Every program we track for you.

Redeemable for Claude on Bedrock. Needs a custom-domain email (Gmail auto-rejects).

Funding not required to apply; bigger tiers favor funded startups. (Now hosted at claude.com after the Anthropic→Claude rebrand.)

Explicitly welcomes bootstrapped/pre-funding. For self-hosted models.

Two tracks: self-serve Start ($2K credits; needs an incorporated entity + working site) and the AI-first program — up to $250K Google Cloud credits year 1 (+~$100K year 2) for startups whose core product uses Gemini/Google Cloud AI, raised Pre-seed/Seed within 5 years or Series A within 12 months. Third-party models billed separately. Verified 2026-06-26.

Free, no fees or equity; incorporated company under 10 years old with at least one developer + a working website (revenue not required). Free NVIDIA + partner cloud credits, preferred GPU/software pricing, DLI training, and investor intros via Inception Capital Connect. Excludes consultancies, crypto, cloud resellers and public companies. Verified 2026-06-26.

$500 to incorporate a DE C-corp -> unlocks Anthropic $500, AWS $5K, Azure $5K, etc.

Self-serve "Get started" application, no investor or partner referral needed. Up to $150K in Azure credits unlocked in stages, plus access to Azure OpenAI and other AI models and dev tools (verified 2026-06-26). Build a software product and have not exhausted the benefit before; no external funding required and you can start pre-incorporation, though higher tiers verify your startup.

Self-serve $10K tier for bootstrapped/under-$1M startups under 10 years old; needs a public website + active social/GitHub. Approval ~48h.

Under 7 years old, Series A or earlier, building one scalable product (no agencies); needs an active website. No incorporation strictly required.

Raised $10M or less; needs a company website with a matching corporate email. Credits issued monthly, no rollover.

Fully self-serve: $300 for 30 days plus an Always Free tier (4 ARM CPUs / 24GB) that never expires. No entity needed.

Series A or earlier and must be referred through an official VC/accelerator/hyperscaler partner; activate within 30 days.

Founded in the last 2 years, raised under $5M, new to paying for Sentry; requires a free Sentry account (give your org slug).

Tiered by funding: up to $15K (under $5M raised), $30K, $50K (over $10M); for AI-native app startups.

Pre-seed to Series A; use a company-domain email and a real website. Personal Gmail / thin sites are common rejections.

Start on GroqCloud at the console for instant free-tier inference; the standalone startup-credits form is no longer linked, request higher rate limits and credits from inside the console. No entity required.

Rolling program for early-stage AI-native startups: serverless inference build credits + higher rate limits + access to applied-AI engineers. Credit size is set on acceptance; some credits are distributed via Google Cloud for Startups. Use a company-domain email.

Early-stage startups under $10M raised and under 5 years old, affiliated with an approved Perplexity startup partner (accelerator/VC). Gives $5,000 in Sonar API credits plus 6 months of Enterprise Pro for up to 50 seats. Apply through your partner; if your investor is not a partner yet they can ask to join.

Up to 6 months of Linear Basic or Business free for non-paying startups under 50 employees that are affiliated with a Linear partner (investor/accelerator). Enter your partner code as a workspace admin; if your investor is not a partner, ask them to apply to join.

Under 25 employees with a monetized product; agencies excluded, and you must display the ElevenLabs Grants badge for 12 months.

Voice/speech-to-text credits (transcription, summarization, sentiment) for NEW Deepgram customers only: company-domain email + live website, under $10M raised (pre-Series A), actively building or launching within 6 months. Credits valid 12 months; review ~1 week, deposited 24-48h after acceptance. $100K is the ceiling tier, actual award is set on acceptance.

Qualify with under $10M raised, fewer than 15 employees, new Intercom customer; approval in 1 to 2 business days.

Non-paying Notion customer with a work email (Gmail/Outlook auto-rejected) and under 100 employees; apply directly, no partner code required. Startups building scalable tech products get the longest free term (up to 6 months); smaller teams get 1-3 months.

$10K flexible credits over 12 months plus GitHub Enterprise, Copilot and Advanced Security. Apply THROUGH a GitHub for Startups partner (VC/accelerator); needs external funding (Series B or earlier), new to Enterprise, no prior GitHub credits.

Up to 90% off year one for pre-seed/seed/Series A (not Series B+) verified via a HubSpot partner or Crunchbase/PitchBook; or 30% off via ~4,000 approved entrepreneurial orgs. Applies to net-new Professional/Enterprise products only.

New customers only, under 7 years old and under $15M raised; no entity required but a live product site helps.

Apply from a company-domain email, not personal Gmail; that is the top rejection cause.

Base tier (under $1M funding) is self-serve; the $25K+ tiers need an accelerator/VC referral.

AI-native startups founded under 5 years ago; must be a brand-new Baseten customer.

Must be Series A or earlier with fewer than 100 employees.

