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Up to $50,000 in API credits via Grove cohort program, plus rate limit upgrades and mentorship

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About this credit

OpenAI offers startup support through multiple programs. The OpenAI Grove program is a 5-week cohort-based program providing $50,000 in API credits with hands-on mentorship, time with solutions engineers, and early access to AI tools. A separate startup program offers $2,500 in API credits with rate limit upgrades — available through VC partner referral codes.

Credits cover GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, DALL-E, Whisper, and other models via the OpenAI API. Credits are valid for 12 months. OpenAI also offers a research support program with up to $1,000 for researchers.

Applications for Grove are seasonal (cohort-based), while the partner startup credits are ongoing through qualifying VCs.

What's included

Grove program: $50K in API credits (5-week cohort, application-based)
Startup program: $2,500 in API credits via VC partner referral
Access to GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, DALL-E, Whisper, and all OpenAI models
Rate limit upgrades for scaling
Early access to new AI tools
Time with OpenAI solutions engineers (Grove)
Credits valid for 12 months

Eligibility requirements

  • 01Grove: Individuals at any stage from pre-idea to product-ready (seasonal cohort applications)
  • 02Startup program: Must have referral code from a qualifying VC partner
  • 03Research program: Academic researchers (up to $1,000)