Harch Corp offers African startups up to $200,000 in HarchOS GPU credits plus technical mentorship with 0% equity. Applicants must be founded in Africa or primarily serve African markets and have raised less than $5M.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Harch Corp's site
Conditions (6)
Be founded in Africa or primarily serve African markets.
Build in AI, renewable energy, agriculture, water, fintech, or sovereign infrastructure.
Have raised less than $5M in total funding.
Have a software, AI, or deep-tech product that can benefit from HarchOS infrastructure.
Commit to data sovereignty and keeping African data on African infrastructure.
Have a working prototype, MVP, or active development with a clear 12-month roadmap.
Nebius offers $150,000 in AI Platform credits. Applicants must show proven AI compute demand and usually be backed by an approved venture capital, accelerator, or partner program like NVIDIA Inception.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Nebius's site
Conditions (1)
Must show proven AI compute demand and usually requires being backed by an approved venture capital, accelerator, or partner program like NVIDIA Inception
Civo offers early-stage teams cloud credits from $1,000 up to $50,000, plus dedicated support, technical guidance, partner connections, and access to a startup builder community.
Runpod offers $1,000 credits on the Starter Tier or a $25,000 bonus after a $50,000 commitment on the Growth Tier. The program targets venture-backed AI startups with production workloads or a clear production path.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Runpod's site
Conditions (8)
Applicants must be real companies with a business email on their company domain.
Companies should have a live website, LinkedIn and social presence.
The startup must have an AI or ML product with real GPU workloads.
Qualifying workloads include production inference, training, fine-tuning or compute-intensive R&D with a clear path to production.
Startups must be ready to onboard now, rather than in six months.
GPU infrastructure must be a current bottleneck, and the startup should want a long-term infrastructure provider.
Starter applicants must have raised under $1M.
Venture applicants must be portfolio companies of a verified VC; currently verified firms include a16z and Neo.
Baseten offers up to $25,000 in credits for Dedicated Inference or Training. It targets AI-first startups from Seed to Series A that started less than 5 years ago and meet the stated funding requirement.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Baseten's site
Conditions (4)
Artificial intelligence must be core to the startup's primary products or solutions.
The startup must be at Seed to Series A funding stage.
The startup must have started less than 5 years ago.
Only new customers who have never received Baseten credits can enroll.
DigitalOcean offers $2500 in credits, 15 months of Standard-tier paid support and startup community access. The program prioritizes AI-native startups and requires applicants to meet funding, business type, website and email conditions.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on DigitalOcean's site
Conditions (6)
The program prioritizes AI-native startups.
Service-based businesses such as consulting firms, web and app development agencies, and marketing agencies are not eligible.
The startup must have raised $10 million or less.
The startup must have a working company website and an email address associated with its domain.
The startup must create a registered DigitalOcean team account using a business email, not a personal email.
The startup must not have previously used DigitalOcean startup credits.
FlexAI gives accepted startups $1,000 in Token Factory credit, discounts for 6 months, and 50% off dedicated GPU and managed fine-tuning prices. Applicants must be AI-native and run continuous inference or agent workloads.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on FlexAI's site
Conditions (4)
Have at least $1M in venture or accelerator backing, or a validated production workload.
Operate an AI-native product where inference is a core function.
Have at least one machine learning engineer on staff.
Run a continuous inference or agent workload in production, not just project-based workloads.
GMI Cloud offers AI-native teams an equity-free startup program with structured credits, including $500 in MaaS credits and 1:1 MaaS credit matching up to $4,500. It targets technical founders preparing production-ready AI systems.
How to claim: Claimed directly on GMI Cloud's site
Conditions (2)
The program targets AI-native startup teams.
Applicants should be technical founders building AI startups.
DigitalOcean offers 12 months of credits, 15 months of Standard-tier paid support, and startup community access. Startups must have raised $10m or less and have a company website and matching email; service-based startups are excluded.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on DigitalOcean's site
Conditions (7)
DigitalOcean prioritizes AI-native startups.
Service-based startups such as consultancies, development services, and marketing agencies are not eligible.
The startup must have raised $10m or less.
