Open-source equity research project accepted into Claude Startups: $625/mo Team plan plus $1,000 API credits
Practical-Rise-1188 · reddit · 2026-10-07
An indie developer shares how their two-person, non-commercial open-source equity research project greekssoup got accepted into Anthropic's Claude Startups program: applied Monday night via Claude Console with a company email, eligibility appeared Tuesday morning — no call, no pitch deck.
Benefits: 12 months of Claude Team for 5 seats ($625/month), $1,000 in API credits expiring 180 days after claim, weekly office hours with Anthropic's Applied AI team on architecture, evals and cost, plus third-party offers like 12 months of ElevenLabs and $5,000 in ClickHouse credits. Caveats: credits work on Console API only, Anthropic may use the company name/logo, and a verification affidavit may be requested within 14 days or benefits are forfeited. The author cancelled Claude Max, ChatGPT Pro and Cursor subscriptions and plans to bring on student interns.
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