live Startup programs
$50,000 $50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 months (AI tools excluded since 2026-09-14)
Claim Join a paid usage-based plan, then apply Who Companies under 2 years old with under $5M raised Expires Ongoing program Claim checklist 0/3 Join a paid usage-based plan Apply Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: posthog.com
$100 in Codex credits (2,500 ChatGPT credits)
Claim Go to chatgpt.com/codex/students, sign in, verify with your university email Who University students in the US & Canada Expires Credits expire 12 months after grant Claim checklist 0/2 Go to chatgpt.com/codex/students, sign in, verify with your university email Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: chatgpt.com
$50 in free credits for speech-to-text (pre-recorded and real-time), Voice Agent API and Speech Understanding; LLM Gateway excluded
Claim Sign up at assemblyai.com; no card required Who New accounts Expires Credits don't expire Claim checklist 0/3 Sign up at assemblyai.com No card required Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: assemblyai.com
limited API credits ◷ Expires soon
$30 $30 in free credits on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Claim Sign up at dphn.ai Who First 1,000 signups Expires First 1,000 signups (launched 2026-10-11), may already be gone Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at dphn.ai Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: alearesearch.io
$30/month in included compute (GPU, CPU, memory), 3 seats, 10 GPU concurrency; Shared Endpoint tokens are billed separately
Claim Sign up at modal.com and stay on Starter; set a workspace budget Who Anyone Expires Recurring monthly Claim checklist 0/3 Sign up at modal.com and stay on Starter Set a workspace budget Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: modal.com
$10 in search API credits every month (up to 2,500 Instant searches) + a one-time $10 bonus for finishing onboarding
Claim Sign up at exa.ai, get an API key, complete dashboard onboarding for the bonus Who A user's first team; no payment method needed Expires Resets on the 1st of each month; no rollover Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at exa.ai, get an API key, complete dashboard onboarding for the bonus Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: exa.ai
Monthly usage shared across Studio, the API and Vibe Code; third-party trackers report $10/mo, usable on the Mistral Large 4 preview
Claim Sign up for Mistral Studio (free mode is the default), create an API key Who Anyone Expires Recurring monthly Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up for Mistral Studio (free mode is the default), create an API key Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.mistral.ai
$5 in trial credits, 5 RPM, 1M tokens/day
Claim Sign up and add a verified payment method Who New accounts; card required Expires Credits expire 30 days after grant Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up and add a verified payment method Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: inference-docs.cerebras.ai
$1 in serverless inference credits, no card (10 RPM without a card)
Claim Sign up at fireworks.ai Who New accounts Expires One-time Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at fireworks.ai Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.fireworks.ai
$1 in free credits for pay-per-call data endpoints
Claim Sign up via treg Who New users Expires Not stated Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up via treg Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: x.com
live Startup programs
Free tier Studio tier free for up to 3 months (20M credits/month)
Claim Submit the form describing what you're building Who Idea-stage to Series A founders; India and emerging markets get priority Expires Ongoing program Claim checklist 0/2 Submit the form describing what you're building Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: startups.adral.ai
40 CPU hours, 5 GPU hours, 50 GB storage and 50 agent messages per month
Claim Redeem through the GitHub Student Developer Pack Who Verified students Expires While you're enrolled Claim checklist 0/2 Redeem through the GitHub Student Developer Pack Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: education.github.com
live Free tiers ◷ Expires soon
Free tier Work right after creating or editing an artifact uses 50% less of your 5-hour limit (Free/Pro/Max/Team)
Claim Applies automatically Who Claude Free/Pro/Max/Team Expires 2026-10-15 11:59 PM PT Claim checklist 0/2 Applies automatically Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: support.claude.com
10,000 Neurons/day free for Workers AI inference
Claim Use Workers AI from any Cloudflare account Who Any Cloudflare account Expires Resets daily Claim checklist 0/2 Use Workers AI from any Cloudflare account Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: developers.cloudflare.com
Free trial key: 1,000 API calls/month (Command 20 req/min, Rerank, Embed)
Claim Sign up; the trial key is created automatically, no card Who Anyone, for evaluation Expires Ongoing (non-commercial use only) Claim checklist 0/3 Sign up The trial key is created automatically, no card Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.cohere.com
$1 in bonus credits for every $1 of paid Flux TTS usage, up to $500 per project
Claim Use paid credits on Flux TTS during the promo; the bonus is added automatically Who Pay As You Go and Growth plans (paid usage only) Expires 2026-12-31 11:59 PM PT Claim checklist 0/3 Use paid credits on Flux TTS during the promo The bonus is added automatically Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: deepgram.com
10,000 credits/month across text to speech, speech to text, sound effects, voice design and music
Claim Sign up at elevenlabs.io Who Anyone; commercial license starts on paid plans Expires Recurring monthly (no rollover on Free) Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at elevenlabs.io Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: elevenlabs.io
1,000 credits/month (about 1,000 scraped pages or 500 searches), 2 concurrent requests, no card
Claim Sign up at firecrawl.dev and create a key Who Anyone Expires Refreshes monthly; no rollover Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at firecrawl.dev and create a key Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.firecrawl.dev
