[metadata]
author: Plivo
creator: Plivo
description: Get Plivo credits to power your startup's AI agents, voice, SMS, and WhatsApp communications. Apply for the partner grant today.
generator: Astro v5.18.1
keywords: AI Agents, Voice AI, Conversational AI, Customer Engagement, SMS API, Voice API, WhatsApp Business, Chat Automation, Customer Support AI, No-code AI, Plivo
og:description: Get Plivo credits to power your startup's AI agents, voice, SMS, and WhatsApp communications. Apply for the partner grant today.
og:image: https://www.plivo.com/og-image.jpg
og:image:alt: Plivo - AI Agents to Automate Your Customer Engagement
og:image:height: 630
og:image:width: 1200
og:site_name: Plivo
og:title: Startup Credits Program | Plivo | Plivo
og:type: website
og:url: https://www.plivo.com/startups/
publisher: Plivo Inc.
robots: index, follow
title: Startup Credits Program | Plivo | Plivo
twitter:card: summary_large_image
twitter:creator: @plivo
twitter:description: Get Plivo credits to power your startup's AI agents, voice, SMS, and WhatsApp communications. Apply for the partner grant today.
twitter:image: https://www.plivo.com/og-image.jpg
twitter:site: @plivo
twitter:title: Startup Credits Program | Plivo | Plivo
twitter:url: https://www.plivo.com/startups/
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=5

[canonical-links]
https://www.plivo.com/startups/

[document-links]
/
AI Agents: /ai-agents/
About: /about/
Audio Streaming quickstart: https://www.plivo.com/docs/voice-agents/audio-streaming/overview
Audio Streaming: /audio-streaming/
Compliance: /security/
Contact sales: /contact/sales/
Create your account: https://cx.plivo.com/signup
Documentation: https://www.plivo.com/docs/
Explore Plivo Labs: https://github.com/plivo-labs
Get support: https://support.plivo.com/
Jobs: /jobs/
Learn more about our cookies: /cookie-policy/
Learn more: /cookie-policy/
Legal: /legal/tos/
LiveKit: /livekit/
Login: https://cx.plivo.com/login
Phone Numbers: /phone-numbers/
Pipecat: /pipecat/
Platform status: https://status.plivo.com/
Pricing: /pricing/
SIP Trunking guide: https://www.plivo.com/docs/voice-agents/sip-trunking/overview
SIP Trunking: /sip-trunking/
SMS: /sms/overview/
Sign up for free: https://cx.plivo.com/signup
Sign up for free: https://plivo.com/signup
Talk to sales: /contact/sales/
Talk to sales: https://www.plivo.com/contact/sales/
Talk to us: https://www.plivo.com/contact/sales/
Verify: /verify/
Voice: /voice/overview/
WhatsApp: /whatsapp/overview/
chat: /chat/overview/
https://github.com/plivo
https://www.facebook.com/Plivo/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/plivo-inc
https://www.youtube.com/@plivo
https://x.com/plivo
quickstart →: /docs/quickstart/
sms: /sms/overview/
voice: /voice/overview/
whatsapp: /whatsapp-message/overview/

