AI-specific funding · No company needed
AI for AI and tech builders, narrowed to funding you can take as an individual. Eligibility gates shown per programme.
22 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.
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.
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.
$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 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.