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Admission is by selection round; the page names the next as 7 January 2027.","terms_superseded":null,"tier":"Startup Credits","url":"https://www.clever.cloud/up-program/","tags":["cloud","iaas","startup-credits","awesome-startup-credits"],"verifiedDate":"2026-11-03","last_read_date":"2026-11-03","vendor_page":"/vendor/clever-bootstrap-program"},{"vendor":"Scaleway Startup Program","category":"developer-tools","description":"Three tiers, all cloud credits: Founders gives up to €1,000 over one year; Early Stage gives €1,500/month for 6 months, up to €9,000; Growth gives €3,000/month for 12 months, up to €36,000. Applications are reviewed weekly by a committee. 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Up to 50% Off MySQL™ PostgreSQL® MongoDB® Redis® FOR 12 MONTHS DBaaS Plans Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) 50% off medium or larger plan sizes Dedicated Hosting 25% off medium or larger plan sizes Eligibility Criteria Less than $1.5M in revenue Less than $1.5M in funding New to ScaleGrid Small plan sizes receive 50% off BYOC and 25% off Dedicated Hosting plans for 3 months. We are not publishing our stored ScaleGrid Startup Program terms beside it — our own correction record says they did not match ScaleGrid Startup Program's page."},"tier":"Startup Discount","url":"https://scalegrid.io/pricing/offers/startup-saver/","tags":["database","data","startup-credits","awesome-startup-credits"],"verifiedDate":"2026-09-02","last_read_date":"2026-10-28","vendor_page":"/vendor/scalegrid-startup-program"},{"vendor":"Knowlarity for Startups","category":"developer-tools","description":"Unicorn dreams? Knowlarity is happy to offer free credits for its communications suite product—SuperReceptionist. 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Its startup program matches compute spend with credits, dollar for dollar, up to an amount Vast.ai sets when it approves the application: \"No upfront giveaways. No free trials.\" Vast.ai says it is not the right fit for teams \"looking for free compute with no committed spend\". GPUs include H100s, H200s and B200s, with no long-term contracts or minimums.","terms_superseded":null,"tier":"Startup Discount","url":"https://vast.ai/startup","tags":["gpu","ai","ml","compute","startup credits","infrastructure"],"verifiedDate":"2026-11-06","last_read_date":"2026-11-06","vendor_page":"/vendor/vast-ai"}],"changes":[{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-12-01","date_source":"vendor_page","summary":"From December 1, 2026, Cloudflare for Startups credits no longer pay for Workers AI for startups already in the programme, who until then keep a Workers AI cap of $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2) or $50,000 (Tier 1). 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Workers, R2 (up to $10,000) and the other usage-based services stay covered.","tier":"Startup Credits","tier_direction":"narrowed","previous_state":"Startups already in the programme: \"For existing startups until Dec 1: Workers AI is covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1 (standard partner model pricing applies).\" (cloudflare.com/startups FAQ, read 2026-11-12).","current_state":"\"Effective Dec 1 and for all incoming startups: Workers AI is not covered by credits.\" (cloudflare.com/startups FAQ, read 2026-11-12).","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-11-12"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-11-11","date_source":"hand_written","summary":"By November 11, 2026, Cloudflare for Startups had stopped covering Workers AI for startups joining the programme. Members who joined earlier keep their Workers AI cap ($2,500 for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, $50,000 for Tier 1) until Dec 1. Workers, R2 (up to $10,000) and the programme's other usage-based services are still covered.","tier":"Startup Credits","tier_direction":"narrowed","previous_state":"\"Workers AI: Covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1 (standard partner model pricing applies).\" The \"Covered by Credits\" list included \"Workers AI (up to $50,000)\" (cloudflare.com/startups, Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-03).","current_state":"\"Workers AI: Effective Dec 1 and for all incoming startups: Workers AI is not covered by credits. For existing startups until Dec 1: Workers AI is covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1 (standard partner model pricing applies).