Designed for early-stage startups to innovate and build powerful products from voice data. Early stage, pre-seed to Series A, bootstrapped teams welcome. 12 months of recurring free credits and discounted startup pricing. Credits work on Speech-to-text, Streaming speech-to-text and Dictation APIs.
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12 months of recurring free credits (amount not stated) plus discounted startup pricing
AssemblyAI sells speech AI APIs that turn live or recorded audio into text. Its startup program gives 12 months of recurring free credits on Speech-to-text, Streaming speech-to-text and Dictation, plus discounted pricing, forward deployed engineer help and co-marketing.
LiveVerified Oct 23, 2026 against the official page
- Who qualifies
- Bootstrapped through Series A, building with voice or audio, launching within 6 months
- How to claim
- Apply on the startup program page; applications are reviewed within one week
- Expiry
- ongoing (credits recur for 12 months)
Heads up. The credit amount is not published. Discounted pricing does not apply to LLM Gateway. Applications are reviewed within one week.
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Added Oct 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 23, 2026, 18:44 UTC
