Together AI offers up to $50,000 in credits.
No equity, no fees. No referral needed; apply directly.
Stage fit: Pre-seed to growth stage. Difficulty: moderate.
Together AI at a glance
- Max value
- Up to $50,000
- Stage fit
- Pre-seed to growth stage
- Takes equity
- No
- Who files it
- You (no code needed)
- Geography
- Worldwide (service area stated in Together's program page structured data); no country restrictions published.
- Referral needed
- No
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Review time
- Not published
- Credits expire
- Not published for accelerator credits.
What Together AI actually gives you
- BuildUp to $15K in platform credits + 3 hours of forward-deployed engineeringStartups that have raised up to $5M in total
- ScaleUp to $30K in platform credits + 6 hours of forward-deployed engineeringStartups that have raised $5M to $10M in total
- GrowUp to $50K in platform credits + 10 hours of forward-deployed engineeringStartups that have raised over $10M in total
Who qualifies
You likely qualify if
- You are a startup building an AI-native application (Together's own wording).
- Your tier is set by total funding raised: up to $5M (Build), $5M to $10M (Scale), over $10M (Grow).
- Stage range listed by Together: pre-seed to growth-stage AI startups.
- Any country: Together lists the program's service area as worldwide and publishes no country restrictions.
- You must be accepted: the program is selection-based, so meeting a funding band does not guarantee credits.
- Credits are spent on Together's platform (serverless inference, dedicated endpoints, fine-tuning, instant clusters), so you will need a Together AI account to use them.
You won't qualify if
- Credits do not apply to Reserved GPU Clusters (official footnote on the program page).
- Not an automatic or self-serve credit: every application is reviewed and only selected startups get in.
- Academic or independent research projects: Together runs a separate, invite-only Research Credits Program with small grants of a few hundred dollars, aimed at students doing research outside coursework; that is not this program.
- No published exclusions by country, company age, incorporation type, or prior Together usage; the funding bands are the only stated criteria.
Geography. Worldwide (service area stated in Together's program page structured data); no country restrictions published.
How to apply to Together AI Startup Accelerator
- 01Work out your tier from total funding raised: up to $5M = Build, $5M to $10M = Scale, over $10M = Grow.
- 02Open together.ai/startup-accelerator and scroll to the 'Submit your application' section (anchor #apply).
- 03Complete the embedded application form with your company, contact, funding and product details, then submit it. The page asks you to share all requested details so the team can review.
- 04Wait for Together's team to review; the page says only that they will review and get back to you (no review time is published).
- 05If accepted, follow the instructions in Together's response. How credits and engineering hours are delivered is not published on the program page.
Review time: Not published. Together says only that its team will review the form and get back to you.. Apply at www.together.ai/startup-accelerator#apply.
What changed in 2025 and 2026
New program: launched 15 Oct 2025 (inaugural cohort included Corridor and PlayerZero). The tier amounts on the current program page match the launch post, so no change to the published terms is evidenced. Separately, on 20 Jul 2026 Together AI and Y Combinator announced a dedicated GPU cluster for YC portfolio companies (short-term GPU rental at long-term rates, no long-term commitment; no credits announced). Also relevant: Together's docs say it does not currently offer free trials, and the first purchase for an organization must be at least $15 (then $5), so a wallet top-up is needed to use the platform.
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Together AI credits and your AWS bill
Together AI is a competing inference/GPU cloud, so these credits cannot be spent on AWS or Amazon Bedrock. Together has been sold through AWS Marketplace since 2 Dec 2024 and says AWS customers can use existing AWS cloud credits and committed spend to pay for it. AWS Activate terms make AWS Marketplace an eligible service for Activate credits solely for Bedrock third-party model spend, so Activate credits should not be counted on to cover a Together bill bought through Marketplace; confirm with AWS.
Together AI startup credits, answered
How much does Together AI give startups?
Together AI offers up to $50,000 in credits. There are 3 tiers: Build: Up to $15K in platform credits + 3 hours of forward-deployed engineering; Scale: Up to $30K in platform credits + 6 hours of forward-deployed engineering; Grow: Up to $50K in platform credits + 10 hours of forward-deployed engineering.
Does Together AI take equity?
No. Together AI Startup Accelerator is a credits program, not an investment; you keep 100% of your company. No referral needed; apply directly.
Who qualifies for Together AI Startup Accelerator?
Stage fit: Pre-seed to growth stage (tiered by total funding raised). You usually qualify if: you are a startup building an AI-native application (Together's own wording).; your tier is set by total funding raised: up to $5M (Build), $5M to $10M (Scale), over $10M (Grow).; stage range listed by Together: pre-seed to growth-stage AI startups. You will not qualify if: credits do not apply to Reserved GPU Clusters (official footnote on the program page).; not an automatic or self-serve credit: every application is reviewed and only selected startups get in.
How long does Together AI take to approve credits?
Not published. Together says only that its team will review the form and get back to you. Difficulty: moderate, a real application and usually some back and forth.
When do Together AI credits expire?
Not published for accelerator credits. Together's support article says prepaid balance credits currently have no expiration date, but it covers purchased prepaid credits and does not address program-granted credits, so confirm the expiry of accelerator credits in your acceptance email.
Can I combine Together AI credits with AWS credits?
Together AI is a competing inference/GPU cloud, so these credits cannot be spent on AWS or Amazon Bedrock. Together has been sold through AWS Marketplace since 2 Dec 2024 and says AWS customers can use existing AWS cloud credits and committed spend to pay for it. On AWS, CloudRoute matches you for free with a vetted partner who can file MAP, POC or IW funding when the workload qualifies and AWS approves it. The Together AI application you submit yourself.
