AI-specific funding
A checked list of AI-specific funding for AI and tech builders, with the eligibility gates spelled out: what it costs you, who can apply, and from where.
34 programmes
$250,000 on a no-cap no-discount MFN SAFE for AI-native product startups, plus $600,000 in Azure and partner credits.
Up to $5,000 in Lambda cloud credits for qualifying AI researchers to run work on Lambda Instances, with select research featured on Lambda's site.
Free 30-day residential deep-tech residency in Bengaluru for 14 builders. Housing, meals, workspace, a hardware lab, over $30,000 in AI and cloud credits per person and a need-based ₹20,000 stipend. No fee and no equity.
Free compute on fal for researchers and developers working on open source AI projects. No published amount, no application form: you email grants@fal.ai with the project.
Non-dilutive grants for open source maintainers, researchers and public-goods builders working on open AGI, with rolling applications and no fixed deadline.
A 15-day online AI build sprint for 50 individuals, with Codex workshops, AWS compute credits, Dodo payment credits, office hours and an in-person Demo Day in Bengaluru.
Three-month hybrid pre-seed programme for Indian and Indian-origin AI founders, investing up to $1M-$2M as equity or a convertible note alongside Google's AI Futures Fund, plus up to $350,000 in Google compute credits.
$500,000 to $1.5 million at pre-seed or seed for companies powered by visual technology, computer vision and AI in North America, Europe and Israel.
A 12-week in-person London accelerator for eight teams building the Machine Economy; $300,000 per team for equity plus a future token allocation, with up to $1M in follow-on.
33 million characters of ElevenLabs usage over 12 months for startups with under 25 employees, in exchange for displaying an ElevenLabs Grants logo for twelve months.
Twelve weeks in person in NYC; up to $500K guaranteed, of which Betaworks Ventures invests up to $250K on an uncapped SAFE at a 25% discount and takes a 5% common stock stake.
Founder-friendly investment for companies building open AI products for global scale, with rolling applications and no fixed deadline.
Six-month AI accelerator investing $125K for 7% equity, with a $25,000 participation fee that is deductible from the investment.
$5,000 to $50,000 for open source AI projects, paid as cash or as compute, with no stated deadline.
Up to $15,000 in Together AI platform credits plus 3 hours of forward-deployed engineering for startups that have raised up to $5M.
Subsidised GPU hours for students with AI/ML projects and an aligned academic profile, with no company or revenue requirement.
Free open-source and proprietary AI model API keys for builders in India, decided in under 48 hours, with no published credit value.
Free membership program for AI startups giving free cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners plus preferred hardware and software pricing; NVIDIA publishes no credit amount.
Free GPU credits for VC-funded startups that either raised from a Modal VC partner or raised over $1M from any fund; Modal publishes no credit amount.
Claude API credits and Anthropic's highest rate limits for startups that have raised institutional equity funding; Anthropic publishes no credit amount.
An additional $150,000 in Google Cloud credits on top of Scale tier for AI-first qualified, venture-backed startups, which is what makes the headline "up to $350,000" true.
Up to $50,000 in Together AI platform credits plus 10 hours of forward-deployed engineering for startups that have raised over $10M.
Up to $30,000 in Together AI platform credits plus 6 hours of forward-deployed engineering for startups that have raised $5M to $10M.
Invite-only credit tier above Activate Portfolio, accessed through an AWS Account Manager rather than an application.
$1,000 growing to $5,000 in fal credits for startups in Europe and Asia with real traction or institutional funding, plus perks from fal's partners.
$25 to $250 in fal credits for solo developers and small teams in Europe and Asia shipping a generative media app. Applications go through an approved fal partner.
Subsidised GPU hours from 14 empanelled cloud providers for DPIIT-recognised startups and MSMEs with AI/ML experience and revenue or funding traction.
Collaborative projects of £500,000 to £750,000 total eligible costs over 6 to 12 months to build frontier AI benchmarking datasets; the 2026 round has closed.
SME-led frontier AI projects of £150,000 to £250,000 total eligible costs over 3 to 6 months; the Phase 1 round has closed.
Short discovery projects of £25,000 to £50,000 total eligible costs to advance frontier AI, machine learning and foundation models in the UK; the 2026 round has closed.
Custom credit package for AI-native companies that have raised over $30M or are post-Series B, and whose lead VC is in Modal's partner network.
Additional benefits on top of the standard Claude startup credits for companies backed by an Anthropic partner VC or accelerator; the uplift is not quantified.
Free OpenAI API credits and rate limit upgrades, obtainable only with a unique referral code from a VC in OpenAI's partner network; OpenAI publishes no credit amount.
Subsidised GPU hours for early stage startups that lack DPIIT recognition or revenue traction, gated on four years of AI/ML experience plus a letter from the IndiaAI CEO or a Joint Secretary rank officer.