Cartesia Startups Grant
Cartesia · Voice AI
Varies12 months of the Scale plan: 8M Sonic/Ink credits per month + $299/month Managed Agents credits (dollar value not stated)
A free year on Cartesia's Scale plan for real-time TTS/STT and voice agents, open to startups at any stage.
Key terms
- Participants must allow Cartesia to use their name/logo and may be asked to post about the grant
- Unused model credits roll over up to 2x monthly allowance
- After 12 months the account moves to $299/month unless downgraded/cancelled
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Students and one-off projects considered case by case
- Partner-VC portfolio companies get fast-tracked approval
How to apply
Apply on the Startups Grant page; accepted teams get a coupon code to apply to their account.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- About 1 week
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source