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Modal Startup Program

Up to $50,000 in compute credits for GPU/CPU serverless workloads.

$50,000
CreditsApplication form · ~5 daysPaid membershipBuild with AIai tool
✓Verified Sep 27, 2026

What you get

Modal Startup Program - up to $50,000 in compute credits for GPU/CPU serverless workloads. Modal is the cloud platform that makes deploying ML models and data pipelines effortless. Write Python code and Modal handles containers, GPUs, auto-scaling, and scheduling automatically. Run training jobs, fine-tuning, inference APIs, batch processing, and cron jobs without infrastructure complexity. Features include instant cold starts, automatic GPU allocation (A100, H100), and seamless local development. Used by companies like Suno, Ramp, and Substack for production ML workloads

Eligibility

Seed to Series A tier: raised any VC funding, or more than $1M from any fund; scaling tier: raised more than $30M, or post-Series B with a Modal network VC; new to Modal.

  • Seed to Series A tier: raised any VC funding, or more than $1M from any fund
  • Scaling tier: raised more than $30M, or post-Series B with a Modal network VC
  • New to Modal

Stages

Seed to Series B and beyond, in two tiers

Exclusions

  • Startups that already received credits in the same tier.

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