NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIA · Chip vendor startup program
VariesFree membership: partner cloud credits, preferred GPU/hardware pricing, DLI training, VC introductions (no fixed $ value published)
Free, no-equity program for AI startups: cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners, preferred pricing on enterprise GPUs, training and investor access. Membership also unlocks partner offers (e.g. Lambda, Nebius credits).
Key terms
- Must be officially incorporated, under 10 years old, with a working website
- Needs a clear use case for NVIDIA technology; revenue or current NVIDIA usage not required
- Excluded: consulting/outsourcing firms, crypto companies, cloud providers, resellers/distributors, public companies
- Hardware discounts are rebates through suppliers and subject to change
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Max company age
- 10 years
- 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
- At least one founder actively operating the company
- China-based startups use a separate contact ([email protected])
How to apply
Apply online with company details, funding status and pitch deck; no cohorts or deadlines. Keep your portal profile updated to receive benefit recommendations.
- Benefit
- mixed
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source