Introducing Nirvana Startup Credits: Up to $50,000 to Build and Scale

Introducing Nirvana Startup Credits: $1,000 for founders, up to $25,000 for backed startups and up to $50,000 for agent startups. No equity.

April Wong

06 Oct 2026 — 2 min read

A startup's infrastructure decisions become real quickly. A database grows, an analytics job takes longer, or an agent needs to keep its work between sessions. The next step should be a useful test: bring a workload, run it and see what changes.

We're introducing Nirvana Startup Credits to help early-stage teams take that step, with $1,000 for eligible founders and up to $50,000 for qualifying agent startups. We take no equity.

Three tiers for your next stage

Founders: $1,000. No investor or accelerator required. Apply without a call and use approved credits over 12 months.
Portfolio: up to $25,000. For startups backed by a credible investor, accelerator or incubator, with architecture support and 24 months to use the award.
Agents: up to $50,000. For backed startups building agents as their core product, with an emphasis on sandbox hours and Accelerated Block Storage capacity. Credits are valid for 24 months.

Start with the workload you want to improve

Bring a database under write pressure, a growing search index or an agent workspace that needs persistent files. Start small enough to understand the result, then decide what to move next.

Nirvana brings compute, storage, managed Kubernetes and agent sandboxes together. Accelerated Block Storage includes 20,000 sustained baseline IOPS per volume without a separate per-IOP surcharge.

We want the evaluation to answer practical questions: how does the workload perform, what does it cost to run, and what would migration involve?

How to apply

Tell us what you're running, your current infrastructure spend and how much you plan to move. Awards above $10,000 require an architecture review.

Eligible companies must be privately held, under 10 years old and pre-Series B, with a business email and valid payment method. Portfolio and Agents applicants also need proof of backing.

Founders credit covers invoices in full until used or expired. Portfolio and Agents credits are released monthly: the lesser of 40% of that month's invoice or one-twelfth of the award. The remaining invoice balance is payable.

Bring your workload. Find your tier.

Apply for Nirvana Startup Credits

Applications are subject to approval. Award amounts depend on workload, spend and migration scope. See full eligibility and programme terms.

About Nirvana Labs

Nirvana Labs is a high-performance storage cloud purpose built for blockchain, AI and databases i.e. the most demanding, real-time, stateful workloads. Accelerated Block Storage (ABS) offers 20K baseline IOPS included, no over provisioning. Nirvana Kubernetes Service (NKS) with Karpenter auto-scaling, high clock-speed compute and private networking. Backed by Jump Trading, Crucible, etc with 50+ customers live in production today.

Learn more at Nirvana Labs