\" Workers AI is no longer on the \"Covered by Credits\" list (cloudflare.com/startups, Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-11 and read 2026-11-12).","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-11-12","archive_check":{"checked":"2026-11-12","outcome":"vendor_changed","brackets":[{"last_old":"2026-11-03","first_new":"2026-11-11","last_old_capture":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261103184100/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","first_new_capture":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261111044501/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/"}]}},{"vendor":"Microsoft for Startups","change_type":"record_corrected","date":"2026-10-12","summary":"Data correction - Microsoft for Startups' homepage already offered up to $150,000 in Azure credits in the Internet Archive's copy of 2025-07-31, so the record dated 2026-09-02, \"The program now offers up to $150,000 in credits\", described nothing new that day. What changed is that the homepage stopped splitting the offer by Investor Network membership between its copies of 2026-03-29 and 2026-04-04, so the record is dated 2026-04-04 and describes that.","previous_state":"Dated 2026-09-02: \"The program now offers up to $150,000 in credits.\"","current_state":"Dated 2026-04-04 from the archived copies of 2026-03-29 and 2026-04-04","impact":"low","source_url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260404144850/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups","category":"Cloud IaaS","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-12","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-10-06","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-10-06). Retracted 2026-10-06: not a new change. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/startups on 2026-05-12 already offers Tier 3 at $10k and Tier 1 at $350k, to startups \"incorporated no more than 10 years ago\" and \"Funded up to Series B\". That change is recorded on 2026-05-12 and AI Gateway's exclusion on 2026-05-28; the page's note \"We recently updated our program tiers\" refers to it.","tier":"Startup Credits","tier_direction":"widened","previous_state":"Credits for one year or until used up, in three tiers: Tier 3 gives $10K to bootstrapped or self-funded startups with under $1M raised; Tier 2 ($100K) and Tier 1 ($350K) are for startups funded by an affiliated partner, Tier 1 with $5M+ raised. Credits cover usage-based services such as Workers and R2 (R2 up to $10K; Workers AI up to $2.5K, $10K or $50K by tier). AI Gateway is not covered. Core security and networking features are free at every tier.","current_state":"Tier 3 offers $10k in credits, Tier 2 offers $100k, and Tier 1 offers $350k. AI Gateway is temporarily not covered by credits.","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-10-06","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-10-06","detail":"Retracted 2026-10-06: not a new change. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/startups on 2026-05-12 already offers Tier 3 at $10k and Tier 1 at $350k, to startups \"incorporated no more than 10 years ago\" and \"Funded up to Series B\". That change is recorded on 2026-05-12 and AI Gateway's exclusion on 2026-05-28; the page's note \"We recently updated our program tiers\" refers to it.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260512220759/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/"}},{"vendor":"Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2026-09-12","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: AWS did not replace the Kiro offer. aws.amazon.com/startups lists \"Kiro credits designed for startups\" beside \"up to $200,000 in AWS Activate Credits\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-09-09, as it does today, and kiro.dev/startups still offers \"up to 1-year's worth of free Kiro Pro+\".","tier":"AWS Startups","tier_direction":"narrowed","previous_state":"Up to 1 year of free Kiro Pro+ (worth $480/year) through AWS Startups program. Three tiers: Starter (up to 2 users), Growth (up to 50 users), Scale (up to 100 users). Eligible: early-stage to Series B companies. Application via AWS Startups portal.","current_state":"AWS Startups offers up to $200,000 in AWS Activate Credits. Startups can apply for credits to offset costs on infrastructure, data services, and AI/ML models. Additional credits may be available for AI startups. Kiro credits are available for building and deploying faster.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://aws.amazon.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-12","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: AWS did not replace the Kiro offer. aws.amazon.com/startups lists \"Kiro credits designed for startups\" beside \"up to $200,000 in AWS Activate Credits\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-09-09, as it does today, and kiro.dev/startups still offers \"up to 1-year's worth of free Kiro Pro+\".","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260909002539/https://aws.amazon.com/startups/"}},{"vendor":"Segment Startup Program","change_type":"startup_program_expanded","date":"2026-09-09","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-10). Retracted 2026-09-10: the record's own summary reads \"The Startup Program with $50,000 in credits is no longer listed\", which is a removal, and it is typed startup_program_expanded. The cited URL now redirects to twilio.com/docs/segment/guides/usage-and-billing/discounts-for-startups-npos, where \"startup\" and \"$50,000\" each appear zero times and the only offer is a $120/month non-profit discount. The 2026-08-28 free_tier_removed record on the same page states the same facts with the correct type.","previous_state":"$50,000 in credits toward monthly Team plan for up to 2 years. Includes access to $1M+ in partner deals (AWS, Google, Intercom) and Analytics Academy","current_state":"Segment offers coupons on an ongoing basis for non-profits and occasionally for select customers. Non-profits receive a $120 per month discount on the Team plan.