
AWS offers up to $1,000,000 in generative AI credits. What they cover across models and compute, how the bill behaves at scale, and what they stack with.

Microsoft's Azure for Students gives full-time students aged 18 and over at accredited two-year or four-year degree-granting institutions $100 of Azure credit to use within 12 months, plus free monthly amounts of popular services, with no credit card needed. You verify with your school email, you can hold one subscription per person, and you can renew it each year while you are a student; Microsoft lists Azure OpenAI among the services the student account can use. The credit cannot pay for Azure Marketplace offers, support plans, third-party branded products or other separately licensed products, and once it is used up the subscription is disabled unless you contact Azure Support to move to pay as you go. Microsoft says activations are in limited supply and the offer runs only while supplies last.
Full-time students 18+ at accredited colleges, school email required
Full-time students 18+ at accredited colleges, school email required
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AWS offers up to $1,000,000 in generative AI credits. What they cover across models and compute, how the bill behaves at scale, and what they stack with.

Greylock Edge is a 3-month company-building program from the venture firm Greylock, open to pre-idea, pre-seed and seed founders. Accepted founders get $500K+ in credits with AWS, Google, Microsoft and other partners, plus access to Greylock's recruiting team, AI researchers in residence and customer network. Greylock does not require an investment to join, and financing ranges from a priced seed round to an uncapped SAFE to no capital at all. Applications are rolling with no deadline, but Greylock states it works with only a very select handful of founders, so acceptance odds are low.

Google Cloud AI Startups Tier - $350,000 in credits over 2 years plus $12,000 in technical support for AI-first startups. This enhanced tier is designed for startups building with Google's AI stack. Access Gemini models through Vertex AI, fine-tune models with custom data, and deploy at scale. Includes priority technical support from Google's AI specialists, enhanced rate limits, and early access to new AI features. The program targets companies where AI/ML is core to the product, not just a feature
Direct credits applied upon approval
High approval rate (~85–95%). Rapid acceptance for all early-stage & bootstrapped founders.
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