live Startup programs
Free tier 15,000,000 tokens on self-hosted models + Pro-tier API keys (100K requests/month)
Claim Apply on the startup page Who Companies under 3 years old with under $5M raised and a working product Expires Ongoing program Claim checklist 0/2 Apply on the startup page Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: free.ai
Free input/output tokens on select Gemini models; free Search grounding on some models
Claim Create an API key in Google AI Studio, no billing needed Who Anyone in supported regions (free-tier data may be used to improve products) Expires Ongoing Claim checklist 0/2 Create an API key in Google AI Studio, no billing needed Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-12 · link OK 2026-10-13 Source: ai.google.dev
2,000 code completions/month + an allowance of GitHub AI Credits
Claim Enable Copilot Free in GitHub settings or your IDE Who Individual devs without an org-assigned seat Expires Ongoing Claim checklist 0/2 Enable Copilot Free in GitHub settings or your IDE Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.github.com
Unlimited code completions + an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat/agents
Claim Get verified through GitHub Education Who Verified students Expires While you're a verified student Claim checklist 0/2 Get verified through GitHub Education Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: education.github.com
12 months of Google AI Plus free (2x Gemini limits, 400 GB storage)
Claim Verify via SheerID on Google One; payment method required, renews unless cancelled Who College students in eligible countries (excludes US, Canada and others) Expires Redeem by 2026-12-31 Claim checklist 0/3 Verify via SheerID on Google One Payment method required, renews unless cancelled Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: blog.google
30 RPM / 1,000 requests/day / 200K tokens/day on GPT-OSS 120B/20B and Qwen3.8-27B
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Free seat with 5K base traces/month for LLM tracing and evals, plus 7 LSUs/month of Fleet agents
Claim Sign up at smith.langchain.com Who Solo developers (1 seat) Expires Recurring monthly Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at smith.langchain.com Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: langchain.com
50K units/month of LLM tracing, evals and prompt management, 30 days of data, 2 users, no card; students and researchers can apply for up to 100% off paid plans
Claim Sign up at langfuse.com (or self-host the open-source version free) Who Anyone Expires Recurring monthly Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at langfuse.com (or self-host the open-source version free) Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: langfuse.com
live Startup programs
Free tier MongoDB Atlas credits plus Voyage AI embedding tokens and technical support, tiered by stage (amounts not published)
Claim Get referred by a partner VC or accelerator, or apply on the startups page Who Startups under 7 years old, Series A or earlier, with a website and LinkedIn page Expires Credits generally last 12 months (extensions case by case) Claim checklist 0/2 Get referred by a partner VC or accelerator, or apply on the startups page Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: mongodb.com
Free, rate-limited API access to hosted NIM models for prototyping
Claim Create an account and generate a key at build.nvidia.com Who Anyone; production needs an AI Enterprise license Expires Ongoing (dev/test only) Claim checklist 0/2 Create an account and generate a key at build.nvidia.com Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-12 · link OK 2026-10-13 Source: build.nvidia.com
Notion Education plan (Plus features) with extra AI responses
Claim Redeem through the GitHub Student Developer Pack Who Verified students Expires While you're a student Claim checklist 0/2 Redeem through the GitHub Student Developer Pack Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: education.github.com
Free model variants: 20 RPM, 50 requests/day (1,000/day after buying $10 in credits)
Claim Use model IDs ending in :free Who Anyone, no card Expires Ongoing Claim checklist 0/2 Use model IDs ending in :free Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-12 · link OK 2026-10-13 Source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Free vector database: 2 GB storage, 2M write and 1M read units/month, 5M embedding tokens/month, Assistant with 500K input tokens/month
Claim Sign up at pinecone.io and create an index Who Anyone (AWS us-east-1 only, up to 5 indexes) Expires Ongoing Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at pinecone.io and create an index Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: pinecone.io
Free-forever single-node cluster (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB disk) with free cloud inference on selected models
Claim Sign up at cloud.qdrant.io and create a free cluster Who Anyone, for testing and prototypes Expires Ongoing Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at cloud.qdrant.io and create a free cluster Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: qdrant.tech
1,000 search API credits/month free, no card; Tavily also says it's free for students
Claim Sign up at tavily.com and copy your API key Who Anyone Expires Resets on the 1st of each month Claim checklist 0/2 Sign up at tavily.com and copy your API key Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.tavily.com
First 200M tokens free per account on voyage-4, voyage-4-large, voyage-4-lite, voyage-context-4 and code models, plus 200M free reranker tokens
Claim Create a Voyage AI account and API key; free tokens apply automatically (not to the Batch API) Who Any account Expires One-time allowance per account Claim checklist 0/3 Create a Voyage AI account and API key Free tokens apply automatically (not to the Batch API) Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: docs.voyageai.com
live Startup programs
Free tier Up to 1B GLM tokens in API credits + volume pricing and priority support
Claim Log in with a Z.ai account and submit the application Who AI startups (application review) Expires Ongoing program Claim checklist 0/2 Log in with a Z.ai account and submit the application Check the terms on the official page (they can change) ✓ Terms checked 2026-10-13 Source: startup.z.ai