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Startup Program update: empowering every stage of the startup journey

During Cloudflare’s Birthday Week in September 2024, we introduced a revamped Startup Program designed to make it easier for startups to adopt Cloudflare through a new credits system. This update focused on better aligning the program with how startups and developers actually consume Cloudflare, by providing them with clearer insight into their projected usage, especially as they approach graduation from the program.

Today, we’re excited to announce an expansion to that program: new credit tiers that better match startups at every stage of their journey. But before we dive into what’s new, let’s take a quick look at what the Startup Program is and why it exists.

Cloudflare for Startups provides credits to help early-stage companies build the next big idea on our platform. Startups accepted into the program receive credits valid for one year or until they’re fully used, whichever comes first.

Beyond credits, the program includes access to up to three domains with enterprise-level services, giving startups the same advanced tools we provide to large companies to protect and accelerate their most critical applications.

We know that building a startup is expensive, and Cloudflare is uniquely positioned to support the full-stack Continue reading

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Startup spotlight: building AI agents and accelerating innovation with Cohort #5

With quick access to flexible infrastructure and innovative AI tools, startups are able to deploy production-ready applications with speed and efficiency. Cloudflare plays a pivotal role for countless applications, empowering founders and engineering teams to build, scale, and accelerate their innovations with ease — and without the burden of technical overhead. And when applicable, initiatives like our Startup Program and Workers Launchpad offer the tooling and resources that further fuel these ambitious projects.

Cloudflare recently announced AI agents, allowing developers to leverage Cloudflare to deploy agents to complete autonomous tasks. We’re already seeing some great examples of startups leveraging Cloudflare as their platform of choice to invest in building their agent infrastructure. Read on to see how a few up-and-coming startups are building their AI agent platforms, powered by Cloudflare.

Founded in 2023, Lamatic.ai empowers SaaS startups to seamlessly integrate intelligent AI agents into their products. Lamatic.ai simplifies the deployment of AI agents by offering a fully managed lifecycle with scalability and security in mind. SaaS providers have been leveraging Lamatic to replatform their AI workflows via a no-code visual builder to reduce technical debt Continue reading

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Startup Program revamped: build and grow on Cloudflare with up to $250,000 in credits

Today, we’re pleased to offer startups up to $250,000 in credits to use on Cloudflare’s Developer Platform. This new credits system will allow you to clearly see usage and associated fees to plan for a predictable future after the $250,000 in credits have been used up or after one year, whichever happens first.

You can see eligibility criteria and apply to the start-up program here. 

What can you use the credits for?

Credits can be applied to all Developer Platform products, as well as Argo and Cache Reserve. Moreover, we provide participants with up to three Enterprise-level domains, which includes CDN, DDoS, DNS, WAF, Zero Trust, and other security and performance products that a participant can enable for their website.

Developer tools and building on Cloudflare

You can use credits for Cloudflare Developer Platform products, including those listed in the table below.

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Speed and performance with Cloudflare

We know that founders need all the help they can get when starting their businesses. Beyond the Developer Platform, you can also use the Startup Program for our speed Continue reading