This week in AI credits: what opened and what closed (Oct 19, 2026)
By Perq team · · weekly roundup · closed offers · new offers
Offer details below are pulled from our dataset when the page is built, so they match the directory. Latest verification of offers in this post: .
Every offer in the directory gets re-checked against its source page. Here’s what changed in this week’s checks, up to the morning of Monday, October 19.
Closed: Together AI’s free Muse Spark Open promo
Muse Spark Open free for limited time (promo until 10/18/2026)
Eligibility: Together AI customers (prepaid account)
“Muse Spark Open (Free for limited time) PROMO Promotion valid until 10/18/2026”
Together AI’s pricing page listed Muse Spark Open as “Free for limited time”, with the note “Promotion valid until 10/18/2026”. When we re-checked on October 19, the promo label was gone and the model was listed at paid rates: $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $4.25 per 1M output tokens. Together also requires a $15 minimum first purchase.
We’ve marked the offer closed on October 18 instead of deleting it. If you search for this promo later, you’ll find out it ended and when.
New: Gladia Startup Studio
Eligibility: Early-stage startups: fewer than 10 people, under 2 years since incorporation, voice AI at the core of the product, monetised or clear path to it; no minimum funding; agencies/consultancies not eligible
“Gladia Startup Studio backs early-stage startups with 12 months of credits and a dedicated Field Developer Engineer”
Gladia, a voice AI API, runs a startup program with 12 months of credits plus a dedicated Field Developer Engineer. The headline is $3,000 in credits, or $3,500 if one of Gladia’s VC partners refers you. The eligibility rules are specific: fewer than 10 people, under 2 years since incorporation, and voice AI at the core of the product. There’s no minimum funding, and agencies and consultancies are excluded. In return, Gladia asks for community engagement, logo attribution, and availability for a case study.
Gladia’s existing signup credit is still live, so new accounts can try the API before applying:
50€ in free credits valid one year
Eligibility: New accounts
“New accounts get 50€ in free credits, valid for one year”
New: MongoDB Atlas credits in the GitHub Student Pack
$50 in MongoDB Atlas credits + MongoDB University free certification (valued at $150)
Eligibility: GitHub Student Pack members
“$50 in MongoDB Atlas Credits, plus access to MongoDB Compass and MongoDB University including free certification valued at $150”
The GitHub Student Developer Pack now lists $50 in MongoDB Atlas credits, along with MongoDB Compass and MongoDB University, including a free certification valued at $150. You claim it through the pack itself:
Student Developer Pack (incl. $100 Azure credit, Heroku $13/month for 24 months, more)
Eligibility: Verified students 13+ (Azure offer 18+)
“Free access to 25+ Microsoft Azure cloud services plus $100 in Azure credit”
Everything else
The rest of the directory re-verified cleanly in the October 19 check: 133 of the 134 offers checked returned their quoted text unchanged, and the one change was the Together AI promo above. The two new offers were added after that run and verified on their vendor pages the same morning.
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11 offers · 5 startup programs, 3 signup credits and 3 free tiers