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Highlights
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Build with access to more than 130 industry-leading Cloud services including Watson, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, advanced data analytics, and cyber security.
Learn new skills
Dig into the free training, demos, and developer patterns available on developerWorks or access the Learning Lab with courses that will help you grow your skills.
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Attend exclusive Meetups and Events and engage with our Developer Advocates through Architecture Review and Whiteboarding Sessions, and more.1
Startup Showcase
Gliding Eagle
Gliding Eagle uses IBM Blockchain on the IBM Cloud to create a transparent system that tracks the journey of products from producer to consumer.
Panimood
Panimood uses IBM Cloud for Moojis, an app that will allow all of us, not just celebrities, to create cool emojis using our own faces.
Dynepic
Dynepic’s iOKids creates a safe, COPPA compliant, space for kids to connect with other kids and enjoy tech experiences provided by brands, all while allowing parents to monitor and control the space. IBM Watson Text to Speech on IBM Cloud enabled the app to be used by pre-readers.
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Member Level
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Eligibility3
Builder2
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Credits
Build your solution using $1,000/ month of credits on IBM Cloud for one year. Use these credits to host your solution, as well as, to add exciting services like Watson, Blockchain, Watson IoT, and Security to your solutions.
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Eligibility
Has not previously received IBM technology credits, and has less than $1M in revenue for the preceding 12 months.
Premium2
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Credits
Scale your solution using $10,000/ month of credits on IBM Cloud for one year. Use these credits to host your solution, as well as, to add exciting services like Watson, Blockchain, Watson IoT, Security, Data Science and GPU servers to your solutions. Eligible for help from IBM Developer Advocates, including architecture reviews, and whiteboarding sessions.
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Eligibility
In an approved VC/Accelerator/Incubator. Working with innovative technologies like Blockchain, Watson, etc.
1 Personalized sessions with our Developer Advocates are only available for Premium members that make use of certain designated technologies. Details on how to request a session are on our FAQs.
2 Total program duration, starting at Builder Level is 12 months. For example if you start at Builder level, then upgrade to Premium after 3 months, you will get 9 months of Premium.
3 Detailed eligibility requirements listed under FAQs.