Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PDT · October 6, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Russell Brandom Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits On Tuesday, Anthropic announced an expansion of its Claude for Startups program, offering subsidized…
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In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PDT · October 6, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Russell Brandom Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits 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 plug-ins 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.” Companies are eligible if they were founded in the last five years or received funding in the last two years. Interested companies can apply through the Claude for Startups program page. Topics AI, Anthropic, In Brief, TC October 13 – 15 San Francisco Get 50% off a second passThe Disrupt experience is meant to be shared. Get your pass and bring a colleague, partner, or peer at 50% off. Cover more ground by making connections, building momentum, and discovering what’s next in the startup ecosystem. BOOK NOW Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related Startups Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet Julie Bort 8 hours ago AI How AI decision models could change content moderation Russell Brandom 8 hours ago AI OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU Aditya Mehta 1 day ago Latest in AI Startups Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product Marina Temkin 6 hours ago AI How AI decision models could change content moderation Russell Brandom 8 hours ago In Brief AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO Rebecca Bellan 9 hours ago