Claude for Startups Program

The Claude for Startups Program is Anthropic's flagship acceleration initiative designed to give early-stage founders direct access to Claude models, compute credits, and ecosystem perks without taking equity.

• Direct API Credits: $1,000 USD in first-party Claude API credits applied directly to your Claude Console organization.

• Partner VC Top-Ups: Up to $100,000 USD in additional API credits available if backed by an Anthropic partner venture capital firm.

• Free Claude Team Seats: 1 year of Claude Team free (up to 5 Premium seats) for new Team accounts.

• Equity Terms: 0% Equity / 100% Non-Dilutive (0% equity, warrants, or success fees).

• The Claude Startup Stack: Up to $45,000 USD in partner perks and discounts across AI-native tooling (e.g., ElevenLabs, Hex Enterprise, ClickHouse Cloud).

• Technical Support & Community: Biweekly office hours with Anthropic’s Applied AI team, higher default API rate limits, and access to founder meetups and hackathons.

1. Company Recency: Startup must have been founded in the last 5 years or raised funding in the last 2 years.

2. Funding Status: Open to bootstrapped, pre-seed, and venture-backed startups (institutional investor backing is no longer required).

3. Console Account: Must have an active Claude Console organization tied to a company domain email matching your startup's website.