AI startup grants
Explore grants explicitly classified for artificial intelligence in their structured tags or sector data.
64 opportunities · Updated 2026-08-11
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Renaissance Philanthropy — AI for Math FundProject-specific philanthropic grants from a program fund; no comparable public per-recipient minimum or maximum is stated. · Renaissance Philanthropy (founding donor: XTX Markets) · Rolling applicationsSmart&Start Italia (Invitalia)Interest-free financing covers 80% of eligible EUR 100,000-1.5 million plans, rising to 90% for qualifying all-women/all-under-36 or returning-PhD teams; Central-South startups receive a 30% non-repayable contribution. · Invitalia / Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy — Italy · Rolling applicationsSurvival and Flourishing Fund (SFF)Grant amount is proposal- and donor-specific; the umbrella does not publish a universal minimum or maximum. · Survival and Flourishing Corp / Jaan Tallinn (and participating donors) · Rolling applicationsICURe Programme (Innovate UK)Up to GBP 35,000, including up to GBP 20,000 for the full-time Entrepreneurial Lead's salary · Innovate UK (UKRI), delivered via Innovate UK Business Connect — United Kingdom · 2026-09-04Hack Club — Stardance (with AMD, NASA, GitHub Education)Hardware and developer-tool rewards earned with challenge coins; no cash prize value published · Hack Club with AMD (partners: NASA, GitHub Education) · 2026-09-30Anthropic Economic Futures — Research AwardsUSD 50,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Anthropic · Rolling applicationsAnthropic Startup ProgramAnthropic may provide API credits and other program benefits; the current official terms publish no universal numeric benefit value. · Anthropic · Rolling applicationsCohere Labs Research Grants (Catalyst Grants)Cohere API credits (in-kind model access; no cash amount published) — non-dilutive · Cohere Labs (formerly Cohere For AI) · Rolling applicationsDigitalOcean StartupsTwelve months of cloud credits with acceptance-specific value, generally capped at $10,000 of use per month, plus 15 months of Standard Support · DigitalOcean · Rolling applicationsElevenLabs Startup GrantsTwelve months on the Scale plan: 33 million characters or about 680 hours of conversational AI, stated value more than $4,000 · ElevenLabs · Rolling applicationsEntrepreneurship World CupUSD 1,000,000 of equity-free 2026 cash prizes across 12 winners: Idea USD 30,000/20,000; Early USD 200,000/150,000/90,000/50,000; Growth USD 160,000/100,000; and four USD 50,000 AI sub-track prizes. All 100 finalists receive a sponsored Riyadh trip, mentorship and investor/market support. · Global Entrepreneurship Network / Monsha'atForesight FellowshipNo cash stipend; paid travel to one workshop and one Vision Weekend plus mentorship, introductions and community access · Foresight Institute · Rolling applicationsForesight Institute Grants (AI for Science & Safety)$10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support · Foresight InstituteGoogle for Startups Cloud ProgramUp to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years for eligible AI startups; credits are not cash. · Google CloudHub71 Access ProgrammeAED 250,000 in-kind services plus AED 250,000 cash through an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE; high performers may receive another AED 250,000 SAFE top-up · Hub71 (Abu Dhabi Government-backed initiative), UAE · Rolling applicationsLambda Research GrantUp to $5,000 in non-cash Lambda Cloud credits for qualifying researchers using Lambda Instances · Lambda · Rolling applicationsLong-Term Future Fund (EA Funds)Proposal-specific grant to individuals or organizations; no current universal minimum or maximum is published · Effective Ventures / EA Funds · Rolling applicationsMajor League Hacking (MLH) Community & Micro-GrantsCurrent event support: Hack Days reimburse up to $350 for eligible food and event expenses; Member Events can receive up to $1,000 emergency food/event cost coverage after qualifying overbooking and budget exhaustion · Major League Hacking (with partners GitHub Education, Solana Foundation) · Rolling applicationsManifund (Grants & Regranting)Founder-set public-benefit funding request with no universal maximum; proposals can be as small as $250, and payment occurs only if donors meet the minimum goal by the founder-set deadline · Manifund (Manifold for Charity, 501(c)(3)) · Rolling applicationsMaryland Build Our Future GrantMatching infrastructure grant up to $2 million; awards up to $1 million require at least a 200% applicant match, while awards above $1 million require at least a 400% match · Maryland Department of Commerce / MEDCO · Rolling applicationsModal Startup ProgramOne-time non-cash compute package described as thousands of free GPU credits; the current program page publishes no universal numeric maximum · Modal · Rolling applicationsMongoDB for