Google for Startups Cloud Program — up to $350,000 AI credits
Startup Programs
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Amount: Up to $350,000 USD in Google Cloud credits over 2 years for qualifying AI startups
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4/5 HardNeeds approval, startup status, or specific criteria
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2026-09-08
Source: https://cloud.google.com/startup/ai
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+ 2 Google for Startups offers eligible startups up to $200,000 USD in Google Cloud credits over two years, and up to $350,000 USD for qualifying AI-first startups. The program can cover Google Cloud and selected Firebase usage, plus startup experts, technical training, business support and partner perks.
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+ 5 Useful for AI API experiments, Gemini/Gemma integrations, game backend services, CI/build workers, databases, storage, observability and controlled staging environments.
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+ 8 • This is an application program; approval is discretionary and credits are not guaranteed.
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+ 9 • The AI Scale tier is aimed at VC-funded startups using Gemini or the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as a foundation of the primary product.
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+ 10 • Current criteria include recent Pre-Seed/Seed funding within five years or Series A within 12 months, being founded within five years, and not having received more than $5,000 in Google Cloud credits for the relevant tier.
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+ 11 • Credits have program and product restrictions. Confirm current terms before planning production spend.
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+ 14 1. Prepare the company description, product demo, funding or startup-status evidence, and Google Cloud billing account ID.
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+ 15 2. Apply through the official Google Cloud startup page.
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+ 16 3. Keep Ai4funstudio workloads in a separate project with budgets, quotas and alerts.
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+ 17 4. Store API keys in a secret manager and shut down idle compute resources.
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