# NVIDIA Inception

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Also called: Inception program, NVIDIA Inception program, Nvidia startup program, Inception for startups

[NVIDIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia)'s free program for AI startups. It charges no fees and takes no [equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity), and members get training, [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) tools, offers from NVIDIA and partners, and possible introductions to investors. A company must be incorporated, have a website and be less than ten years old to join. [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street)'s 2025 collaboration with NVIDIA gives Tulsa [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) access to the program's startup resources.

**For example:** An incorporated AI startup joins NVIDIA Inception for its free courses and [cloud credits](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/free-tier) while it builds a first model.

## Applying



Rolling applications

No application fees, deadlines or cohorts.

[Official application page](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/)

Checked 2026-11-15.
Official site: <https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/>

## Connects to (10)

- [NVIDIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia): NVIDIA makes GPUs, chips that help computers train AI models and run them to produce answers.
- [GPU](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gpu): Graphics processing unit.
- [Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accelerator): A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching, introductions and sometimes funding.
- [Non-dilutive funding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/non-dilutive-funding): Money a company receives without giving up any ownership.
- [Free tier](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/free-tier): The part of a paid service that costs nothing, within set limits.
- [Google for Startups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-for-startups): Google's program for startup founders.
- [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street): A Tulsa organization that works to revitalize historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood district, through technology and innovation.
- [Training](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/training): Teaching an AI model by showing it a very large number of examples before anyone uses it.
- [Inference](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/inference): An AI model producing an answer to a request.
- [Greenwood AI Center of Excellence](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-ai-center): Black Tech Street's Tulsa initiative for AI capacity, education and innovation.

## Sources

- <https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/>
- <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/black-tech-street_this-collaboration-between-nvidia-black-activity-7370202997248749571-ZYJu>
- <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/black-tech-street-collaborates-with-nvidia-to-advance-ai-education-and-innovation-in-tulsa-historic-greenwood-302545590.html>


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