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://segment.com/docs/guides/usage-and-billing/discounts-for-startups-npos/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-09","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-10","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-10: the record's own summary reads \"The Startup Program with $50,000 in credits is no longer listed\", which is a removal, and it is typed startup_program_expanded. The cited URL now redirects to twilio.com/docs/segment/guides/usage-and-billing/discounts-for-startups-npos, where \"startup\" and \"$50,000\" each appear zero times and the only offer is a $120/month non-profit discount. The 2026-08-28 free_tier_removed record on the same page states the same facts with the correct type.","source_url":"https://segment.com/docs/guides/usage-and-billing/discounts-for-startups-npos/"}},{"vendor":"Amplitude","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2026-09-09","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Amplitude renamed its Startup Scholarship \"Early Stage Startup Pricing\". The first year is still the full Growth plan free for startups with under 20 employees and under $10M raised; year 2 is now 40% off the annual Plus plan, or the free plan.","previous_state":"1 year free Growth plan — 200K MTUs or 100M events/month. All Growth features including Behavioral Cohorts, Pathfinder, experimentation, and predictive audiences. 96%+ approval rate","current_state":"Early Stage Startup Pricing offers the full Growth plan free for the first year, up to 100M events a month. Year two is 40% off the annual Plus plan, or the option to drop to a free 2M-events/month plan.","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://amplitude.com/startups","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-09","tier":"Startup Scholarship","archive_check":{"checked":"2026-10-02","outcome":"no_usable_capture"},"tier_direction":"unchanged"},{"vendor":"AWS Activate","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-09-07","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: the rise to $200,000 is real but happened between the Internet Archive's captures of 2026-05-31 and 2026-06-14, which a separate record describes. The Trainium and Inferentia credit line it calls no longer present is absent from both 2026 captures too.","previous_state":"Founders: $1,000 credits (self-funded startups). Portfolio: up to $100,000 credits (VC/accelerator-backed). Additional up to $300,000 in Trainium/Inferentia credits for AI startups building on AWS custom silicon (requires provider nomination). All credits usable on Bedrock models","current_state":"AWS Activate offers up to $200,000 in AWS Activate Credits and expert support. AI startups may be eligible for additional credits beyond Activate. Credits are redeemable on third-party models on Amazon Bedrock.","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://aws.amazon.com/activate/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-07","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: the rise to $200,000 is real but happened between the Internet Archive's captures of 2026-05-31 and 2026-06-14, which a separate record describes. The Trainium and Inferentia credit line it calls no longer present is absent from both 2026 captures too.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260614230951/https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits/"}},{"vendor":"Ramp Partner Rewards","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2026-09-05","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Ramp's AWS perk no longer states an amount. It now says \"Redeem AWS credits through the AWS Activate program.\"; in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-05-21 it said \"New to AWS? Get $5,000 in AWS credits to get started\".","previous_state":"New to AWS? Get $5,000 in AWS credits to get started","current_state":"Redeem AWS credits through the AWS Activate program.