Supercharge your startup with Nebius AI Cloud

Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI startups to help them scale faster.

Access exclusive discounts, hands-on support and a world-class community — all backed by best-in-class AI infrastructure designed to scale your AI workloads for far less time and money than other cloud providers.

Why Nebius for startups

Built for AI startups

Our cloud platform is purpose-built for AI and ML teams, providing the infrastructure, performance, and flexibility needed to scale breakthrough innovations. We understand the unique challenges startups face in the early stages — tight budgets, evolving models, and growing compute demands — which is why we offer enterprise-grade resources at startup-friendly pricing.

Access to our state of the art AI platform

By joining our program, you gain access to cutting-edge cloud solutions, expert guidance, and a thriving AI ecosystem designed to accelerate your success. Share your project with us to unlock exclusive benefits tailored to AI-first startups, empowering you to build, train, and deploy with confidence.

Program tiers

AI Explorer

Benefits

$5,000 in free to use AI Cloud credits


Eligibility criteria

  • Up to $5M raised.
  • 10 or fewer employees.
  • AI-first product.
  • Founded within the last five years.
  • Established, legally incorporated company.
  • Preferably venture or accelerator-backed.

AI Builder

Benefits

Up to $50,000 in usage-based AI Cloud discounts


Eligibility criteria

  • Minimum $5M raised.
  • AI-first product, beyond prototype stage with growing compute demand.
  • Founded within the last five years.
  • Established, legally incorporated company.
  • Affiliated with an approved startup partner.

AI Scaler

Benefits

Up to $100,000 in usage-based AI Cloud discounts


Eligibility criteria

  • Minimum $10M raised.
  • AI-first product with substantial compute demand.
  • Founded within the last seven years.
  • Established, legally incorporated company.
  • Affiliated with an approved startup partner.

Why startups love Nebius

Max efficiency with 90% GPU utilization

Responsive support from real humans

No traps. Simple, founder-friendly terms

Pricing for on-demand or reserved GPUs

Sophisticated MLOps stack

Scalable infra without redesign

High uptime and predictable performance

Priority access to the latest NVIDIA GPUs

Submit your application

Nebius for Startups partners with the most promising, AI-native startups — from pre-seed to pre-IPO.
While we welcome all applications, our primary focus is on venture-backed startups in need of a dynamic AI infrastructure partner.

FAQ

Larger grants are deployed based on consumption and are used to greatly offset your usage of the Nebius platform.

Start your AI journey today