StartupsTiered MongoDB Atlas and partner benefits; current public page does not publish a defensible maximum credit value · MongoDB · Rolling applicationsNVIDIA InceptionFree membership with technical resources, preferred pricing, partner offers and cloud-credit benefits; the public official page publishes no universal numeric recipient value. · NVIDIAOpen Philanthropy (Coefficient Giving) Career Development and Transition FundingProposal-specific cash support with no published minimum or maximum; may fund tuition, living costs, unpaid internships, study, certifications, postdocs, sabbaticals, or career-transition periods · Open Philanthropy (now operating as Coefficient Giving) · Rolling applicationsOpenAI Researcher Access ProgramUSD API credits 1,000 maximum; see notes for structure · OpenAI · Rolling applicationsOracle for StartupsCurrent Latin America offer: up to USD 2,000 in OCI credits for eligible startups; legacy global documents described USD 500 plus discounts but are not treated as current global terms · Oracle · Rolling applicationsOVHcloud Startup ProgramTwelve-month non-cash cloud package: Start provides up to EUR10,000 credits and six engineering hours; Scale provides up to EUR100,000 and 20 engineering hours · OVHcloud · Rolling applicationsPostHog for StartupsUSD 50,000 PostHog credits for 12 months plus USD 12,000+ partner benefits and USD 1,000 founder merchandise · PostHog · Rolling applicationsSnowflake for StartupsNon-cash Snowflake usage credits, technical support and go-to-market assistance; the current public pages do not publish a universal credit value · Snowflake · Rolling applicationsStrategic Response FundMinimum C$10 million contribution for projects with at least C$20 million eligible supported cost; business contributions are repayable by default, while non-repayable support is exceptional and collaboration/network contributions are generally non-repayable · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Rolling applicationsTogether AI Startup AcceleratorUp to $50,000 in Together AI platform credits for the Grow tier; credits exclude Reserved GPU Clusters and are not cash. · Together AIVercel for StartupsUp to USD 30,000 in Vercel credits over 12 months · Vercel · Rolling applicationsZ FellowsParticipation can be equity-free with no money, or the founder can optionally accept a $10,000 investment that converts at the next priced round with a $1 billion valuation cap · Z Fellows (founded by Cory Levy) · Rolling applicationsOpenAI Superalignment Fast GrantsUSD 2,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · OpenAI (with Eric Schmidt)Google.org AI for Science Funding$20 million original fund; $30 million successor challenge envelope; per-recipient amount not published · Google.orgAI2050 Early Career Fellowship (Schmidt Sciences)USD 300,000-500,000 over three years for Early Career Fellows; nomination-only. · Schmidt Sciences (AI2050; Eric & Wendy Schmidt)Astera Institute Residency ProgramOne-year fully funded residency with salary, research budget and operational support; exact comparable total value is not publicly fixed. · Astera InstituteMassChallengeProgram-specific equity-free prizes; the 2026 Switzerland accelerator offered up to CHF 1 million in non-dilutive cash plus mentoring and partner access. · MassChallenge (corporate partners/sponsors)OpenAI Startup Fund — Converge AcceleratorUSD 1,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · OpenAI Startup FundActiva StartupsThe last nationwide call paid up to EUR 9,500 per beneficiary SME at 100% of eligible project cost for collaboration with a startup. Earlier regional calls offered up to EUR 40,000 and the governing order permits economic grants up to EUR 40,000 plus in-kind accompaniment valued up to EUR 10,000, but those ceilings are not a current offer. · EOI / Spanish Ministry of Industry and TourismAnthropic Fellows Program (AI Safety)$3,850 USD, £2,310 GBP or $4,300 CAD per week, plus approximately $15,000 per month of compute; the official source does not publish a guaranteed total stipend · AnthropicCooperative Research Centres Projects GrantsMatched grant of AUD100,000-AUD3 million for an industry-led research collaboration lasting up to three years · Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and ResourcesCoreWeave Startup Accelerator ProgramCloud-compute credits and technical/commercial support; the current per-company credit ceiling and cohort terms were not published on the reviewed live route · CoreWeaveCzechInvest Technology IncubationUp to CZK5 million in direct support and expert services for an 18- or 24-month Incubation PLUS project · CzechInvestDefense Innovation Unit (DIU) — Commercial Solutions OpeningsProblem-specific prototype Other Transaction procurement award with no universal minimum or maximum; selected solutions can lead to production contracts · Defense Innovation Unit (DoD)Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)Category-specific