StartupPerks

Rank the startup credits, perks and deals one specific company can claim, from a catalog of 1,000+ programs (AWS Activate, Google for Startups, Microsoft for Startups, NVIDIA Inception, Anthropic, Stripe Atlas, Mercury, HubSpot and more). Use it when the user describes their own startup and asks what they can get or qualify for; use search_startup_perks to look up a provider or topic without a company profile, and get_startup_perk for one program's full terms. It checks each program's stated eligibility (stage, funding gate, raised-amount cap, company age, region) against the profile, ranks the categories the user needs first and takes each need in turn, and leaves out programs whose applications are paused or closed. Returns up to 25 programs, each with the value as the provider states it, whether the company qualifies and why, how to claim it, and links to the StartupPerks page, the provider's application and the provider's terms, plus a realistic claimable total (one program per provider, cloud counted once). Read-only; values are headline maximums, not guarantees.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 600,
      "description": "The startup in the user's own words, e.g. \"pre-seed AI startup in Berlin, bootstrapped, needs GPU credits and a business bank account\". Anything not given in the structured fields below is read from this text."
    },
    "stage": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "idea",
        "pre-seed",
        "seed",
        "series-a",
        "series-b-plus"
      ],
      "description": "Company stage."
    },
    "funding": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "bootstrapped",
        "vc-backed",
        "accelerator"
      ],
      "description": "How the company is funded: bootstrapped (no outside investors), vc-backed (angel or VC money), or accelerator (in an accelerator or incubator portfolio)."
    },
    "raised_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Total outside funding raised so far, in USD (0 if none). Programs with a raised-amount cap are checked against it."
    },
    "company_age_years": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 100,
      "description": "Years since the company was founded."
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "Where the company is based: a country, city or region such as \"US\", \"UK\", \"Germany\", \"EU\", \"India\" or \"Singapore\"."
    },
    "needs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "cloud-infra",
          "databases-data",
          "ai-ml",
          "banking-fintech",
          "finance-ops",
          "dev-tools",
          "productivity-saas",
          "marketing-sales",
          "security-legal-hr"
        ]
      },
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "description": "Perk categories the startup wants, ranked above everything else: cloud-infra (Cloud & Infrastructure), databases-data (Databases & Data), ai-ml (AI & ML), banking-fintech (Banking & Fintech), finance-ops (Finance & Ops), dev-tools (Developer Tools), productivity-saas (Productivity & SaaS), marketing-sales (Marketing & Sales), security-legal-hr (Security, Legal & HR). Omit for all categories."
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Only programs from this provider, e.g. \"AWS\", \"Google Cloud\", \"Stripe\". Leave empty unless the user asked about a specific provider."
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "balanced",
        "value",
        "eligibility",
        "reputable"
      ],
      "description": "Ranking emphasis: balanced (default), value (biggest benefit first), eligibility (easiest to qualify first), reputable (best-verified first)."
    },
    "only_qualifying": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Only return programs the startup fully qualifies for."
    },
    "include_gated": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Also include referral-only and accelerator-only programs the startup may not reach on its own."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "How many programs to return (default 10)."
    }
  }
}

Search the catalog of 1,000+ startup programs by provider, program or topic. Use it for questions like "Does Stripe have a startup program?" or "Which providers give GPU credits?", or to browse a category, a benefit type, or programs open to any startup without investor or accelerator backing; use find_startup_perks instead when the user wants what a specific company qualifies for. A provider or program name returns only programs that carry that name; a topic (CRM, banking, GPU, payroll) also matches the category that covers it, and rarer words weigh more. Programs whose applications are paused or closed are left out. Returns up to 25 programs with the stated value, the primary eligibility gate and links, plus a page to browse more. Read-only.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "A provider, program or topic, e.g. \"AWS Activate\", \"Stripe\", \"GPU credits\", \"free CRM\", \"business bank account\". Leave empty to list by filters only."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "cloud-infra",
        "databases-data",
        "ai-ml",
        "banking-fintech",
        "finance-ops",
        "dev-tools",
        "productivity-saas",
        "marketing-sales",
        "security-legal-hr"
      ],
      "description": "Limit to one category."
    },
    "benefit_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Credits",
        "Free plan",
        "Discount",
        "Cash & rewards",
        "Program"
      ],
      "description": "Limit to one kind of benefit."
    },
    "open_to_any_startup": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Only programs with no investor, accelerator or referral requirement."
    },
    "min_value_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Only programs whose stated value is at least this many USD."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "description": "How many programs to return (default 10)."
    }
  }
}

Return the full terms of one startup program. Use it after find_startup_perks or search_startup_perks by passing the slug from a result's details_url, or with a program or provider name when the user asks about one program (for example "What are the terms of AWS Activate Founders?"). Returns what the program gives, every eligibility gate (stages, funding requirement, raised-amount and company-age caps, regions), other requirements, expiry, how to claim, the application status and when it was last verified, the provider's apply and source links, up to 3 open alternatives from other providers in the same category, and the category guide. Returns an error when nothing matches; search_startup_perks can then find the program. Read-only.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "The program's StartupPerks slug or page URL, as returned in details_url by the other tools (e.g. \"aws-activate-founders-package\")."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "The program or provider name when no slug is known, e.g. \"NVIDIA Inception\"."
    }
  }
}