Daytona Startup Grid

Daytona provides secure, isolated sandbox infrastructure engineered for running AI-generated code, agentic workflows, and dynamic development environments. Through the Daytona Startup Grid, qualifying early-stage and high-growth companies can access substantial compute credits to develop, benchmark, and deploy AI software without upfront infrastructure expenses.

Offer Details & Credit Tiers

• $10,000 Immediate Grant: Accepted startups receive $10,000 in Daytona platform credits deposited directly into their account upon onboarding.
• Up to $100,000 Scale Tier: Startups with high-throughput compute requirements can unlock up to $100,000 in total credits as their workloads expand.
• Flexible Consumption: Credits apply across Fully Managed PaaS, Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), and dedicated enterprise setups.

Supported Use Cases

• Coding Agents & Code Interpreters: Fast sandbox lifecycles for runtime environments like OpenHands, automated evaluation pipelines, and SWE-bench testing.
• AI Evaluation & Isolation: Execute untrusted LLM-generated code inside safe, isolated micro-environments.
• Data Analysis & Computer Use: Multi-modal workflows, web navigation agents, and heavy data transformation tasks.
• Compute Flexibility: On-demand hardware configurations covering standard vCPUs, memory, GPUs, TPUs, and LPUs.

Eligibility & Application

• Venture-Backed Startups: Accelerated review for startups backed by partner funds including Y Combinator, Techstars, a16z speedrun, Sequoia Capital, Accel, Index Ventures, and Bessemer.
• Bootstrapped Startups: Open to self-funded companies with active AI use cases.
• Fast Review: Applications submitted through Daytona Startups require basic company details, pitch deck link, and use case scope, with responses typically returned within a few hours.