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$2,500
credits
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
DigitalOcean Hatch
DigitalOceanVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$5,000
credits
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Google CloudVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$350,000
over 2 years
LiveKit Cloud — Startup Program
LiveKitVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Discounted or free LiveKit Cloud for approved early-stage startups
Modal Startup Credits
ModalVerified
- Curated
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Compute credits for AI startups
MongoDB for Startups
MongoDBVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$5,000
Atlas
Notion for Startups
NotionVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$6,000
Plus/AI
Pinecone for Startups
PineconeVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$2,500
Pinecone
PostHog for Startups
PostHogVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
$50,000
PostHog credits + Teams plan
AssemblyAI — Startup Program
AssemblyAIVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
200,000 hours speech-to-text credits (approved startups)
Deepgram — Startup Program
DeepgramVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$100,000
credits over 12 months (tiered)
Fireworks — For Startups
Fireworks AIVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Build credits + higher rate limits (application required)
LangSmith — For Startups
LangChainVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$10,000
LangSmith credits on Scale tier (eligibility applies)
Baseten — AI Startup Program
BasetenVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$27,500
credits (inference + model APIs, tiered)
ElevenLabs Startup Grant
ElevenLabsVerified
- Curated
- No VC needed
Voice API credits for startups
NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIAVerified
- Official source
- No VC needed
GPU cloud credits + DGX discounts + NVIDIA tech access
Oracle for Startups
OracleVerified
- Official source
- No VC needed
Up to
$500,000
OCI credits (tiered)