Together AI Startup Accelerator

Together AI Startup Accelerator

Offers Together AI Startup Accelerator in-kind compute credits for AI startups across fine tuning and deployment.

Eligibility · Global — open worldwide

Together AI Startup Accelerator is a tiered in-kind platform-credit program offered by Together AI, a San Francisco-based AI infrastructure company providing an open-source cloud for running, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models. The program awards compute credits — not cash — scaled by the startup's total capital raised: Build tier (up to $15,000, for companies that have raised up to $5 million), Scale tier (up to $30,000, for $5–10 million raised), and Grow tier (up to $50,000, for over $10 million raised). Credits are redeemable against Together AI's serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, fine-tuning, and Instant Clusters services; Reserved GPU Clusters are explicitly excluded.

Eligibility is limited to AI-native for-profit startups; nonprofits, universities, and individuals are not eligible. No specific geography restriction applies — the program is open globally. Beyond credits, each tier includes forward-deployed engineering support (approximately 3, 5, or 10 hours by tier), access to exclusive AI engineering content, joint go-to-market amplification through Together AI's 1M+ developer network, community access, exclusive events, and introductions to VC network contacts. No equity is taken and no application deadline is published.

Applications are submitted via Together AI's website on a rolling basis; approvals are at Together AI's discretion. The program functions as an AI-infrastructure customer acquisition vehicle analogous to AWS Activate or Microsoft for Startups, not a non-dilutive cash grant program.