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Credits and in-kind

NVIDIA Inception

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

No cash and no fixed credit figure is published. Benefits are in-kind: 'Access free cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners', preferred pricing on select NVIDIA hardware and software, free Deep Learning Institute training credits, investor and co-marketing exposure. NVIDIA states 'Inception is free. The program doesn't have application fees, membership fees, or equity requirements.' Any dollar figures circulating in blogs are not published by NVIDIA, so amount is recorded as null.

Funder

NVIDIA Corporation

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling; membership applications accepted at any time.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Members must 'Employ at least one developer', 'Maintain a working website', 'Be officially incorporated' and 'Be less than 10 years old'. Explicitly excluded: consulting firms, cryptocurrency-associated companies, cloud service providers, resellers/distributors and public companies.

How to apply

  1. Apply online via the NVIDIA Inception page with company details and website. — link
  2. NVIDIA verifies incorporation, developer headcount and website.
  3. On acceptance, access partner cloud credits, preferred hardware pricing and DLI training via the Inception portal.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/

"Inception is free. The program doesn't have application fees, membership fees, or equity requirements."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.nvidia.com

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