Guides
Answer-first guides built on The Grant Index data: every figure comes from a program page that links its official source and shows when we last verified it.
- Free AI credits for startups (2026): every program comparedGoogle Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI and 20+ model-API and GPU programs: what each gives, who qualifies, and which need no investor.Updated 2026-10-24
- Cloud credits for startups (2026): AWS vs Google Cloud vs Azure and 30 moreAWS Activate vs Google for Startups Cloud vs Microsoft for Startups, plus Huawei, Alibaba, Akamai, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Cloudflare and DigitalOcean: tiers, gates and a stacking order.Updated 2026-10-25
- Free GPU credits for startups (2026): Runpod, Lambda, NVIDIA, EuroHPC and moreRunpod, Anyscale, Lambda, Nebius, Modal and NVIDIA Inception, inference credits from Together AI and Baseten, and free GPU hours on EU supercomputers: who qualifies and what each gives.Updated 2026-10-30
- Startup grants in Germany (2026): EXIST, state programs and EU grants comparedEXIST, Prototype Fund, the R&D tax allowance and state programs in Hamburg, Bavaria, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, NRW and Saxony, plus EU grants open to German startups.Updated 2026-10-30
- Non-dilutive funding for open-source projects (2026): grants and fundsPrototype Fund, Sovereign Tech Fund, NLnet, the Open Technology Fund, GitHub and FLOSS/fund grants for maintainers, plus free GPU and TPU time for open models.Updated 2026-10-30
- Innovation vouchers in Europe (2026): amounts and rules comparedHow innovation vouchers work, plus the programs in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Latvia, Berlin and Baden-Württemberg: amounts, co-payments and the rules that matter.Updated 2026-10-30
- Startup grants and free credits for student founders (2026)Thiel Fellowship, 1517 grants, Emergent Ventures, EXIST and NSF I-Corps, plus the GitHub Student Pack, Azure for Students and free research compute for student builders.Updated 2026-10-30
- Startup grants in Saudi Arabia (2026): MVPLab, RDIA, Monsha'at and moreNTDP MVPLab, RDIA SIGP and Virtual Cluster, Monsha'at vouchers and accelerators, Makken for fintechs, The Garage and Google's MENA programs.Updated 2026-10-30
- Startup grants in MENA (2026): Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and moreCountry by country: ITIDA and TIEC in Egypt, TATWIR and Tech Start in Morocco, QCB and QRDI in Qatar, Tamkeen in Bahrain, plus UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria and regional programs.Updated 2026-10-30
- Startup grants in Singapore and Hong Kong (2026): Startup SG, EDGE, HKSTP, CyberportStartup SG Founder and the new EDGE grant in Singapore; HKSTP Ideation and Incubation and Cyberport CCMF and Incubation in Hong Kong, with dates and eligibility.Updated 2026-10-30
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