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://ramp.com/rewards/aws","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-05","archive_check":{"checked":"2026-10-02","outcome":"text_day_unknown"}},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-09-02","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-10-01). Retracted 2026-10-01: true of the page when read, but it bundles changes Cloudflare made on different dates, each now its own record: four tiers became three between the Internet Archive's captures of 2026-05-11 and 2026-05-12, AI Gateway stopped being covered between 2026-05-25 and 2026-05-28, Workers AI caps were set by tier between 2026-07-01 and 2026-07-02, and Tier 2's cap fell to $10,000 between 2026-08-06 and 2026-08-07.","previous_state":"Up to $250K in Cloudflare credits across 4 tiers: Bootstrapped ($5K), Up-and-Coming ($25K), Seed-Funded ($100K), High Growth ($250K). Covers Workers, R2, Workers AI, Stream, Durable Objects, and more. Credits expire within 1 year. Max $10K toward R2/Cache Reserve, up to $50K for Workers AI","current_state":"The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k. Workers AI is covered up to $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), and $50,000 (Tier 1). AI Gateway is temporarily not covered. R2 is covered up to $10,000.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-02","tier":"Startup Credits","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-10-01","detail":"Retracted 2026-10-01: true of the page when read, but it bundles changes Cloudflare made on different dates, each now its own record: four tiers became three between the Internet Archive's captures of 2026-05-11 and 2026-05-12, AI Gateway stopped being covered between 2026-05-25 and 2026-05-28, Workers AI caps were set by tier between 2026-07-01 and 2026-07-02, and Tier 2's cap fell to $10,000 between 2026-08-06 and 2026-08-07.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260512220759/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/"}},{"vendor":"Segment Startup Program","change_type":"free_tier_removed","date":"2026-08-28","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: the Startup Program ended a year earlier, between the Internet Archive's captures of 2025-07-09 and 2025-09-04, which a separate record describes. The $120-a-month non-profit discount is not a replacement: Segment offered it alongside the Startup Program.","previous_state":"$50,000 in credits toward monthly Team plan for up to 2 years. Includes access to $1M+ in partner deals (AWS, Google, Intercom) and Analytics Academy","current_state":"Segment offers a $120 per month discount on the monthly Team plan to non-profits, which typically covers 10,000 MTUs per month.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://segment.com/docs/guides/usage-and-billing/discounts-for-startups-npos/","category":"Analytics","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-08-28","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: the Startup Program ended a year earlier, between the Internet Archive's captures of 2025-07-09 and 2025-09-04, which a separate record describes. The $120-a-month non-profit discount is not a replacement: Segment offered it alongside the Startup Program.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250904201737/https://www.twilio.com/en-us/solutions/startups"}},{"vendor":"Stripe Atlas","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2026-08-28","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: nothing changed. stripe.com/atlas never listed $5K of AWS credits, $5K of DigitalOcean credits or a year of GitHub; the reading compared the page with our catalogue text. In the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-03-24 it already said \"over $50,000 in discounts on tools such as Mercury, Xero, and AWS\", \"$500 one-time setup fee\", \"$100 annually after your first year\" and \"$2,500 in Stripe product credits\". Only the example partner names have changed since. Atlas's perks list still offers 5,000 USD in AWS Activate credits.","previous_state":"$50,000+ in founder perks — $5K AWS credits, $5K DigitalOcean credits, 1yr GitHub, $2.5K Stripe processing credits, plus Notion, Slack, Zendesk, Intercom, and more","current_state":"Incorporation costs $500 and includes company incorporation in Delaware, a company tax ID, founder equity issuance, 83(b) election filing, document templates, $2,500 in Stripe product credits, and access to over $50,000 in partner discounts.  Annual registered agent services are $100 after the first year.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://stripe.com/atlas","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-08-28","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: nothing changed. stripe.com/atlas never listed $5K of AWS credits, $5K of DigitalOcean credits or a year of GitHub; the reading compared the page with our catalogue text. In the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-03-24 it already said \"over $50,000 in discounts on tools such as Mercury, Xero, and AWS\", \"$500 one-time setup fee\", \"$100 annually after your first year\" and \"$2,500 in Stripe product credits\". Only the example partner names have changed since. Atlas's perks list still offers 5,000 USD in AWS Activate credits.