API credits + dedicated support through eligible VC partners (amount not stated)
Eligibility: Startups backed by eligible OpenAI VC partners
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This is a student/education offer from OpenAI (Codex): Six months of ChatGPT Pro with Codex, plus API credits and conditional Codex Security access for selected open-source maintainers, in the vendor’s words on developers.openai.com. You apply or qualify on the vendor’s page. Eligibility: Core maintainers of public open-source projects (or projects important to the ecosystem); needs a ChatGPT account and a public GitHub profile and repository. Selection is at OpenAI's discretion, reviewed on a rolling basis. Perq last verified it Oct 27, 2026.
Livestudent/educationStudents & researchers
“Open-source maintainers can apply for API credits, six months of ChatGPT Pro with Codex, and Codex Security.”Verbatim from developers.openai.com/community/codex-for-oss, checked (HTTP 200).
Eligibility: Startups backed by eligible OpenAI VC partners
Eligibility: Eligible API orgs that enable data sharing (offer shown in settings)
Eligibility: Researchers (esp. with limited resources); reviewed quarterly
Eligibility: Current students at degree-granting universities in the United States or Canada, residing there when claiming; verified through SheerID; one offer per student. Requires a ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus or Pro account.
Eligibility: Eligible startups
Eligibility: Verified students 13+ (Azure offer 18+)
Eligibility: GitHub Student Pack members
Eligibility: Any GitHub user
Eligibility: Verified teachers / popular OSS maintainers
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