Google for Startups Cloud Program — Scale Tier
Provides growing startups with Google Cloud credits over two years as they progress from pre-seed to Series A.
The Google for Startups Cloud Program — Scale tier provides up to $200,000 in Google Cloud Platform usage credits over two years to equity-funded startups from pre-seed through Series A. Year 1 covers 100% of eligible Google Cloud and Firebase usage up to $100,000; Year 2 covers 20% of eligible usage up to an additional $100,000. AI-first startups that qualify for the AI sub-tier of the Scale prog…
Up to $200,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years for equity-funded startups from pre-seed through Series A, covering cloud infrastructure costs as companies scale.
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