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260324110524/https://stripe.com/atlas"}},{"vendor":"Mercury Perks","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-08-28","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: three of its four clauses are wrong. The Datadog perk is still listed (\"1 year free (up to $100k in credits)\", also in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-02-12); the AWS perk was already \"up to $5,000 AWS Activate credits\"; and QuickBooks Online rose from 30% off, not fell. The Google Cloud perk was paused months earlier, which a separate record describes.","previous_state":"1 year free Datadog (up to $100K value), $5K AWS credits, up to $200K Google Cloud credits, and 30% off QuickBooks Online for Mercury banking customers","current_state":"The page lists $5k AWS credits, and 90% off QuickBooks Online. It also lists other perks like $10k GitHub credits, 3 months free Notion, and various discounts on other software.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://mercury.com/perks","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-08-28","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: three of its four clauses are wrong. The Datadog perk is still listed (\"1 year free (up to $100k in credits)\", also in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-02-12); the AWS perk was already \"up to $5,000 AWS Activate credits\"; and QuickBooks Online rose from 30% off, not fell. The Google Cloud perk was paused months earlier, which a separate record describes.","source_url":"https://mercury.com/perks/datadog"}},{"vendor":"Microsoft for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-08-28","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-28). Retracted 2026-09-28: nothing changed. microsoft.com/startups already said \"up to $150,000 in Azure credits, available to startups with pre-seed to Series A funding\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2025-07-31.","previous_state":"Up to $5,000 Azure credits (basic path, no investor required) or up to $150,000 (investor network path). Includes M365 Business Premium (50 seats), GitHub Enterprise (20 users), Visual Studio Enterprise (5 users), Power Apps (10 users)","current_state":"Access to up to $150,000 in credits is available. Startup credits can be applied across eligible Azure services. Access to AI tools and technical resources are also provided.","impact":"high","source_url":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups","category":"Cloud IaaS","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-08-28","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-09-28","detail":"Retracted 2026-09-28: nothing changed. microsoft.com/startups already said \"up to $150,000 in Azure credits, available to startups with pre-seed to Series A funding\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2025-07-31.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250731160354/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups"},"tier_direction":"unchanged"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-08-07","summary":"Cloudflare cut Tier 2's Workers AI credit cap from $25,000 to $10,000. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/startups on 2026-08-06 says \"$25,000 for Tier 2\"; the capture of 2026-08-07 says \"$10,000 for Tier 2\". Tier 3 kept $2,500 and Tier 1 kept $50,000.","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"Workers AI: Covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $25,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1","current_state":"Workers AI: Covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260807105059/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Mercury Perks","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-07-02","summary":"Mercury paused its Google Cloud perk. mercury.com/perks/google-cloud offered \"Google Cloud and Firebase costs covered up to $200,000 USD over 2 years\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-02-10 and said \"Offer temporarily unavailable. New offer coming later this year\" in the capture of 2026-07-02, as it does today.","previous_state":"Google Cloud and Firebase costs covered up to $200,000 USD over 2 years","current_state":"Offer temporarily unavailable. New offer coming later this year","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260702134555/https://mercury.com/perks/google-cloud","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-09-28","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-07-02","summary":"Cloudflare replaced its startup programme's single Workers AI cap with caps by tier. