Gladia gives voice AI startups $3,000 in free credits
$3,000 in speech-to-text and text-to-speech credits for 12 months
Gladia Startup Studio gives early-stage startups $3,000 in credits for 12 months across speech-to-text, text-to-speech and audio intelligence, roughly 1,200 hours of async transcription a month, plus a dedicated Field Developer Engineer. Startups referred by a Gladia VC partner get $3,500.
- Eligible plans
- Gladia speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio intelligence
- Eligibility
- Startups with fewer than 10 people, incorporated less than 2 years ago, with voice AI at the core of the product and a monetised product or clear path to it. No funding required. Agencies, consultancies and companies under a Gladia enterprise contract are not eligible. One application per company; sanctioned countries excluded.
- Benefit duration
- 12 months; the full credit pool is available from day one and unused credits expire
- Renewal terms
- After 12 months or once credits run out, you move to standard self-serve pay-as-you-go pricing with no integration changes.
The briefing
Gladia is a multilingual voice AI API with real-time and async speech-to-text in 100+ languages, plus text-to-speech and audio intelligence modules.
What you get
- $3,000 in credits for 12 months. The full balance is available from day one with no monthly caps, across real-time streaming and async processing. That covers roughly 1,200 hours a month of async transcription, depending on language, features and model tier.
- Startups referred by a Gladia VC partner get $3,500 and a faster review.
- A dedicated Field Developer Engineer for integration guidance, architecture advice and production troubleshooting.
Who can apply
- Fewer than 10 people and less than 2 years since incorporation.
- In development or in production, with speech-to-text or text-to-speech at the core of the use case.
- A monetised product or a clear path to monetisation. Agencies and consulting firms are not eligible.
- No minimum funding. Free-tier users can apply; companies under a Gladia enterprise contract cannot.
- Applicants must be 18+, one application per company. Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan and Syria are excluded.
In return, Gladia asks members to take part in community events, share their experience, collaborate on a case study and display the Gladia logo with a link on their website or product page.
How to apply
Fill out the short form on the Gladia Startup Studio page with your company, team size, product and expected usage. Decisions arrive within 7 business days. When the 12 months end or credits run out, you move to standard pay-as-you-go pricing and your integration keeps working.
