Akamai Cloud Rise (formerly Linode Rise)
Akamai · Developer cloud
$120K$500–$120,000 cloud credits in year 1, then discounted services in years 2–3
Three-year startup program on Akamai Cloud (Linode): credits in year one, discounts in years two and three.
Key terms
- Company fewer than 7 years old, early-stage and for-profit
- Needs at least one of: paid non-founder employees, real users, initial revenue or VC funding
- Existing Akamai Cloud customers and resellers/MSPs/SIs not eligible
- New account with corporate email, matching website and valid credit card
- Unused year-1 credits don't roll over; usage above monthly credit limit is billed
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- pre-seed, seed, series-a
- Max company age
- 7 years
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Akamai Cloud must be a primary infrastructure provider
- Defined infrastructure scaling plan
How to apply
Apply via the Rise application page.
- Benefit
- mixed
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- Year 1 (credits)
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source