DigitalOcean Announces New Benefits for Hatch Startup Program

Hatch accelerator gives startups priority access to GPU power, support, and other services

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN), the simplest scalable cloud for growing tech companies, today announced significant new benefits for select startups participating in Hatch, the company’s program that provides startups with the resources and support they need to make their vision a reality.

“DigitalOcean’s Hatch program has a successful track record of helping startup businesses scale their operations with the support and cloud infrastructure they need to power their early-stage growth, and we’re excited to expand its benefits to better assist teams working on next-generation AI and ML projects,” said Paddy Srinivasan, CEO at DigitalOcean. “The next cohort in our program will benefit from generous credits for our GPU-powered Droplets and other AI/ML resources, and have access to a large community of partners and customers to help take their venture to the next level of growth.”

Brand new in 2025, the Hatch program offers an exclusive benefits package to new members, including:

• Up to $100,000 in Compute Credits: Breathe a little easier with significant compute credits for qualified Hatch program participants that will help you experiment, develop, and scale for less.
• Up to 3 months of Free GPU Usage: Qualified startups can hit the ground running with zero GPU costs for a limited period of time. Terms apply.
• Complimentary Premium Support: Get expert guidance when you need it most, at no additional cost.

In addition, participants will have unlimited access to DigitalOcean’s marketplace of more than 600,000 customers, including co-marketing support and partner opportunities at DigitalOcean’s events around the world.

“We quickly realized that Hatch is much more than just a program to get computing credits, and that there is all kinds of other support in the ecosystem that could be really helpful to us,” said Nemo Yang, CEOat Hatch participant Cortex AI. “As we continue to work with our customers, we encounter challenging problems that we rely on DigitalOcean’s Hatch program to help us solve in the future.”

First established in 2016, DigitalOcean Hatch has helped to launch thousands of startups, including notable alumni like OneText, aiven, Hugging Face, and Vuukle.

To learn more about Hatch and to apply for your team to be part of the program, visit http://do.co/AIStartups.

About DigitalOcean

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