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- Startups 191
Cloud, AI, and infra credits to extend your runway.
Company website · accelerator / VC affiliation for higher tiers - Students 7
Free developer tools, learning, and design — verified with your school.
.edu email · SheerID - Open source 6
Free tiers and grants for your public projects.
A public repo with active contributions - Indie devs 1
Generous free tiers solo builders actually live on.
No verification — just sign up - Ambassadors 2
API credits for developer advocates and community leaders.
Program application - Non-profits 5
Donated and deeply discounted software for your mission.
501(c)(3) letter · TechSoup
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GCP Google AI Startup Program
Cloud infrastructure and generative AI models for building AI applications
Cloudflare Cloudflare for Startups
Global CDN, security, and edge computing platform for web applications
GCP Google for Startups Cloud Program
Cloud computing platform with compute, storage, and AI infrastructure
GCP Google Cloud Web3 Startup Program
Cloud infrastructure for building Web3 and blockchain applications
Quicknode QuickNode Startup Program
Blockchain RPC infrastructure and Web3 APIs across many chains