Gemini (via program)

Vertex AIMega

AI Tool

$350,000

The Google for Startups Cloud Program gives early-stage companies Google Cloud credits that cover infrastructure plus Google's own models such as Gemini and Gemma. AI-first startups can receive up to $350,000 over two years, paid as 100% of spend up to $250,000 in year one and 20% up to a further $100,000 in year two. Startups on the same tier that are not AI-first get up to $200,000, and pre-funded founders without venture backing get $2,000. Google runs the program directly rather than through a reseller or accelerator, and the top tier requires venture funding from pre-seed through Series A.

Amazon BedrockMega

AI Tool

$200,000

Amazon Bedrock credits are not a standalone program. They come from AWS Activate, whose Portfolio tier gives pre-Series B startups up to $200,000 in AWS credits that are redeemable on Bedrock, including third-party models from AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI and Stability AI. Self-funded founders with no VC or accelerator link get the Activate Founders tier instead, which starts at $1,000 and goes up to $5,000. AI startups that outgrow Portfolio can be invited into AWS Credits for AI Startups at $200,000 and above.

Grok (via program)Mega

AI Tool

Up to $200,000

AWS Activate gives startups promotional AWS credits that also pay for xAI's Grok models on Amazon Bedrock (Grok 4.7, 4.6 and 4.3), which AWS sells directly, with Grok 4.7 from $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens. Self-funded startups start with $1,000 and select ones can reach $5,000, while startups backed by an AWS Activate Provider such as an accelerator, angel investor or VC can get up to $200,000 with that provider's Org ID. You need a pre-Series B company founded in the last 10 years, a working company website and an AWS account on the Paid Tier plan, and Portfolio applicants must apply within 12 months of their latest funding round. The credits are run by AWS, not xAI, apply automatically to all eligible AWS charges rather than only Grok, usually expire within one to two years, and any usage beyond them is billed to your card.