Free AI compute, found and checked. Who qualifies and the catch, up front.
API credits, free inference tiers, startup programs and research grants from the frontier labs and the long tail. Every offer is checked against the provider’s own page: value, eligibility, limits, deadline, fine print.
VC-backed startups building on Gemini can get up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years.
For: Startups that raised Pre-Seed/Seed within 5 years (or Series A within 12 months), founded within 5 years, built on Gemini, with under $5,000 in prior Google Cloud credits
Eligible US college and grad students get four free monthly billing periods of ChatGPT Plus; claim by October 31, 2026.
Current full- or part-time students at eligible US degree-granting institutions
Ends 31 Oct
Catch: Valid payment method required to activate. Renews at $20/month after the free months unless cancelled. Redeem once, claim by October 31, 2026 (time zone not stated). Store-billed (Apple/Google) subscriptions are not eligible.
Eligible US college students 18+ can get a year of Google AI Pro free, with 4x higher Gemini limits and 5 TB storage.
Eligible US college students aged 18+
Ends 31 Dec
Catch: Valid form of payment required at sign-up; it auto-charges $19.99/month after the trial unless cancelled. Eligibility must be re-verified each year. Redeem by December 31, 2026.