Built for researchers; frame a genuine research project. Indie hackers are a weak fit.

New customers under $10M raised, founded under 10 years ago; upgrade to a paid plan before applying (discount back-applied).

No entity required; under $10M funding and under 20 employees; about 96% approval in 2 business days.

Incorporated under 5 years ago, under $8M funding, never on a paid plan; start sending data within 90 days.

Create a Clerk app in the dashboard before applying; eligible up to 1 year post-launch with under $5M funding.

No approval needed, free via signup; use a company-domain email to avoid rejection.

Externally-funded only (self-funded excluded); seed under $5M or Series A/B under $20M, must show funding proof.

Free for under $1M raised and up to 25 stakeholders; requires a certificate of incorporation.

New pre-seed/seed users only; must not already have an active plan or published project.

Free Vercel Pro plus platform credits for 12+ months for early-stage startups. Most founders get in through an accelerator or VC partner code, but direct applications are considered; credit size scales with your tier and partner.

Free for verified students at accredited schools; sign up with your school email. Bundles a $200 DigitalOcean credit, $100 Azure credit, MongoDB Atlas $50, free JetBrains IDEs, GitHub Pro and 100+ partner offers. Renews while you stay enrolled, no entity needed.

$100 in Azure credit with no credit card required, plus free access to 25+ services. For full-time students 18+ at an accredited degree-granting institution; verify with your school email. Renews $100 each year you stay enrolled.

No entity. You need an active public open-source repo to qualify.

Mercatus/Tyler Cowen grants + fellowships for ambitious "zero to one" ideas, ages 13+. For-profit OK, a quick path to revenue is a plus. Short written rolling app; dedicated tracks for India, Africa, the Caribbean, and Ukraine.

No revenue gate. Finish 2 free courses to unlock the application.

$1,000 micro-grant, no strings attached, awarded monthly by autonomous local chapters worldwide (many cities plus a global online chapter) to anyone with a project. For-profit OK, no incorporation or nonprofit status required — one short form. Highest odds per minute.

The largest source of early-stage non-dilutive US funding. Federal agencies (DoD, NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA and more) award equity-free Phase I R&D grants up to $323,090 (2026 cap), with larger Phase II follow-ons. For US for-profit small businesses under 500 employees, over 50% US-owned, building innovative tech. Solicitations are agency-specific on rolling schedules; browse open topics at the link.

Women-owned only (50%+); US/Canada; pre-revenue and idea-stage OK; $15 application fee; three $10K monthly + year-end $50K.

Women-founders only; one 10-minute application matches you to rotating partner grants; free.

Rotating hub of partner grants (open ones change weekly); free account required; some need prior-year revenue.

Any US micro/small business; $19 application fee; one $500 monthly, all fellows eligible for year-end $2,500; no nonprofits.

Women and minority business owners only (any stage incl. idea); US-only.

For the self-employed; requires a paid NASE membership (~$120/yr) first; quarterly review cycles.

Black women / Black nonbinary founders only; needs a registered business + intent to raise; apply by emailing sogal@iamsogal.com.

Needs a committed, dated public presentation of experimental work; social-media content alone does not qualify; 3-year wait between awards.

Applicants must identify as Asian and/or Pacific Islander; cash lives in the Gold Art Prize track, not base membership.

Feature-length only (52+ min), budget under $1.2M; 2026 cycle closed, next open call early 2027.

Short nonfiction with a real access/journalistic angle; all levels, no entity, but generic social video will not land — you pitch a story.

Not cash itself: the vehicle that lets a solo creator raise tax-deductible funds + qualify for grants needing a 501(c)(3) sponsor; $150 fee + 8% of funds raised.

NYC-based; rolling intake for fiscal sponsorship of any project; cash labs require early-career doc directors, sponsorship is open to anyone with a project.

Social-impact/community-benefit project, volunteer-led with no paid staff, total budget under $10K; no fee, reviewed monthly.

Open now; has a $300 entry fee; for-profit, 1+ year operating, under 250 employees, under $20M revenue.

Restaurants/food businesses only, 2+ years operating, up to 3 locations; runs in city-specific cohorts, check the page for an open one.

Silver jewelry designers only, within 5 years of first sale; portfolio plus 15 business questions.

Black-owned only and requires a physical brick-and-mortar store, up to 20 employees, under $1M revenue; must join Wish Local.

Women only (incl. women of color), US-registered 51%+ women-owned business under $1M revenue; $15 admin fee.

Truly non-dilutive (no equity), but you must be 22 or younger and skip or leave school; about 20-30 spots a year. Award raised to $250K (verified 2026).

Truly non-dilutive; high-school, college students or dropouts in North America only; apply by emailing a 5-minute Loom video.

Individuals 18+ apply directly; funds science, conservation, storytelling, education or tech; themed calls carry their own deadlines.

Emerging representational artists only (painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing); 4 review cycles a year, no fee.

