LiveKit Startup Program
LiveKit · Voice AI
$23KUp to ~$23K: free year of Scale plan (~$6K), $10K LiveKit Cloud credits, $7K partner inference credits
Real-time voice/video agent infrastructure credits plus partner STT/TTS inference credits for early voice, video and physical-AI startups.
Key terms
- Under $5M raised and pre-Series A (above $5M reviewed case by case)
- Fewer than 50 employees
- Credits expire 12 months from issuance; no rollover; Cloud and inference credits not interchangeable
- Card on file required to start Scale plan
- YC companies use a separate offer (livekit.com/yc), not combinable
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed
- Max funding raised
- $5M
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Voice, video or physical AI core to product
- In production or launching within 6 months
- Incorporated or actively incorporating
- Existing paying customers may be declined
How to apply
Complete the multi-step form (no deck). Approved teams receive a promo code to enter when starting the Scale plan.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source