[content]
Startup Credits Program | Plivo | Plivo
Skip to main content
AI Agents
/
Telephony
/
Developers
/
Pricing
Login
Contact sales
Sign up for free
Sign up for free
01
startup program
available on
·
voice
sms
whatsapp
chat
Build with the community
that's building
voice AI.
From two-person teams to growth-stage startups, founders choose Plivo to ship faster and scale further.
Claim your Plivo credits
A Plivo account is required to claim your credits. Not signed up yet?
Create your account
Full Name
*
Plivo Registered Email
*
Your Role
*
Select your role
Founder / Co-founder
CTO / Developer
Product Manager
Business Development
Other
Partner Fund
*
Select partner fund
3one4 Capital
South Park Commons
South Park Commons US
Nexus Ventures
LightSpeed
Antler
Elevation Capital
Blume Ventures
Kae Capital
Together Fund
Initialized Capital
Techstars
Focal VC
Boldstart Ventures
YC (Current Batch)
YC (other active companies)
Upekkha
Detailed Requirement
*
Submit application
Trusted by startups backed by
02
stack
two ways to build
Build AI agents your way with
code
or
prompt
/stack/programmable
code
framework
Give your LiveKit agent a real phone number over SIP trunking.
Pipecat
framework
Stream live call audio into your Pipecat pipeline.
SIP Trunking
transport
Carrier-grade inbound + outbound trunks, self-serve.
Audio Streaming
transport
Bidirectional audio with BVC and noise cancellation.
Programmable AI agents
sdk · api
Bring LiveKit or Pipecat, or build straight on our voice APIs, on Plivo's low-latency, carrier-grade telephony.
›
Real phone numbers, self-serve
›
Full control, zero glue code
› python
› node
› go
› rest
/stack/studio
prompt
describe your agent
↵ enter
›
“
Outbound agent for collecting post-delivery feedback. Ask 3 short rating questions and log responses to the CRM.
”
›
“
Inbound support agent. Look up order status by phone number and read out the ETA.
”
No-code AI agent studio
visual · prompt
Build, test, and deploy omni-channel AI agents in minutes. No code required. Move fast and focus on outcomes, not infrastructure.
›
Build agent in plain English
›
Drag and drop simplicity
› studio
› templates
› instant preview
03
for investors
works with vc, accelerators & incubators
Invest in the company. We'll invest in the infrastructure.
Your portfolio companies are building on top of voice, SMS, and WhatsApp. We've powered that layer since 2011, for startups that grew into household names. Partner with us and we'll make sure communication is never the bottleneck.
Direct line to a Plivo engineer, not a support queue.
99.99% uptime. We ensure your startup never goes down.
Talk to us
3 Billion+
calls handled annually
99.99%
Platform uptime
50+
Languages supported
150+
Countries connected
Your next unicorn is already in your portfolio.
The ones that scale fastest are usually the ones that picked the right infrastructure early. Let's make sure communication isn't the thing that slows them down.
Claim credits
04
plivo labs
open source
Open-source tools for building AI agents.
Plivo Labs is where we build and maintain the open-source projects behind the communication layer.
Use them as-is, fork them for your stack, or contribute back.
If you're building something that pushes voice, messaging, or real-time audio in a new direction, we want to see it.
Check out what we've shipped, open an issue, or submit a PR.
Explore Plivo Labs
05
testimonials
from founders, builders & ctos
Trusted by builders from day one.
Startups across the globe use Plivo to power voice, SMS, and WhatsApp - from first prototype to millions of users.
"
If today you're building anything in voice AI and you're not using Plivo as a provider, you're probably making a mistake.
"
Prateek Sachan
Co-Founder & CTO, Bolna
"
If you go into the Plivo ecosystem and you're building on top of it, you're pretty much sorted for life. There's one less problem you need to care about.
"
Siddharth Shankar Tripathi
Founder, Ringg AI
"
They were not just demo ready. They actually did what they spoke about. And that was the best part about partnering with Plivo.
"
Mohit Gulati
Global Head of Business Development, Firstwork
06
ship it
·
one command · production-ready
Ready to make every call count?
Get ₹1,000 in free credits. No credit card required. Deploy your first agent in under 10 minutes.
Sign up for free
Talk to sales
›
no credit card
›
free credits
›
cancel anytime
~/plivo
$
plivo agents create --voice nova --language en-US
✓ spinning up runtime ...
✓ routing in 190+ countries
✓ ready: agent id = ag_01HAZ7K2...
$
open https://cx.plivo.com/agents/ag_01HAZ7K2
agent deployed · 5 steps
quickstart →
Platform
AI Agents
SIP Trunking
Audio Streaming
Phone Numbers
Pricing
Communications
Voice
SMS
WhatsApp
Verify
Developers
SIP Trunking guide
Audio Streaming quickstart
Documentation
Resources
Platform status
LiveKit
Pipecat
Compliance
Company
About
Jobs
Talk to sales
Get support
Legal
©
2026
Plivo Inc.
We use cookies for analytics and marketing.
Learn more
Reject
Manage
Accept
Cookie preferences
Necessary storage is always on. Use the toggles below to allow or deny optional analytics and marketing technologies.
Necessary
Required for security, form handling, theme preference, and saving your consent choices.
Always on
Analytics
Helps us understand site usage and performance through analytics tags managed with Google Tag Manager.
Marketing
Supports lead attribution and marketing follow-up with HubSpot tracking cookies.
Learn more about our cookies
Save preferences
Accept all