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/startups on 2026-07-01 says Workers AI is \"Covered up to a $50,000 cap\"; the capture of 2026-07-02 says \"Covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $25,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1\".","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"Workers AI: Covered up to a $50,000 cap","current_state":"Workers AI: Covered up to a $2,500 cap for Tier 3, $25,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260702192354/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"AWS Activate","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-06-14","summary":"AWS raised Activate Portfolio from up to $100,000 to up to $200,000 in credits. aws.amazon.com/startups/credits/ said \"Up to $100,000 USD AWS Activate Credits\" in the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-05-31 and \"Up to $200,000 USD in Activate Credits\" in the capture of 2026-06-14.","previous_state":"Activate Portfolio: up to $100,000 USD in AWS Activate credits, with an Activate Provider Org ID","current_state":"Activate Portfolio: up to $200,000 USD in Activate Credits, with an Activate Provider Org ID; pre-Series B","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260614230951/https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-09-28","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-05-28","summary":"Cloudflare's startup programme stopped covering AI Gateway. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/startups on 2026-05-25 lists \"$250 on AI Gateway\"; the capture of 2026-05-28 says \"AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits\". The same capture changed Tier 2's criterion from \"$1M+ raised\" to \"Under $5M raised\".","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"$50,000 on Workers AI and $250 on AI Gateway; Tier 2 for startups with $1M+ raised","current_state":"AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits; Tier 2 for startups with under $5M raised","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260528033156/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"DigitalOcean","change_type":"restriction","tier":"Startup Credits","date":"2026-05-13","date_source":"vendor_page","summary":"As of 2026-05-13, DigitalOcean's startup credits exclude Dedicated and Serverless Inference, third-party AI models, Paperspace Machines, Cloudways and Bare Metal GPUs as well as GPU Droplets and H100 GPU products, the two exclusions its page stated before. The page also now puts the monthly credit limit at $10,000; its April capture mentioned a monthly limit without an amount.","previous_state":"Credits came as a fixed amount each month over the 1-year programme, with a monthly credit limit of unstated amount, and could not be used on GPU Droplets or H100 GPU products (Internet Archive capture of 2026-04-11)","current_state":"Credits cannot be used on GPU Droplets, NVIDIA H100 GPU Kubernetes, Bare Metal GPUs, Dedicated Inference, Serverless Inference, third-party AI models hosted outside DigitalOcean, Paperspace Machines or Cloudways services; participants generally have a $10,000 monthly limit","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/startups","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-08-28"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2026-05-12","summary":"Cloudflare replaced its four startup tiers with three. In the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-05-11, cloudflare.com/forstartups offered $5K, $25K, $100K and $250K tiers. In the capture of 2026-05-12, cloudflare.com/startups offers Tier 3 at $10k (bootstrapped or self-funded, under $1M raised), Tier 2 at $100k ($1M+ raised, funded by an affiliated partner) and Tier 1 at $350k ($5M+ raised, funded by an affiliated partner), to startups founded within the last 10 years whose most recent round was within the last 12 months.","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"$5K Bootstrapped / Stealth, $25K Up-and-coming, $100K Seed-funded, $250K High Growth; founded within the last 5 years","current_state":"Tier 3 $10k (under $1M raised), Tier 2 $100k ($1M+ raised, affiliated partner), Tier 1 $350k ($5M+ raised, affiliated partner); founded within the last 10 years; latest round within the last 12 months","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260512220759/https://www.cloudflare.com/startups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)","change_type":"new_free_tier","date":"2026-04-13","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-10-01). Retracted 2026-10-01: misdated. The terms it describes (Starter up to 2 users, Growth up to 50, Scale up to 100, early stage to Series B) are the launch terms Kiro announced on 2025-11-17. Separate records date the launch and the 2026-04-07 relaunch with smaller tiers.","previous_state":"No startup program for Kiro","current_state":"Up to 1 year free Kiro Pro+ via AWS Startups, up to 100 users","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://aws.amazon.com/startups/","category":"Startup Programs","alternatives":["GitHub