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Source","AI and Developer Credits","Ambassadors","Program","Star History"],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"# Awesome Builder Programs\n\n[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/doanbactam/awesome-builder-programs/stargazers\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/stars/doanbactam/awesome-builder-programs?style=flat\" alt=\"Stars\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\nA list of programs that provide credits, grants, or tools for people building things.\n\nIncludes programs for:\n\n- students\n- startups\n- open-source maintainers\n- independent developers\n\nOnly official program pages are listed.\n\n---\n\n## Contents\n\n* [Students](#students)\n* [Open source](#open-source)\n* [Startups](#startups)\n* [AI and developer credits](#ai-and-developer-credits)\n* [Ambassadors](#ambassadors)\n* [Contributing](#contributing)\n---\n\n## Students\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Cursor for Students](https://cursor.com/students) | Cursor | Cursor Pro free for 1 year (~$240 value) |\n| [Codex for Students](https://chatgpt.com/codex/students) | Codex | $100 in credits for use in Codex | \n| [DigitalOcean Student Credits](https://www.digitalocean.com/github-students) | DigitalOcean | Cloud credits via GitHub Student Developer Pack |\n| [Figma for Education](https://www.figma.com/education/) | Figma | Free design tools for students |\n| [GitLab for Education](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/) | GitLab | Free GitLab Ultimate for education |\n| [GitHub Student Developer Pack](https://education.github.com/pack) | GitHub | Developer tools bundle (~$10k value) |\n| [Kiro for students](https://kiro.dev/students/) | Kiro | 1,000 credits per month free for one year | \n| [JetBrains Student Pack](https://www.jetbrains.com/community/education/#students) | JetBrains | Free IDE licenses |\n| [Microsoft Azure for Students](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/) | Microsoft | Azure credits and dev tools |\n| [YC AI Student Starter Pack](https://deals.ycombinator.com/students) | Y Combinator | Credits and tools for students building AI projects (~25K value) |\n| [Zed Student Plan](https://zed.dev/education) | Zed | All Zed Pro features for 12 months|\n\n---\n\n## Open Source\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Claude for Open Source](https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss) | Anthropic | Claude Max access 6 month |\n| [Capy AI OSS](https://capy.ai/open-source) | Capy AI | All Capy features — parallel agents, multi-model |\n| [Microsoft Foss Fund](https://github.com/microsoft/foss-fund) | Microsoft | Receive up to $12,500 USD |\n| [OpenAI Codex for Open Source](https://openai.com/form/codex-for-oss) | OpenAI | ChatGPT Pro access 6 month  |\n| [Upstash for Open Source](https://upstash.com/open-source) | Upstash | $1,000 Monthly credit grant |\n\n---\n\n## Startups\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [AWS Activate](https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits) | AWS | Cloud credits (up to $100k) |\n| [Cloudflare for Startups](https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/) | Cloudflare | Get up to $250,000 in Cloudflare credits |\n| [Clerk for Startups](https://clerk.com/startups) | Clerk | Authentication infrastructure credits |\n| [Daytona](https://www.daytona.io/startups) | Daytona | $50k in Daytona credits |\n| [Datadog for Startups](https://www.datadoghq.com/partner/datadog-for-startups/) | Datadog | A year of free Datadog Pro |\n| [Google Cloud AI Startup Program](https://cloud.google.com/startup/ai) | Google | AI startup credits (up to $350k) |\n| [Google Cloud Startup Program](https://cloud.google.com/startup) | Google | Cloud credits and support |\n| [Kiro for startup](https://kiro.dev/blog/bringing-back-startup-credits/) | Kiro | 1,000 credits per month free for one year | \n| [Microsoft Founders Hub](https://www.microsoft.com/startups) | Microsoft | Azure credits |\n| [Mixpanel](https://mixpanel.com/startups-apply/) | Mixpanel | First year of Mixpanel for free | \n| [Micro](https://miro.com/startups/apply/) | Micro | $500 - $1,000 in credits | \n| [PlanetScale for Startups](https://planetscale.com/startups) | PlanetScale | Serverless MySQL database credits |\n| [PostHog for Startups](https://posthog.com/startups) | Startups | Product analytics credits (up to ~$50k) |\n| [Retool for Startups](https://retool.com/startups) | Retool | Free Retool access for early-stage startups (up to ~$60k value) |\n| [Sentry for Startups](https://sentry.io/for/startups/) | Sentry | Get up to $5,000 in credits and priority support |\n| [Stripe Atlas](https://stripe.com/atlas) | Stripe | Company formation + partner perks |\n| [Vercel Startups](https://vercel.com/startups) | Vercel | Hosting credits |\n| [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com) | Y Combinator | Up to $500.000 |\n| [ZAI Startups](https://startup.z.ai/) | Z Ai | Free API Credits ZAI model |\n| [Render](https://render.com/startups) | Render | $5K in startup credits |\n\n---\n\n## AI and Developer Credits\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Anthropic Startup Program](https://www.anthropic.com/startups) | Anthropic | Claude API credits |\n| [Hugging Face Startups](https://huggingface.co/startups) | Hugging Face | AI infrastructure support |\n| [Kiro](https://kiro.dev/startups/) | Kiro | Kiro Pro+ credits at three tiered packages 1 years |\n| [OpenAI Startup Program](https://openai.com/startups) | OpenAI | API credits |\n| [Together AI Research Credits Program](https://www.together.ai/research-credits-program-request) | Together AI | Research credits for AI projects |\n\n---\n## Ambassadors\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Claude Code](https://claude.com/community/ambassadors) | Anthropic | API Credits |\n| [OpenAI Ambassadors Program](https://developers.openai.com/codex/ambassadors) | OpenAI | API credits |\n| [Qwen Ambassadors](https://qwen.ai/ambassador) | Alibaba Qwen | API credits |\n\n---\n## Program\n\n| Program | Provider | Benefit |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Research Residency Program](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/ai-research-residency) | Perplexity | $220,000 annualized base salary. |\n\n# Contributing\n\nContributions are welcome!\n\nBefore adding a program:\n\n* Link to the official program page\n* Make sure the program is still active\n* Avoid affiliate or referral links\n\n**Format for adding a new program:**\n\n```markdown\n| [Program Name](https://official-page.com) | Provider | Description of benefits |\n|---|---|---|\n```\n\nSubmit a pull request to add new programs.\n\n---\n## Star History\n\n[![Star History 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