2 NovCloses today
ERA NYC, Winter 2027 cohort
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator · New York, USA
$150,000 for 6%post-money SAFE
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
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50 open · 2 fellowships & residencies · 18 grants · 15 compute & cloud credits · 13 accelerators · 2 competitions & prizesAI funding for founders
Grants that take no equity, free cloud and GPU credits, accelerators and prizes for AI startups. We show what each one gives and, where the organiser says so, what it takes, so you can stack the right ones.
Times and time zones vary by organiser, so check the page.
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2 NovCloses today
Y Combinator, Winter 2027 batch
Y Combinator · San Francisco, USA
$500,000 standard deal$125K for 7% + $375K uncapped MFN SAFE
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
6 Nov4 days left
iX Challenge: Edge AI with Low Size, Weight, Power and CostNEW
Innovate UK Business Connect (Innovation Exchange) · UK
Grant funding request up to £60,000
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
9 Nov7 days left
BSC AI Factory Accelerator Programme, Call 1
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC AI Factory) · Spain (hybrid)
14-week equity-free programmewith supercomputing access (cash amount not stated)
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
Upcoming deadlines
11 Nov9 days left
0G Apollo AI Accelerator, Cohort 2
0G and xBuilders · Remote + Stanford graduation
Up to $2M investment per project(subject to diligence) plus perks
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
11 Nov9 days left
Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1NEW
Innovate UK · UK
Share of up to £3.1 millionproject costs £150,000–£250,000
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
13 Nov11 days left
Physical AI Growth Lab
UnternehmerTUM Accelerator with Microsoft, Infineon and NVIDIA · Munich, Germany (hybrid)
Free, equity-free; up to €350K Microsoft Azure credits plus NVIDIA Inception credits and hardware discounts
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
15 Nov13 days left
Constellation Founders ResidencyNEW
Constellation · Berkeley, CA, USA
No cost, no equity (stipend not stated)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
18 Nov16 days left
Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI SystemsNEW
Innovate UK · UK
Share of up to £1.66 millionproject costs £50,000–£150,000
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
18 Nov16 days left
Techstars AI Health Baltimore 2027NEW
Techstars · Baltimore, US
$220,000 investment per company
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
20 Nov18 days left
Mozilla Foundation Incubator: Human-Scale AI cohortNEW
Mozilla Foundation · Global
Up to $500,000over three years without giving up equity (up to $200,000 more possible)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
29 Nov27 days left
Cities Deliver: AI Solutions for Public ServicesNEW
The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation · Global
Grants of $500,000 to $2 million$50 million committed
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
30 Nov28 days left
GreenMind Sustainable AI Hackathon 2.0NEW
Green Computing Foundation · India / online
₹1,50,000 in awards
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
30 Nov28 days left
Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2027 (deep tech)NEW
Hello Tomorrow · Global
€200K equity prize
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
1 Dec29 days left
AI Founder Sprint 2027NEW
Venture Lab (AI Founder Sprint) · Online
Free 10-week virtual programmeno equity
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
1 Dec29 days left
ARIA Robot Dexterity: Benchmarks, Standards and Interoperability callNEW
ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency) · UK
Programme backed by £88.5msee the RFP for per-project funding
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
4 Dec32 days left
ARIA Robot Locomotion programme call (concept papers)NEW
ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency) · UK / any location
Not stated per award (£60m programme)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
6 Dec34 days left
Conception X Venture Scientist 100 (Spring 2027)NEW
Conception X · UK / Europe (hybrid)
Free programme, no fees and no equity taken; top performers can pitch partner investors for up to £300k (XTX Ventures + CX angel syndicate)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Dec36 days left
BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and ComplianceNEW
Innovate UK BridgeAI (IUK Business Connect) · UK
Projects between £100,000 and £200,000share of up to £5 million
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Dec36 days left
BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Decision Critical SystemsNEW
Innovate UK BridgeAI (IUK Business Connect) · UK
Projects between £100,000 and £200,000share of up to £5 million
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Dec36 days left
BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Operational SystemsNEW
Innovate UK · UK
Share of up to £5 milliongrant request £100,000–£200,000 per project
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
9 Dec37 days left
NEXT AI 2027 cohortNEW
NEXT Canada · Toronto / Montréal / remote, Canada
No equity, no funding (investor network access)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
15 Dec43 days left
EIT AI & Robotics Factory XNEW
EIT AI & Robotics Community · Europe
€500,000 to €900,000 per consortiumco-funded
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
15 Feb 2027105 days left
Foundry3 Agentic AI Accelerator (women-led startups, 2027)NEW
Foundry3 · London, UK
Not stated
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Mar 2027126 days left
Techstars London Accelerator (2027)NEW
Techstars · London, UK
Not stated by the organiser
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
18 Mar 2027136 days left
Horizon Europe: EU Frontier AI Initiative (HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11)NEW