The startup must have a company website and an email address associated with that website.
The startup must create a registered DigitalOcean team account using a business/company email.
The program is for startups that have not previously used DigitalOcean credits.
Applicants must have a working website and matching corporate email address.
DigitalOcean offers a free 60-day trial with a $200 credit. Its cloud includes Droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, and AI inference, while its startup program has additional eligibility conditions.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on DigitalOcean's site
Conditions (7)
DigitalOcean prioritizes AI-native startups.
Service-based startups such as consultancies, development services, and marketing agencies are not eligible.
The startup must have raised $10m or less.
The startup must have a company website and an email address associated with that website.
The startup must create a registered DigitalOcean team account using a business/company email.
The program is for startups that have not previously used DigitalOcean credits.
Applicants must have a working website and matching corporate email address.
Koyeb offers startups up to $30k in compute credits usable on Standard and GPU instances, plus onboarding support. The program targets seed-stage companies, partner-accelerator startups, and some companies with $1M to $5M in VC funding.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Koyeb's site
Conditions (4)
The program is designed for seed-stage companies.
Qualify by being part of a partner accelerator.
Alternatively, qualify by having raised between $1M and $5M from VCs.
Other startups, including bootstrapped or just-starting companies, may be reviewed case by case.
Gcore matches every $1 spent with $1 in grant credit and provides access to AI infrastructure, edge, security, CDN, compute and storage. The offer is for first orders or new users using an eligible promo code.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Gcore's site
Conditions (2)
Valid for first orders/new users only
requires using a promo code like 100USD or CLOUDCAST during checkout
Regolo.ai provides 30 days of free access with no credit card required, including credits and access to NVIDIA H100/A100/L40S GPU clusters. Accounts move to Pay-as-you-Go after the trial.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Regolo.ai's site
Conditions (2)
Limited to one-time use per subscriber
accounts automatically transition to a Pay-as-you-Go plan upon expiration with no hidden conversion fees or upfront commitments
DeepInfra offers startup pricing that includes 50% off and free-token benefits calculated at DeepSeek V3.1 prices. Startups must have raised between 250K and 10M USD and been founded within the last 2 years.
How to claim: Claimed directly on DeepInfra's site
Conditions (1)
The startup must have been founded within the last 2 years.
Cloudzy offers 50% off all plans for a limited time, along with infrastructure credits, DevOps consulting, a dedicated account manager, and priority support. The discount applies to annual commitments or selected seasonal sales.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Cloudzy's site
Conditions (1)
Applies directly to annual plan commitments or selected seasonal flash sales
NVIDIA Inception provides startups with free cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners, technical training and developer resources. Companies must be incorporated, under 10 years old, have a working website and at least one developer.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on NVIDIA's site
Conditions (8)
The company must maintain a working website.
The company must be officially incorporated.
The company must be less than 10 years old.
The company must have a clear use case for NVIDIA technology.
At least one founder must actively operate the company.
Consulting and outsourced development firms are not eligible.
Companies associated with cryptocurrency are not eligible.
Nebius offers selected AI startups compute credits, engineering support, and go-to-market opportunities. Applicants must be VC or accelerator-backed, have raised at least $5M+, and be building or scaling an AI product or model.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Nebius's site
Conditions (7)
Must be backed by a VC or accelerator.
Must have raised at least $5M USD from an approved VC partner.
Must be building or scaling an AI-enabled product or model.
Must have a working company website.
Must apply using a company email address.
Must have been officially incorporated fewer than 5 years ago.
Modal offers startups free GPU credits, technical support, GTM support, and founder events. Eligibility includes qualifying new customers from Seed through Series B+ based on funding requirements.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Modal's site
Conditions (5)
Applicants must be new Modal customers.
Seed to Series A startups can also qualify by raising more than $1m in VC funding from any fund.
Scaling and Series B+ startups must have raised more than $30m or reached post-Series B, with a VC from Modal's partner network.
Scaling and Series B+ applicants must have a VC that belongs to Modal's partner network.
Credits are a one-time grant; applicants cannot reapply after receiving credits in a given tier.
