Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
Anthropic has expanded its 'Claude for Startups' program, offering qualifying companies a free year of its Claude Team plan and $1,000 in API credits. The initiative aims to foster closer partnerships with developers and founders building applications on top of their AI models.
Why it matters
This move is part of a broader strategy by AI labs to capture market share by incentivizing startups to integrate their specific models into new products.
On Tuesday, Anthropic announced an expansion of its Claude for Startups program, offering subsidized access to its AI models and a variety of other benefits to qualifying companies.
The new version of the program, which launched as part of Anthropic’s SF Tech Week event , provides a free year of Claude Team, Anthropic’s paid plan for groups, with up to five premium seats, as well as $1,000 in API credits for building with Claude. Companies will also get access to Claude Marketplace, which lets them build plugins for the service. Companies can also book virtual office hours with Anthropic’s Applied AI team.
“We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone,” Anthropic said in an announcement. “That makes partnering closely with founders and developers central to our mission.”
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