Google TPU Research Cloud (TRC)
Google · Free TPU compute
VariesFree access to a cluster of 1,000+ Cloud TPU devices (no $ value stated)
Google gives researchers free Cloud TPU capacity for ML research (JAX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Julia) in exchange for openly sharing results.
Key terms
- Research must be shared via publications, open-source code, blog posts or similar
- Participants are expected to give Google detailed feedback
- Research must follow Google's AI Principles
- Duration not stated publicly
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Aimed at researchers; startups not explicitly excluded but results must be shared openly
How to apply
Click 'Express interest' and fill in the form describing your research.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source