Hanzo AI offers up to $150,000 in Hanzo Cloud credits plus architecture, scaling, and model-selection support for venture-backed startups with recognized institutional backing that plan to build on Hanzo Cloud.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Hanzo AI's site
Conditions (4)
The program targets venture-backed startups with backing from a recognized tier-1 venture firm or accelerator.
The startup must actively build on Hanzo Cloud or have a concrete plan to do so.
The startup must have an account in good standing at platform.hanzo.ai.
Techstars-backed startups qualify for additional custom perks.
Alibaba Cloud's AI Catalyst Program offers up to $120k in cloud credits, up to 2B free Model Studio tokens, POC coupons, and 1:1 office hours. It is for new Alibaba Cloud users meeting the payment requirements.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Alibaba Cloud's site
Conditions (3)
Exclusive to new Alibaba Cloud users with no overdue payments
must bind a valid credit/debit card (PayPal excluded for pay-as-you-go)
credits are non-transferable and expire after designated periods
OpenRouter offers eligible AI-native startups up to $5,000 in inference credits across 500+ models with 0% processing fees for 12 months. Applicants must be pre-Series B, referred by an approved partner, and have a public company website.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on OpenRouter's site
Conditions (8)
Must be a venture-scalable startup before Series B.
Must be building an AI-native product full-time, not as a side project.
Must have a referral from an approved OpenRouter partner.
Must have a public company website.
Must apply using a professional email matching the company domain; generic addresses such as admin@ and support@ are not accepted.
Must have less than $500 in lifetime OpenRouter spending.
Must not have received OpenRouter startup credits before.
Startup credits can only be received once per applicant, regardless of partner affiliations.
WisGate offers approved startups up to $2,000 in API credits for eligible usage. The program targets startups and builders using AI in real products or workflows.
How to claim: Claimed directly on WisGate's site
Conditions (4)
The program targets startups, AI product builders, developer teams, automation teams, and individual builders.
Applicants should have real AI products or production-oriented AI workflows.
Applications are manually reviewed based on company proof, tools, models, workflows, expected usage, and supporting materials.
The stated pilot application window was May 26 to June 26, 2026 (UTC+0).
Requesty gives backed startups $1,000 in credits, 6 months free, and access to 600+ models across 30+ providers through one OpenAI compatible endpoint. Applicants must be backed by a qualifying accelerator or VC.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Requesty's site
Conditions (3)
Startup must be backed by an accelerator or VC.
Qualifying backing includes YC, 20VC, Tapestry, TinyVC, or comparable funds.
Liner offers eligible early-stage startups up to $1,000 in API credits for its Search API and Search Agent API. The program targets startups building search, AI, or research products and recommends applying with a company-domain email.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Liner's site
Conditions (3)
The program is aimed at early-stage startups.
It leans toward teams building search, AI, or research products that will use the API.
Applicants should use a company domain email because the program is for startups, not personal projects.
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.
Capy gives eligible Solo Founders members $1,000 in credits for parallel coding agents. Credits cover LLM token and VM minute usage and remain available until used.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Capy's site
Conditions (3)
You must be an eligible Solo Founders member and redeem the offer through its perks library.
You must create a Capy account with a work email.
Use the same email for the Solo Founders claim and Capy account.
Embercloud gives approved applicants $100 in API credits for access to models including GLM-5 and GLM-4.7. Credits require a $5 verification deposit after review.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Embercloud's site
Conditions (1)
Credits are provided after form review, require a $5 verification deposit, and give access to all EmberCloud models (no credit card required to initially apply)
Together AI offers up to $50K in platform credits for serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, fine-tuning, and instant clusters. Program tiers are based on whether a startup has raised up to $5M, $5M–$10M, or over $10M.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Together AI's site
Conditions (4)
Build tier: Startups that have raised up to $5M.
Scale tier: Startups that have raised between $5M and $10M.
Grow tier: Startups that have raised over $10M.
The program uses a targeted, selection-based application process.
Future AGI offers $6K in credits, 6 months of Pro Plan access, private engineering Slack support, and weekly founder office hours. Companies must be under 5 years old, have raised less than $10M, and build with LLMs or AI agents.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Future AGI's site
Conditions (4)
Company must have raised less than $10M total funding.
Company must be less than 5 years old.
Company must build a product using LLMs or AI agents.
Company must have a live product or working prototype.
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.
Langfuse gives eligible startups 50% off their entire Langfuse bill for 12 months. Companies must be privately held, incorporated within 5 years, and either bootstrapped or have no more than USD 5 million in venture funding.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Langfuse's site
Conditions (4)
The company must be bootstrapped or have raised no more than USD 5 million in total venture funding.
The company must have been incorporated no more than 5 years ago.
The company must be privately held and independent.
The company must be a new or existing Langfuse Cloud customer.
SimplAI offers founders credits for building AI applications, including 5,000 credits per month for two months, plus templates, workflows, and discounts on premium and enterprise features.
How to claim: Claimed directly on SimplAI's site
Conditions (1)
Startup applicants need to describe their startup and what they are building with AI.
Sarvam AI offers early-stage AI startups 6–12 months of API credits, priority engineering support, and production APIs covering STT, TTS, voice agents, vision, and multilingual models.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Sarvam AI's site
Conditions (3)
Existing Sarvam API users are eligible to apply for additional credits and priority support.
The program considers startup use case, development stage, and expected usage scale when allocating credits.
Program participants must display Powered by Sarvam branding in their product.
Free.ai gives accepted startups 15,000,000 tokens for tools and API endpoints using self-hosted open models, plus 100,000 requests per month. Companies must meet the stated age, funding, product and customer requirements.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Free.ai's site
Conditions (5)
Company must be less than 3 years old.
Company must have less than $5M in total funding.
Company must have a working product or prototype.
Company must not currently be on a paid Free.ai plan.
Pre-seed, seed, Series A, and bootstrapped startups are eligible.
Cohere provides compute credits for public-benefit or open-science research. Credits work with a Production API key, can be shared with collaborators, and additional funds may be requested after use.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Cohere's site
Conditions (2)
Projects must serve the public benefit or support open science research.
The program is intended for academic partners and civic or public impact organizations.
AssemblyAI gives eligible early-stage startups 12 months of recurring credits for voice AI infrastructure, continued startup discounts, and engineering guidance. Applicants must build with voice or audio and plan to launch within the next six months.
How to claim: Claimed directly on AssemblyAI's site
Conditions (3)
Must be an early-stage startup, from bootstrapped through Series A.
Must be building a product centered on voice or audio.
Anthropic offers free Claude credits and priority API rate limits for qualifying startups. Any early-stage founder or startup building with Claude can apply, while credits and extras require institutional equity funding and other stated eligibility conditions.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Anthropic's site
Conditions (2)
The program is intended for early-stage founders building on Claude.
Additional API credits may be available to startups backed by a VC in Anthropic’s partner network.
OpenAI offers eligible VC-backed startups API credits, rate limit upgrades and technical support through participating VC partners. A VC referral and company or funding details may be required.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on OpenAI's site
Conditions (2)
Startup must be backed by a VC partner network firm.
Startup may need VC referral code, business email, company details, and funding details for credits application.
