Lambda Cloud compute offer for Y Combinator companies
Lambda · GPU cloud
$20K$20,000 in Lambda Cloud credits for on-demand GPU instances
YC-batch companies can get $20,000 of Lambda on-demand GPU credit (B200/H100/A100/GH200), plus a shared Slack channel and onboarding meetings.
Key terms
- Only for companies in a Y Combinator batch; one grant per company
- Valid credit card required; user must be located in and pay from an eligible country (US, UK, Canada, EU except Lithuania, Australia, NZ, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Chile, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, Puerto Rico)
- Credits expire 12 months after being applied; also usable for persistent storage
- Lambda reviews and verifies YC status before unlocking credits
Eligibility
- Where
- Australia, Canada, Chile, EU, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
- Not available in
- Lithuania
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- Yes
- Needs partner referral code
- Yes
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Must be a Y Combinator company
How to apply
Create a Lambda Cloud account with your company email, add billing, then submit the application with your YC founder verification URL.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source