$50K to Build Future AI? Join the Daytona Startup Grid

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Daytona Startup Grid, our new startup program designed to empower early-stage companies building the future of AI and developer tools. No strings attached.

Fuel Your Startup's Growth

Daytona Startup Grid provides ambitious startups with immediate access to our cutting-edge AI sandboxing infrastructure:

• Instant Access: $10K in Daytona credits upon acceptance

• Scalable Support: Easy pathway to unlock up to $50K as your needs grow

• Partner Fast Track: $25K If you come through one of our partners VCs and accelerators + pathway to another $50K

• Lightning-Fast Infrastructure: Leverage our sub-90ms sandbox creation and secure runtime environments

• Technical Guidance: Direct access to our engineering team for implementation support

Built on Proven Community Foundations

Daytona Startup Grid builds directly on the success and insights gained from our Daytona Pacers program. Through Pacers, we've cultivated a vibrant community of advocates and technical leaders who have helped shape our understanding of what startups truly need to succeed in the AI space.

Having access to a startup program that offers free credits for a key infrastructure product, such as ours, can be absolutely game-changing for an early-stage startup. These credits remove a significant cost barrier, allowing founders to focus their limited resources on product development, customer acquisition, and market fit rather than infrastructure expenses. Beyond the financial relief, this program is accelerating a startup’s ability to experiment, scale, and iterate. In a stage where every dollar and every hour matters, this kind of support can mean the difference between struggling to launch and confidently building toward growth.

Why Do We Do It

If you're a company building tech infrastructure like us and you don’t have a startup program, you're leaving massive strategic value on the table. Sure, the obvious win is hooking early-stage companies before they scale - today’s scrappy team of three could be tomorrow’s unicorn spending millions on our stack.

But it goes deeper.

Startups are innovation engines: they build bleeding-edge solutions, break things in ways enterprise clients never will, and push your product into new, uncharted territory. That feedback loop is gold (as Banya would say: That's gold, Jerry! Gold!). We’re not just seeding future revenue - we’re fueling your own roadmap, discovering unconventional use cases, co-creating with the next wave of market shapers, and opening doors to joint ventures, co-investments, and long-tail industry plays you wouldn't dream up in-house. It’s not charity, it’s not a sales hook - it’s a strategic growth machine with foresight; on steroids.

Perfect for AI-First Startups

Whether you're building AI agents, developing LLM-powered applications, or creating developer tools for the AI ecosystem, Daytona Startup Grid provides the ideal foundation with:

• Isolated environments for secure AI-generated code execution

• Massive parallelization for concurrent AI workflows

• Stateful operations with environment snapshots

• Pay-per-use model that scales efficiently from zero

How to Apply

Joining Daytona Startup Grid takes less than 5 minutes. Simply:

1. Fill out our straightforward application form at daytona.io/startups (you need a link to your deck, the rest will take you less than 2 mins)

2. Share your 100-word startup story (we accept AI-generated text; wink wink)

3. Our team will review the application and respond asap (test us how quick are we in getting back to you )

Ready to Ignite Your Startup?

Don't let infrastructure challenges and cost slow down your innovation. Apply today and leverage Daytona's powerful AI runtime infrastructure to drive your startup's success.