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AssemblyAI Startup Program

Up to $150,000 in API credits for transcription, speaker diarization, and sentiment analysis.

$150,000
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✓Verified Sep 27, 2026

What you get

AssemblyAI Startup Program - up to $150,000 in API credits for transcription, speaker diarization, and sentiment analysis. AssemblyAI provides state-of-the-art speech-to-text AI models through a simple API. Their Universal model offers industry-leading accuracy across accents and audio quality, while LeMUR enables LLM-powered analysis of transcribed content. Features include real-time transcription, speaker diarization, sentiment analysis, entity detection, and chapter summaries. With PII redaction and custom vocabulary support, AssemblyAI handles enterprise use cases from call centers to podcasts. Powers voice features at Spotify, Vox, and CallRail

Eligibility

Pre-seed to Series A, or bootstrapped; building a product with voice or audio at its core; launching within 6 months.

  • Pre-seed to Series A, or bootstrapped
  • Building a product with voice or audio at its core
  • Launching within 6 months

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, bootstrapped

Approval time

About one week; 48 hours for portfolio companies of partner VCs and accelerators such as Accel and Y Combinator

Duration

12 months of credits; startup discounts continue afterwards

Exclusions

  • Startup pricing does not apply to LLM Gateway.

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