Equity-free, open worldwide to individuals 13+ with no entity required; annual cycle (2026 round closed Apr 30) so apply when the next opens, expect ~40+ hrs/week.

Students only: requires a team of 2+ currently enrolled at a US institution plus a faculty advisor, for science/engineering inventions with commercial intent; no fee.

Unrestricted project grants for individual artists (visual/performing arts, film, literature); US-based artists only, annual open-call cycle.

NYC only: microgrants for neighborhood small businesses running a community initiative; must operate in one of the five boroughs and benefit the community.

For freelance/staff investigative journalists; no fee, but full proposals need a US-outlet letter of commitment (seed grants up to $2,500 skip that requirement).

Photographers worldwide 18+ (non-students) for documentary work; $50 entry fee (waivers for underrepresented photographers); no AI-generated imagery.

Seed funding for social entrepreneurs; requires an independent startup-stage venture (2 years or less), full-time commitment, 18+, English proficiency; annual cycle.

Recurring grant (two $10K awards per round, multiple rounds yearly) open to any US entrepreneur 18+; no entity, no fee, lightweight application.

Six free-to-apply grants for speculative-fiction writers, each with its own annual window; several restrict by background (working-class, 50+, South Asian, underrepresented).

Veterans only: must be a US military veteran or immediate family and complete the free Warrior University program to pitch for the non-dilutive grant; rolling.

Individual music creators 21+ with 3+ years professional experience; students ineligible, recent cycles regionally limited; annual cycle reopens in fall.

Small Business Administration. Federal grant (opp SB-OIIFT-26-001); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

Small Business Administration. Federal grant (opp SB-OIIGA-26-001); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

National Institutes of Health. Federal grant (opp PA-27-100); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

National Institutes of Health. Federal grant (opp PA-27-102); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

National Institutes of Health. Federal grant (opp PA-27-101); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

National Institutes of Health. Federal grant (opp PAR-27-098); typically requires SAM.gov registration and an entity. Verify full eligibility on the official page.

Existing demo OK if significantly updated after May 26.

Must be a NEW project started after May 19. The moonshot.

Equity-free pitch cash. Deck + onsite pitch Sep 18 in Philly.

Solo or team, fully remote via Kaggle notebook; hit 85% on the private ARC-AGI-2 eval within compute limits, open-source within 7 days.

Online build Oct 26 to Nov 2 then optional invite-only onsite in Dubai; solo or team, free to enter.

Interactive reasoning benchmark, solo/remote via Kaggle; Sep 30 snapshot awards the live leaderboard top 3. No entity.

Apply remotely to an open regional (deadlines vary; Philadelphia closes Jul 15, Kansas City open through Aug 6); winners advance to the SF $1M finale Nov 6. Legal entity required.

Solo/remote on Kaggle; smallest neural nets that solve ARC-AGI transforms, submit in ONNX; $10K to whoever holds 1st longest.

Application is remote; startup must be incorporated 2022+ and have raised under EUR 2M. Finalists pitch live in Helsinki Nov 18-19. Check slush.org for the current Slush 100 application window.

Free no-fee student hackathons worldwide (in-person and digital Global Hack Week) with sponsor prizes; geared toward students though many accept all levels.

Online hackathon by Salesforce — Beginner Friendly, Enterprise, Low/No Code. 4,243 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Online hackathon by Kaya — IoT, Machine Learning/AI, Enterprise. 1,435 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Online hackathon by reddit — Beginner Friendly, Gaming, Web. 2,764 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Online hackathon by Backblaze — Machine Learning/AI, Music/Art, Voice skills. 730 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Online hackathon by arm — Machine Learning/AI. 1,220 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Online hackathon by Cockroach Labs — Machine Learning/AI, Databases, DevOps. 1,284 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).

Takes solo founders. Auto-unlocks the entire portfolio credit stack.

Residential program in Washington DC for early-stage social-impact founders; you must relocate to Halcyon House for ~5 months; ~8 ventures selected per year.

Invests in individuals before they have a co-founder or even an idea: equity-free grant during ideation, up to $250K once a company forms, up to $5M follow-on, plus $600K+ in Azure/OpenAI/Anthropic/GitHub credits. Cohorts in London, Bangalore, and San Francisco.

Three-month mentorship-driven program across 20+ cities; standard deal is $20K for ~6% common plus a $100K convertible note. Accepts very early teams pre-incorporation; rolling deadlines per program.

Backs individual founders from day zero (pre-team / pre-idea OK) on founder potential, not stage; requires full-time focus (no full-time job alongside). Under 0.2% of applicants accepted; equity terms set at the residency.

One-week cohort with founders of billion-dollar companies plus an optional $10K investment (at a $1B cap); open to all ages and stages including high-school dropouts, college students, and people with day jobs. Rolling, multiple cohorts a year, final day in person in SF or NYC.