European Commission (Horizon Europe) · EU / associated countries
Not stated in the call summary (see the Funding & Tenders portal)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
Rolling, or date not yet published
Date TBCSee listing
Entrepreneur First
Entrepreneur First · London / Bangalore / San Francisco
Up to $250K investment once you form a company; $600K+ in credits (incl. $350K Azure)
Verified 31 Oct
Date TBCSee listing
GTR AI Safety FundNEW
Global Technology Risk (GTR) Foundation · Global
Funding for people and early-stage organisations in AI safety (amount set per case)
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing
RICH Hub Climate AI Innovation: support and scaling grantsNEW
Research & Innovation for Climate (RICH) Hub, Local Development Research Institute · Africa
Potential scaling grants of up to USD 200,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing
Runpod Startup ProgramNEW
Runpod · Global
Starter Tier: $1,000 in credits; Growth Tier: $25,000 bonus credits when you commit $50,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing
Sentient Foundation Open Source AGI Grant ProgramNEW
Sentient Foundation · Global
$42M committedno equity
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing
Together AI Startup AcceleratorNEW
Together AI · Global
Up to $15K(raised up to $5M), $30K ($5M–$10M) or $50K (over $10M) in platform credits, plus forward-deployed engineering hours
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing
Z FellowsNEW
Z Fellows · San Francisco, US
Optional $10,000 investment($1B valuation cap); one week with founders of billion-dollar companies
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time
ARIA Safeguarded AI: Cybersecurity (Track 1) rolling fundingNEW
ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency) · UK (international applicants per ARIA rules)
Not stated per award (£59m programme)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time
AWS Activate Credits
Amazon Web Services · Global
Up to $5,000(self-funded) or up to $200,000 (with an Activate Provider Org ID); invite-only $200K+ for AI startups at scale
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
Cloudflare for Startups
Cloudflare · Global
$10K, $100K or $350K in credits for a year, by stage
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
Databricks for Startups
Databricks · Global
Up to $200K in credits for Databricks and Neon
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
ElevenLabs Grants
ElevenLabs · Global
12 months of free access to the ElevenLabs platform (up to 33M text characters)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
EuroHPC AI Factories Playground AccessNEW
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking · EU
Free access for eligible users (hours not stated)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time
EuroHPC Large Scale Access to AI FactoriesNEW
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking · EU
Large GPU allocations (size per call documents)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time
Google for Startups Cloud Program: AI track
Google Cloud · Global
Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud creditsover 2 years (AI-first startups)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
Grok for Startups
SpaceXSI · Global
Credits sized to ~six months of realistic usage across Grok, Grok Build, Grok Bot and the Grok API (amount varies)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
Isambard-AI and Zenith (AIRR) Rapid Access route for UK SMEsNEW
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · UK
20,000 GPU hours on the Isambard-AI and Zenith AIRR supercomputers, used within three months; no funding
Verified 2 Nov
RollingApply any time
Microsoft for Startups
Microsoft · Global
Up to $150,000 in Azure credits
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
Modal for Startups
Modal · Global
Free GPU credits (amount not stated by the organiser)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIA · Global
Free programme: cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners, VC introductions, discounts (amounts not stated)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time
OVHcloud Startup ProgramNEW
OVHcloud · Global (EU provider)
Free cloud credits: tiers of €10,000 and up to €100,000
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time
Project Tailwind: funding to start new AI safety organisationsNEW
Coefficient Giving · Global
Pre-seed $200k – $2m(research or planning grants over 9-18 months); seed $2m – $20m; scale $20m – $200m+
Verified 2 Nov
RollingApply any time
Survival and Flourishing Fund: Speculation Grants (rolling)NEW
Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF) · Global
Expedited grants approved by ~40 Speculators(budgets typically around $400k each); not stated per grant
Verified 2 Nov
RollingApply any time
Women TechEU 2 EICNEW
Women TechEU (European Innovation Council) · EU / Horizon Europe associated countries
€75,000 non-dilutive fundingplus mentoring
Verified 1 Nov
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Read before you apply
Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding on this page.
- AcceleratorsGuide
How AI startup accelerators work
Accelerators trade money, mentoring and connections for a share of your company, or sometimes for nothing at all. This guide explains the deals, the differences between programmes and how applying works.
By advance.to · 4 min read - Compute creditsGuide
How free GPU and cloud credits for AI work
Compute is often the biggest cost of building or researching AI, and most big providers give some of it away to startups and researchers. This guide explains how those programmes work and what to check before you rely on them.
By advance.to · 3 min read - GrantsGuide
How AI research and startup grants work
A grant is money for a defined piece of work that you don't pay back and that doesn't cost you equity. This guide explains how AI grants work in the UK, Europe and beyond, using open calls from our listings as examples.
By advance.to · 5 min read
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