Step by step guide to get your Free year of Claude
Anthropic's Claude for Startups program gives approved companies a free year of Claude Team, $1,000 in API credits and up to $45K in partner deals. We broke it down into three easy steps.
1 year
of Claude Team, free (up to 5 seats)
$1,000
in API credits (use within 6 months)
$45K
in partner deals like ElevenLabs, Gamma, Firecrawl
Office hours
with Anthropic's team, every other week
Here's the whole thing ✨
- 1
Check you qualify
- ✓Your company started in the last 5 years, or raised money in the last 2.
- ✓You have an email on your company's domain. Gmail or Outlook won't cut it.
- ✓You can explain what you're building in two sentences.
- ✓No investors needed. Bootstrapped is totally fine.
Already paying for Claude Team? The free year won't apply to you.
- 2
Apply in the Claude Console
- ✓Open this link: Claude Startups application
- ✓Sign in or make a free Console account with your company email.
- ✓Add your company, website and what you're building.
- ✓Hit submit.
- 3
Claim your perks once you're approved
- ✓Open the approval email and follow the link.
- ✓Claim your free year of Claude Team.
- ✓Claim your $1,000 in credits. The 6-month clock starts now.
- ✓Grab the partner deals you want. Each has a code.
- ✓Sign up for office hours from the email or portal.
Backed by a VC?
If your VC is in Anthropic's partner network, you could get up to $100K in extra API credits. You claim those through your VC, so just ask them.
Now go build something, then come tell us about it over dinner.
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