Copilot","Cursor","Windsurf"],"recorded_date":"2026-04-13","date_source":"hand_written","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-10-01","detail":"Retracted 2026-10-01: misdated. The terms it describes (Starter up to 2 users, Growth up to 50, Scale up to 100, early stage to Series B) are the launch terms Kiro announced on 2025-11-17. Separate records date the launch and the 2026-04-07 relaunch with smaller tiers.","source_url":"https://kiro.dev/blog/one-year-free-for-startups-2025/"}},{"vendor":"Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"Kiro reopened its startup credits with smaller tiers and a lower funding ceiling. Its post of 2026-04-07 offers up to one year of Kiro Pro+ to \"early-stage to Series A\" startups in tiers of up to 2, 10 and 30 users, and says \"Startups who currently participate in AWS Activate are not eligible\". The 2025 offer covered startups up to Series B in tiers of up to 2, 50 and 100 users; Kiro had closed its applications in December 2025 \"due to high demand\".","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"Up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for startups up to Series B; Starter up to 2 users, Growth up to 50, Scale up to 100","current_state":"Up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for early-stage to Series A startups; Starter up to 2 users, Growth up to 10, Scale up to 30; startups in AWS Activate not eligible","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://kiro.dev/blog/bringing-back-startup-credits/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Microsoft for Startups","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-04-04","date_source":"discovered","summary":"Microsoft for Startups' homepage replaced its two credit offers with one. The Internet Archive's copy of microsoft.com/en-us/startups from 2026-03-29 offers up to $150,000 in Azure credits to startups associated with Microsoft's Investor Network and up to $5,000 through an Azure free trial to the rest; its copy of 2026-04-04 offers up to $150,000 in credits with no split.","previous_state":"Up to $150,000 in Azure credits for startups associated with the Microsoft for Startups Investor Network, pre-seed to Series A. Up to $5,000 in Azure credits with an Azure startup free trial for startups not associated with it, no investor funding required.","current_state":"Access cutting-edge AI models, developer tools, and up to $150,000 in credits","impact":"high","source_url":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups","category":"Cloud IaaS","alternatives":[],"detected_by":"reverify-ai","recorded_date":"2026-09-02","archive_check":{"checked":"2026-10-12","outcome":"vendor_changed","brackets":[{"last_old":"2026-03-29","first_new":"2026-04-04","last_old_capture":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260329014944/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups","first_new_capture":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260404144850/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups"}]}},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"startup_program_expanded","date":"2026-02-01","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-10-01). Retracted 2026-10-01: wrong date and direction. Cloudflare announced its $250,000 programme on 2024-09-26 (blog.cloudflare.com/startup-program-250k-credits), and the four funding tiers, which cut bootstrapped startups to $5,000, appeared between the Internet Archive's captures of 2025-04-08 and 2025-04-17, which a separate record describes.","previous_state":"Smaller startup program with fewer tiers and lower credit amounts","current_state":"4 tiers: $5K, $25K, $100K, $250K credits. Covers Workers, R2, Workers AI, Stream. Caps: $10K for R2/Cache Reserve, $50K for Workers AI. Credits expire within 1 year","impact":"high","source_url":"https://blog.cloudflare.com/startup-program-250k-credits/","category":"Cloud IaaS","alternatives":["AWS Activate","Google for Startups Cloud Program","Azure for Startups"],"recorded_date":"2026-02-26","date_source":"hand_written","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-10-01","detail":"Retracted 2026-10-01: wrong date and direction. Cloudflare announced its $250,000 programme on 2024-09-26 (blog.cloudflare.com/startup-program-250k-credits), and the four funding tiers, which cut bootstrapped startups to $5,000, appeared between the Internet Archive's captures of 2025-04-08 and 2025-04-17, which a separate record describes.