Claude AI for Startups

Empowering Startups with Frontier AI

Claude helps startups realize their boldest ideas by providing access to frontier AI, the same AI trusted by industry leaders. This AI transforms ambitious concepts into market advantages. Startups receive support through credits, resources, and a community, available through VC partners.

Program Benefits

The program, designed for startups working with VC partners, offers the API credits, rate limits, and resources required to build with Claude.
Free credits enable experimentation and confident building, while the highest tier of publicly available rate limits ensures smooth operations during growth.
Exclusive invitations are extended for founder events and workshops.

Our Mission

Our goal is to empower software creators, believing that anyone should be able to create software.
We automate mundane tasks, allowing humans to focus on creative work, leaving data work to AI.
We aim to model human cognition, creating systems with planning, reflection, and memory capabilities.
These systems should retrieve information and utilize tools.
Anthropic and Claude provide the necessary technology, with Claude Sonnet playing a crucial role.

Commitment to Excellence

We aim to provide the best AI experience, ensuring users feel it's unparalleled.
Claude consistently ranks as one of the most accurate generative AI models, continuously innovating with each update.

Eligibility and Application

The program is for startups working with Anthropic’s VC partners.
Eligible companies must be early-stage startups backed by partner venture capital firms.
Confirm partnership with investors or contact our team.
The application process requires details about your startup, AI use case, and venture capital backers.

Program Features

Generous API credits are provided for experimentation and implementation.
Credits vary by partner, so list all investors in the application.
The highest publicly available tier offers higher throughput for API requests, ensuring smooth scaling and faster response times.
Participants receive invitations to startup-focused events, including workshops and networking opportunities.
Educational resources, like best practices and technical documentation, are available.
Participants can connect with Anthropic team members for technical support and guidance.

Building and Scaling

The program helps startups build and scale commercial applications using Claude’s capabilities.
After using the allocated credits, transitioning to standard API pricing is possible.
Guidance on optimizing usage and costs is available as you scale.