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Nearly all AI unicorns are Google Cloud customers, powered by our industry-leading AI infrastructure, platforms, models, agents, and data. Early stage startups can get up to $350,000 in Cloud credits through the Google for Startups Cloud Program, and Series B+ startups can continue scaling with customized support and solutions.

Seed & Series A Companies

You may be a fit for their Scale tier - equipping early stage startups with up to $200K in Cloud credits (or up to $350K if AI-first) exclusive resources, and support to deploy faster and accelerate revenue.

Series B+ Companies

Continue your growth trajectory through customized cloud solutions designed to improve efficiency, acquire more customers, and increase profit.

Pre-Funded Companies

You may be a fit for their Start tier-equipping pre-funded startups with $2K in Cloud credits, exclusive resources, and support to help you ideate, build your MVP, and gain traction.

We’re here to help you build, grow, and scale on Google Cloud—and to keep you and your investors updated on opportunities that support your technical, business development, and go-to-market needs.

Why work with us

The Google for Startups Cloud Program offers financial, technical, and business benefits to help early-stage startups offset cloud costs and accelerate growth.

Eligibility

• Designed for startups with recent* pre-seed to Series A venture capital funding
• VC-backed, pre-seed to Series A (Series A within the last 12 months)
• Founded within the last 5 years
• Not yet received more than $5,000 in Google Cloud credits.
• Operating in Stealth? We support founders who aren't yet public upon verification of VC funding.

Credit Offers

• $200,000 in cloud credits ($100K in year 1 and another $100K to cover 20% of usage in year 2)
• An additional $150K in credits for AI-first startups
• $12K in credits for Enhanced Support (24/7 assistance and faster responses)

Extra perks

Access any of these perks once accepted into the program:

1. Google Workspace: 12 months free (new users)

• Google Maps: new customers receive $600 monthly credits
• Startup Perks: exclusive partner offers with companies like MongoDB, GitLab, and ElevenLabs

About GitHub for Startups

GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software with speed, at scale, and for the agent-driven future.

Eligible VC-funded companies can access $10,000 in GitHub credits through the GitHub for Startups program to help build, ship, and scale software on GitHub. These credits can be used flexibly across the entire GitHub product suite, including GitHub Enterprise licenses and add-ons such as GitHub Copilot (including premium models and agentic workflows), Advanced Security, Codespaces, larger runners, and more - giving startups the freedom to use the tools that best support their development workflow.

Eligibility guidelines:

- This perk is for funded startups only. You must have raised outside equity funding (up to Series B) from investors. Companies that are bootstrapped, self-funded, grant-funded, etc are not eligible.

- New to GitHub Enterprise (or have not been on a GitHub Enterprise plan within the past six months)

- Have not previously received GitHub for Startups credits or GitHub Enterprise licenses

- A valid payment method must be on file to activate the credits

Get up to 90% off your DocSend annual plan if you are a startup!

How to qualify:

Promotion available to new DocSend customers only.

Seed Stage Companies, with up to $2M in funding can get 90% off our annual Standard or Advanced plan for one year.

Series A Companies, with up to $10M in total funding can get 50% off our annual Standard or Advanced plan for one year.

Series B Companies and beyond, with up to $20M in total funding can get 20% off of our annual Advanced plan for one year.

AWS Activate Overview

AWS Activate is Amazon Web Services' flagship startup program, providing founders and their teams with promotional credits, technical support, and business mentorship at every stage of their journey. Startups can apply for AWS Activate Credits to access eligible AWS services, including third-party foundation models on Amazon Bedrock. Whether building your MVP or scaling your existing solution, AWS Activate helps prove your world-changing ideas are possible.

Program Eligibility

To qualify for AWS Activate Portfolio, startups must be founded in the last 10 years, and they must be either self-funded or have received funding (pre-seed, angel, seed, or Series A). They must be affiliated with an AWS Activate Provider and have a fully-functioning company website. An AWS account is required for participation. Please note that startups should not have not previously received AWS Activate Credits of equal or greater value.

What is Microsoft for Startups?

Microsoft for Startups helps early-stage startups build fast, scale smart, and sell more.

We offer startups up to $150K in startup credits, AI models, technical resources, and go-to-market support that helps them move toward enterprise customer readiness faster.

• Build fast on a unified developer-to-cloud path

• Scale smart with enterprise-ready AI, governance, and identity

• Sell more through Microsoft's integrated customer go-to-market engine

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Slack brings your people, projects, and AI together — so work moves faster and nothing falls through. Meet Slackbot, our new AI agent that summarizes meetings, drafts replies, and handles routine workflows. And with Slack CRM, you can manage customers, deals, and pipeline right inside Slack. It’s the one place for your team, your projects, your customers, and your AI agents to work together.

Bootstrapped, Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage startups are eligible for 90% off year one. You also get 50% off in the second year and 25% off year three

Gusto helps modern business owners build incredible workplaces by providing access to simple, automated payroll, benefits, onboarding, and HR tools — all in one, easy-to-use people platform.

Tens of thousands of tech companies and startups rely on Gusto as their people platform. Gusto enables startups to manage their payroll, HR, benefits, health insurance, remote hiring and onboarding, new state business registration, domestic and international contractors, and R&D tax credits - all from one centralized platform.

Gusto takes care of the fine print, so you don’t have to. Gusto automatically calculates, pays, and files your federal, state and local payroll taxes, as well as W-2s, 1099s, and new Plus, Gusto handles the state and local paperwork when you need to file payroll taxes in a new state - whether you’re hiring someone across the U.S. or your employee is moving stateside.

Built by startup founders, for startup founders. As startup founders themselves, Gusto’s leadership team understands what startups need from their payroll and people platform to quickly scale. More than 500 graduates of Y Combinator have chosen Gusto to date.

Gusto helps startups and tech companies access vital funding through tax credits. Tech companies and startups are prime candidates for federal R&D tax credits. But in the past, they’ve only been available to large companies and public accounting firms. Through Ardius, a Gusto company, we’re democratizing access to tax credits for startups and tech companies of all sizes - with some businesses securing as much as $380k in funding for their day-to-day research and development.

Gusto helps you access talent from around the world. Gusto helps manage cross-border payments to contractors in nearly 100 countries and counting.

Gusto helps you care for your people. Take care of your employees, so they can take care of your business. Gusto handles health insurance administration, while giving your employees easy access to spending and savings accounts and early direct deposit through the Gusto wallet app.

Need help? Get stellar support and expert advice on payroll, benefits, insurance, and people operations by phone, email, or chat.

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