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250417204508/https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/"}},{"vendor":"Google for Startups Cloud Program","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2026-01-01","summary":"Retracted — this record was our error (2026-10-01). Retracted 2026-10-01: misdated. cloud.google.com/startup/ai offered AI startups up to $350,000 over 2 years in the Internet Archive's capture of 2024-05-27, more than a year and a half before this record's date.","previous_state":"Up to $200K GCP credits for standard startups","current_state":"Scale AI Tier: up to $350K GCP credits ($250K year 1, $100K year 2). Standard: $200K. Partner credits: $10K Anthropic/Claude via Model Garden, Fireworks AI, MongoDB Atlas, CockroachDB, 1yr free GitLab Ultimate","impact":"high","source_url":"https://cloud.google.com/startup/ai","category":"Cloud IaaS","alternatives":["AWS Activate","Azure for Startups","DigitalOcean Hatch"],"recorded_date":"2026-02-26","date_source":"hand_written","resolution":{"state":"retracted","date":"2026-10-01","detail":"Retracted 2026-10-01: misdated. cloud.google.com/startup/ai offered AI startups up to $350,000 over 2 years in the Internet Archive's capture of 2024-05-27, more than a year and a half before this record's date.","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20240527000000/https://cloud.google.com/startup/ai"}},{"vendor":"Amazon Kiro (AWS Startups)","change_type":"new_free_tier","date":"2025-11-17","summary":"Kiro launched startup credits: up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for startups between \"we have an idea and some funding\" and Series B VC-backed, in three tiers of up to 2, 50 and 100 users, for applications until 2025-12-31. Kiro announced it on its blog on 2025-11-17.","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"No Kiro startup credits","current_state":"Up to one year of Kiro Pro+ for startups up to Series B; Starter up to 2 users, Growth up to 50, Scale up to 100","impact":"medium","source_url":"https://kiro.dev/blog/one-year-free-for-startups-2025/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Segment Startup Program","change_type":"free_tier_removed","date":"2025-09-04","summary":"Segment ended its Startup Program, which gave early-stage startups Segment free for up to two years. segment.com/industry/startups described it in the Internet Archive's capture of 2025-07-09; by the capture of 2025-09-04 the address redirected to Twilio's startups page, which says \"We do not offer additional credits to startups at this time.\"","previous_state":"Startup Program: \"we're giving early-stage startups Segment for free for up to two years when you join our Startup Program\"","current_state":"\"We do not offer additional credits to startups at this time.\"","impact":"high","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250904201737/https://www.twilio.com/en-us/solutions/startups","category":"Analytics","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-09-28","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"limits_reduced","date":"2025-06-04","summary":"Cloudflare capped its startup programme's Workers AI credits at $50,000. The Internet Archive's capture of cloudflare.com/forstartups on 2025-05-23 capped only R2 and Cache Reserve; the capture of 2025-06-04 adds \"$50,000 of Credits for any Workers AI services\".","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"Credits up to the tier's amount for usage-based services, with a cap on R2 and Cache Reserve only","current_state":"$50,000 of Credits for any Workers AI services","impact":"medium","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250604172803/https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"Cloudflare for Startups","change_type":"pricing_restructured","date":"2025-04-17","summary":"Cloudflare split its startup programme into four funding tiers and capped bootstrapped startups at $5K. In the Internet Archive's capture of 2025-04-08, cloudflare.com/forstartups credited \"up to $250,000 worth of service\" to startups meeting one of its criteria. In the capture of 2025-04-17 a startup had to meet all of them, including \"Funded up to series B\", and the tiers were \"$5K: Bootstrapped / Stealth Startups\", \"$25K: Up-and-coming Startups\", \"$100K: Seed-funded Startups\" and \"$250K: High Growth Startups\".","tier":"Startup Credits","previous_state":"Up to $250,000 worth of service for startups meeting one of the criteria (software product, founded within the last 5 years, valid website and email)","current_state":"Four tiers: $5K Bootstrapped / Stealth, $25K Up-and-coming, $100K Seed-funded, $250K High Growth; funded up to Series B","impact":"high","source_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250417204508/https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/","category":"Startup Perks","alternatives":[],"recorded_date":"2026-10-01","date_source":"hand_written"},{"vendor":"DigitalOcean","change_type":"limits_increased","date":"2025-01-22","summary":"Hatch startup program expanded to up to $100K compute credits plus up to 3 months free H100 GPU access for AI/ML startups","previous_state":"Standard Hatch startup credits program","current_state":"Up to $100K compute credits (12 months, excludes GPU). 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Skip it if it conflicts with what they asked for."}}