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Runware Grant Program
Grant Program
Funding and support for builders shipping with Runware.
Up to
$30,000
in API credits
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Program
What the grant includes
Grant duration
12 months of Runware API access to build and ship your product, with room to test before credits expire.
Credit volume
Up to $30,000 in API credits
Enough for over 750,000 image generations or more than 90 hours of generated video at average list pricing across modalities.
Community and support
Direct access to the Runware team and builder community channels.
Your grant runs on Runware's production platform, not a limited sandbox: the same model breadth and unit economics production teams rely on, with the scale to match from day one.
All AI models
Integrate once. Access thousands of models across every modality.
No vendor sprawl or fragmented tooling
Open and proprietary models side by side
Engineered for
Lowest cost
AI driven by custom hardware and a proprietary inference engine.
Up to 10× lower cost per generation, with no quality tradeoff
Pay per request, no commitments
Built for
Instant scale
Ship to millions of users in days, not months.
No infrastructure setup or capacity planning
Auto-routed across regions
Eligibility
Applicants
We look for products with early signs of real usage and a genuine need for genAI at their core.
A real product or a credible MVP, not just an idea on paper
An early-stage startup before Series A, bootstrapped teams welcome
Building or launching on Runware within the next six months
Reachable at a business email tied to your product or company
Committed to actively building with Runware once accepted
No venture funding or investor introduction required
Mission
Remove cost as a blocker
Cost should not block early builders from shipping with production-grade models. The Runware Grant Program gives startups API credits and support so you can integrate and iterate without upfront inference spend until you're ready to launch.
What builders ship on Runware
AI creative tools with image and video generation in one workflow
Productivity apps that edit user media through conversational prompts
Marketing platforms generating on-brand visuals and short-form video at scale
Developer tools that expose Runware models to downstream builders
Platform
One API across every modality
Integrate once and route requests across image, video, avatar, audio, and language models, plus 3D, without managing separate vendor contracts.
Image generation
Text-to-image and reference-driven generation with style control across open and proprietary models.
Video generation
Text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, plus reference inputs with native audio on supported models.
Image editing
Inpainting, outpainting, background removal, and upscaling through one API, along with prompt-based edits.
Video editing
Conversational edits and style transfer on existing footage, including object swaps and scene-level changes.
Audio
Speech and music generation, plus sound models for products that need synchronized media output.
LLMs
Text models for orchestration and captioning, alongside agent workflows and media generation.
3D
Mesh and asset generation for products that combine spatial output with 2D media pipelines.
Avatar
Talking-head and presenter video from a portrait plus audio or script, with lip sync and facial motion on supported avatar models.
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Submit the form with your product and stage, plus how you plan to use Runware.
Reviewed within 2 weeks
Our team reviews applications on a rolling basis and responds within two weeks.
Get credits and build
Approved grants receive API credits on your Runware account so you can integrate and ship.
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