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Anthropic eligibility criteria
This offer is available to all new LLM API users with corporate email domains. Whether it is a solo developer building an initial wrapper or a tech founder scaling a SaaS, those who have not previously claimed this specific LLM API promotion are eligible.
General eligibility requirements include:
- Signing up with a corporate email domain.
- Spending at least $300 in credits on any Anthropic models.
This initiative helps the developer community bypass the "credit card fatigue" associated with managing multiple AI providers.
How to redeem free Anthropic credits
To claim the free $300 in AI credits, users should follow these steps:
- Sign up using a corporate email domain.
- Generate the first API key.
- Spend at least $300 in credits on any Anthropic models to unlock the offer.
Once these steps are completed, the $300 credit is applied to the account, ready for Anthropic API calls via the LLM API gateway.
About Anthropic and LLM API
Anthropic's Claude models are renowned for their high-quality reasoning, nuanced instruction following, and industry-leading safety standards. Accessing Claude through the LLM API gateway provides enterprise-grade infrastructure with the flexibility of a developer-first platform.
LLM API is the world’s first fee-free gateway. While competitors often operate on a subscription and fee model (typically 5-5.5% on credits), the LLM API gateway is free. Users pay $0 per seat and a 0% credit fee. The platform sustains itself through cloud partnerships and exchange programs, passing 100% of the savings to the users.
What founders use Anthropic for
Founders utilize Anthropic across various industries to power modern software:
- SaaS Platforms and APIs: Integrating advanced reasoning and nuanced text generation.
- Coding Assistants: Generating and debugging complex logic with high precision.
- Research Tools: Processing large documents and datasets for deep insights.
- Creative Writing: Building applications that sound more natural and follow complex instructions.
- Mobile and Web Apps: Providing safe and reliable AI interactions for users.
Why growing startups choose LLM API to build and scale on AI
AI costs can escalate quickly during the R&D phase. By utilizing these credits, startups can effectively cover their initial months of development.
- Zero Markup: Users pay the exact provider price for tokens with 0% gateway fees.
- Enterprise Security: Full privacy with zero data retention; data is never used for training.
- Cost Control: Hard budget limits and quotas per team prevent overspending.
- Max Uptime: Automatic fallbacks reroute traffic instantly if a provider experiences downtime.
- Unified Management: API keys, team access, and shared credits are managed in one dashboard.
- Total Flexibility: Access to 400+ models via one API allows for optimization of speed, cost, or logic.
Anthropic ecosystem advantage
Choosing Anthropic through LLM API allows founders to join a platform built for scale:
- Industry-Leading Reasoning: Leveraging Claude 3.5 Sonnet for complex problem-solving.
- Large Context Windows: Processing up to 200k tokens to analyze massive datasets in one go.
- Automatic Fallbacks: LLM API routes requests to ensure 100% uptime if a specific region is slow.
- Consolidated Billing: Anthropic usage is tracked alongside all other models in a single dashboard.
Anthropic from a founder's perspective
For founders, managing infrastructure costs is critical to increasing runway. Anthropic offers a unique balance of intelligence and safety, but managing multiple API keys can be a hurdle. Free credits provide a strategic way to reduce initial overhead.
$300 can cover millions of tokens on Claude 3.5 Haiku, enabling the processing of thousands of customer queries or the analysis of massive datasets without immediate expenditure. This offers a risk-free method to stress-test models before transitioning to a paid tier.
Alternatives to Anthropic Claude
If Claude isn't the right fit, founders have several other ways to access Anthropic Claude models, each with different trade-offs around cost, flexibility and setup complexity.
FAQs
How much Anthropic credit can a founder receive?
Eligible founders receive $300 in credits to cover Anthropic usage on the LLM API platform.
What can the Anthropic credits be used for?
Credits are applicable to any models in the Claude family.
Can existing LLM API users apply?
The offer is open to new LLM API users who have not previously claimed this specific promotion.
How long do the credits last?
Credits are utilized on a pay-as-you-go basis until the $300 balance is exhausted.
Is Anthropic suitable for non-technical founders?
Yes. Many founders utilize it for simple prompts and content generation before expanding into advanced API integrations as the business grows.
Deal change log
- 3rd Feb 2026 - Deal added