Claude Startups Program - credits
Anthropic·United States
Claude API credits and Anthropic's highest rate limits for startups that have raised institutional equity funding; Anthropic publishes no credit amount.
What you get
“Venture backed? Apply for free credits and priority rate limits. Token max to product market fit on us. (No amount published.)”
Can you apply
Any early-stage founder or startup building with Claude can join the Startups program. To qualify for Claude credits and extras, your company must have received equity funding from institutional investor, been founded within the last four years, and not previously received Anthropic startup credits.
When
Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
What Anthropic funds
The Claude Startups Program is open to any early-stage founder for community and resources, but the Claude API credits and priority rate limits sit behind a requirement to have raised equity funding from an institutional investor within the company's first four years.
Everything Anthropic funds →Details
Credits apply to the first-party Claude API via the Claude Console only, not to AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI or other third-party platforms. Acceptance upgrades the account to Anthropic's highest rate limits. Anthropic does not publish a credit amount on its own program page.