cash and in-kind awards plus investor access; no universal grand-prize cash amount applies. · Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)Fifty Years — Manifest GrantsUSD 25,000–100,000 grant; maximum two-page application and a stated decision within 21 days · Fifty Years (venture firm)Fit 4 StartUp to EUR 150,000 of equity-free state aid in three conditional tranches: EUR 50,000 after Luxembourg incorporation, business permit, capital/cash and budget conditions; EUR 80,000 after successful graduation, at least EUR 50,000 of new private equity, two FTE and spending conditions; and a EUR 20,000 final balance after total qualifying spend reaches EUR 150,000. · Luxinnovation / Luxembourg Ministry of the EconomyGoogle DeepMind Academic Fellowships & ScholarshipsVaries by program (e.g., AI Master's Scholarships fund tuition + stipend; amounts set by host universities) · Google DeepMindHello Tomorrow Global ChallengeEUR 100,000 equity-free grand prize; track winners receive coaching and introductions · Hello TomorrowHugging Face Community GPU Grants (ZeroGPU)Free upgraded GPU hardware for an approved Hugging Face Space; no cash, standardized duration, or universal dollar value is published · Hugging FaceImpetus Longevity GrantsUp to USD 500,000 per grant · Norn Group (donors include Juan Benet/Protocol Labs, Robert Rosenkranz/Rosenkranz Foundation, Hevolution Foundation, and Vitalik Buterin)Korea Early-Stage Startup PackageThe 2026 general route provides commercialisation grants up to KRW 100 million, averaging about KRW 50 million. The separate deep-tech route reaches KRW 150 million and averaged about KRW 130 million; a later investment-linked Startup City route reached KRW 100 million. Company cost-sharing varies by region, with government support normally up to 70% and reduced applicant shares for eligible non-capital regions. · Korea SMEs and Startups Agency / KISEDKorea Pre-Startup PackageThe 2026 package provides non-repayable commercialisation funding up to KRW 80 million per prospective founder. The revised call planned about 300 selections, generally around KRW 40 million each, with an initial KRW 20 million stage and additional funding for founders that pass the interim stage evaluation; the ceiling is not an automatic award. · Korea SMEs and Startups Agency / KISEDKorea Startup Leap PackageThe 2026 general route provides commercialisation grants up to KRW 200 million, averaging about KRW 120 million. The separate deep-tech route reaches KRW 300 million, and the later investment-linked Startup City route reaches KRW 200 million. Company co-funding varies by region; the standard structure funds up to 70%, with reduced applicant shares for eligible non-capital regions. · Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups / KISEDMeitY TIDE 2.0 (Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs)Historical TIDE 2.0 stack: Entrepreneur-in-Residence support up to ₹4 lakh, prototype grant up to ₹7 lakh, and a separate investment component up to ₹40 lakh · Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of IndiaMIT Solve — Global ChallengesPrize amounts are challenge- and sponsor-specific; no universal MIT Solve per-team maximum applies to the umbrella program · MIT Solve (sponsor-funded prizes, e.g. Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Citizens, E Ink)Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF)Call-specific project grants for open-source, trustworthy-AI and public-interest technology; no current MTF minimum or maximum is published · Mozilla FoundationNat Friedman & Daniel Gross Grants (AI Grant)USD 250,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Nat Friedman & Daniel GrossOrange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle EastInternational Grand Prize pays EUR 25,000 first, EUR 15,000 second and EUR 10,000 third; the International Women's Prize pays EUR 20,000. Country affiliates may add separate national prizes. Ten grand-prize finalists and the women's winner receive entrepreneurship support. · OrangePolygon Community Grants Program (Polygon Village)Track- and allocator-specific token or fiat-equivalent grants plus Polygon Village services; no universal per-recipient amount · Polygon Community Treasury / Polygon LabsSchmidt Sciences AI2050 FellowshipMulti-year research fellowship with track-specific support; historical program materials distinguish early-career and senior fellow packages · Schmidt Sciences (Eric & Wendy Schmidt)Startup Booster Poland – Smart UPUp to PLN 400,000 per selected startup, covering up to 100% of eligible Individual Acceleration Plan costs with no required applicant contribution. The exact ceiling, milestones and package depend on the selected accelerator and development track. · Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)The Roddenberry PrizePrior cycle: USD 1 million grand prize and USD 250,000 finalist grant, equity-free; not currently actionable. · The Roddenberry Foundation