yourang.ai joins Claude Startups: how to apply

yourang.ai has joined Claude Startups, Anthropic's program for startups building with artificial intelligence: Anthropic, the company behind Claude, confirmed it on 7 October 2026. The program is open to many young companies, even without investors, and the application takes a few minutes online. In this guide we explain what it really offers, who can apply and how to submit your application step by step, with the official links.

Information current as of 7 October 2026, taken from the official program page: requirements and benefits can change, so always check there before applying.

What Claude Startups is

Claude Startups is how Anthropic supports startups that use Claude to build their products. On 6 October 2026 Anthropic expanded it, adding a year of Claude Team and a bundle of offers from partner companies.

One important point: this is not cash funding. The program gives credits, subscriptions and discounts that lower the cost of building with AI. For an early-stage startup they are still worth a lot, because these are costs you would otherwise pay every month.

What the program offers

Benefit	What it includes
Claude Team	One free year, up to 5 Premium seats, for organizations new to the Team plan
API credits	1,000 dollars in Claude API credits, with higher rate limits
Claude Startup Stack	Up to 45,000 dollars in credits and discounts from partner companies (including ElevenLabs, ClickHouse, Granola, Gamma, Hex)
Support	Office hours with Anthropic's Applied AI team, events, hackathons and community meetups
Partner funds	Founders backed by a fund in Anthropic's partner network can ask it for up to 100,000 dollars in extra API credits

Two details to know before you count on the credits: they expire 6 months after they are granted and only apply to the Claude API through Claude Console, not to AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex AI.

Who can apply

According to the official page, you can apply if your startup was:

• founded in the last 5 years or funded in the last 2 years;
• bootstrapped, pre-seed or venture-backed: you do not need a fund behind you.

To apply you need:

• a Claude Console account;
• a company email on the same domain as your website (no Gmail or personal addresses);
• a short description of what you are building and how you use Claude;
• to comply with Anthropic's usage policies.

Companies operating in, or serving customers in, the restricted countries listed in the program terms are excluded. There are no specific limits for Italian and European startups: in the European Union the services are provided by Anthropic Ireland Limited.

How to apply, step by step

1. Create or open your Claude Console account at platform.claude.com, using your company email.
2. Open the application form: platform.claude.com/offers/startups-application.
3. Fill in your company details: name, website, founding date, any funding and a clear description of the product and how you use Claude.
4. If you have an investor in the partner network, ask them first for the code or referral for the extra credits.
5. Wait for the decision by email: it often arrives within minutes, with a manual review usually taking 2-3 business days.
6. Redeem your offers from the Claude Startups page in the Console: that is where you find the Team plan, the API credits and the Startup Stack partner codes.

Our tips before you submit

• Match your email and website: the email must use the same domain as your company website, which should be live and clearly explain what you do.
• Be concrete in the description: what problem you solve, for whom, and where Claude fits in the product. Two or three clear sentences beat a pitch.
• Plan how you will use the credits: with a 6-month expiry, activate them when you have a project ready to build or test.
• Talk to your accountant: the terms note that credits may have tax implications, to be assessed under the rules of your country.
• Read the conditions: besides the general terms there is an addendum on additional benefits.

What it means for yourang.ai and our customers

We use Claude every day in development, to write and review the platform's code and to improve the website. The program gives us more tools to do this and direct contact with the people who build these models: for a company our size that means less time between an idea and the moment it reaches customers.

For people using our AI phone assistant nothing changes: plans and terms stay as on the pricing page, and the assistant stays model-independent, meaning it can work with models from different providers, chosen for quality on the phone.

Useful links

• Official Claude Startups page
• Application form
• Announcement of the program expansion (6 October 2026)
• Official program terms and addendum
• Claude Code guide for startups
• Anthropic events and Claude community events

If you want to hear how our assistant answers today, the quickest way is to try the demo: it calls you back within seconds.

Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic PBC. This article is not affiliated with Anthropic, and yourang.ai's admission to the program does not constitute an endorsement of our services by Anthropic.