Startups get a boost with $100,000 in Google Cloud Platform Credit

Google is giving startups $100,000 in Google Cloud Platform Credit and 24/7 support to help them take advantage of resources in the cloud, and use those resources to quickly launch and scale their ideas.

Google senior vice president Urs Hölzle announced Google Cloud Platform for Startups at the company’s Google for Entrepreneurs Global Partner Summit recently.

Sydney co-working space Fishburners is one of a number of the world’s top incubators, accelerators and investors, whose startups will have access to the program. Google says it’s working with 50 such partners to roll out the service, and that number is expected to increase over time. Partners include the likes of Y Combinator, 500 Startups and Startup Grind.

It will be available to startups that are less than five years old and have less than $500,000 in annual revenue.

In a statement announcing the offer, Google director developer relations Julie Pearl says it supports the Google Cloud Platform’s philosophy.

“We want developers to focus on code; not worry about managing infrastructure,” Pearl says.

“Thousands of startups have built successful applications on Google Cloud Platform and those applications have grown to serve tens of millions of users.

“It’s been amazing to watch Snapchat send over 700 million photos and videos a day and Khan Academy teach millions of students. We look forward to helping the next generation of startups launch great products.”

Other prominent startups that have built their applications on Cloud Platform include car-sharing service Getaround, and Leanplum, a platform for optimising the mission-critical metrics of mobile apps.

Startups wanting to apply should contact their accelerator, incubator or VC about the offer. Google says if they’re not in the program, email cloudplatformstartups@google.com to get them added.

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