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Startup With IBM
Accelerate Your Business

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$120,000
Of Technology Usage Credits
To Help Solve Real Problems
What Is
Startup
With IBM?
Experts Cloud IoT Blockchain AI Data

3.
IBM Will
Help You
Build
Launch
Connect
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Use Free
Credits
Learn
New Skills
Tap Into The
Community
Watson
Learning Lab
Exclusive
Meetups
Artificial
Intelligence
Developer
Pattern
Architecture
Reviews
Data
Analytics
Training
White
Boarding
Sessions

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What Are The
Benefits Of
The Program?
Program?

6.
Member
Levels
$1,000
per month
for one year
$10,000
per month
for one year
< $1M
in revenue
for 12months
In an approved
VC/Accelerator
/Incubator
Builder Premium
Credits on
IBM Cloud
Eligibility
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7.
Member
Levels
Build your solution using $1,000/ month for
one year of credits on IBM Cloud (Platform and
Infrastructure). Use these credits to host your
solution, as well as, to add exciting services like
Watson, Blockchain, Watson IoT and Security
to your solutions.
Builder Premium
Credits on
IBM Cloud
Eligibility
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Has not previously received IBM technology
credits, and has less than $1M in revenue for
the preceding 12 months.
Scale your solution using $10,000/month of
credits on IBM Cloud (Platform and
Infrastructure) for one year. Use these
credits to host your solution, as well as, to
add exciting services like Watson,
Blockchain, Watson IoT and Security. The
additional credits also can help you easily
configure bare metal GPU servers.
In an approved VC/Accelerator/Incubator.
Working with innovative technologies like
Blockchain, Watson, etc.

8.
Startup
Showcase
Gliding Eagle
uses IBM
Blockchain on the
IBM Cloud.
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9.
Dynepic’s iOKids
creates space for kids
with IBM Watson
Text to Speech on
IBM Cloud.
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10.
Panimood uses
IBM Cloud for
Moojis.
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What Is The Process
For Joining The Program?
1 2 3
Application Approval
Get Enrolled Into
IBM Builder
Package
Receive $1K
USD Cloud
Credits / month

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Eligibility Considerations
• Be actively engaged in development of a
software-based product or service that
will form a core piece of its current or
intended business.
• Meet the additional eligibility requirement
associated with each program level.
• Operate its own public website on their
own domain.
• Provide a contact email address on its
own domain.

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When Should I Apply To
The Premium Level?
Your custom portal allows you to keep on
top of your cloud usage. If you are
looking to migrate a large amount of data,
spin up a bare metal GPU server, or are
currently utilizing over 50% of your
credits, and preparing to scale further, it
might now be time to apply for Premium.

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If I Have Question
About My Application
Who Do I Contact?
Connect with us via
ibmge@us.ibm.com
for specific questions related to
your program application.