Baseten for Startups
Baseten · Inference platform
$28KUp to $25,000 for Dedicated Inference/Training + up to $2,500 for Model APIs
Model inference and training credits plus fast engineering support for AI-core startups from seed to Series A.
Key terms
- Only net-new Baseten customers (no paid plan on the domain within 31 days)
- Company started less than 5 years ago
- Credits expire if not used within 6 months of grant
- Excludes IPO'd/acquired companies, nonprofits, education, government, agencies, consultancies, dev shops
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- seed, series-a
- Max company age
- 5 years
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- Yes
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
How to apply
Submit the application via the startup program page.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source