Deals and free access programs

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Students

Who
Student aged 13+ and enrolled in a degree or diploma-granting course of study, with a school-issued email address and/or official, dated proof of enrollment.
Region
Not disclosed
Ends
No end date stated
Verified
2026-11-10
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If you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in a degree or diploma-granting course of study, the GitHub Student Developer Pack is for you. All you need is a school-issued email address and/or official, dated proof of enrollment. Free GitHub Pro while you are a student. GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students. The plan includes unlimited code completions and an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only.

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Who
The free Google AI Pro student offer is available to eligible U.S. college students ages 18+. Both new users and students whose 2025 AI Pro trial has expired can qualify. Eligibility must be verified each year to maintain access.
Region
US
Ends
2026-12-31
Verified
2026-11-10
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The free Google AI Pro student offer is available to eligible U.S. college students ages 18+. Both new users and students whose 2025 AI Pro trial has expired can qualify. Eligibility must be verified each year to maintain access. Study with Gemini and get unlimited uploads of your own class materials, study notebooks, interactive visualizations, and Gemini Live. And with the free student plan, you can even unlock 4x higher usage limits in Gemini, more storage (5 TB), Gemini Spark, and Gemini Omni for 1 year.

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Who
Students and faculty members from accredited educational institutions (high schools, colleges, and universities). Students need to be enrolled in an accredited educational program that takes one or more years of full-time study to complete.
Region
Not disclosed
Ends
No end date stated
Verified
2026-11-10
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Students and faculty members from accredited educational institutions (high schools, colleges, and universities) are welcome to apply. Students need to be enrolled in an accredited educational program that takes one or more years of full-time study to complete. If you're still studying or teaching at a full-time educational program, you can renew your free license for another year.

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Who
This offer is available to current students enrolled at degree-granting universities in the United States or Canada and residing in the United States or Canada when claiming the offer. Eligibility is subject to successful verification. Limit one credit offer per student.
Region
United States and Canada
Ends
No end date stated
Verified
2026-11-10
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Verified university students in the United States and Canada can claim $100 in ChatGPT credits to use in Codex. One offer per student, subject to successful verification. Once verified, credits are automatically added to your ChatGPT account for use in Codex. Use the credits before they expire 12 months after the grant date. Once the offer is applied, you should see 2,500 credits, which is equivalent to $100. These are ChatGPT credits applied to your ChatGPT account for use in Codex. You need a ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, or Pro plan to get started. The credits can then extend Codex usage beyond the limits included in your plan.

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Open source

Who
Applicants must, at the time they submit their application, meet at least one of the Maintainer Track or Ecosystem Impact Track criteria and all general eligibility requirements. Maintainer Track examples include: projects you maintain have, in aggregate, 500 or more dependent repositories or 100 or more dependent packages; packages you maintain have, in aggregate, 200,000 or more monthly downloads; you are a listed committer or maintainer of a recognized foundation or language project; you have authored 100 or more pull requests merged into public repositories you do not own within the preceding 12 months; a repository you maintain has had 20 or more unique external contributors with merged pull requests within the preceding 12 months; or a repository you maintain has an OpenSSF criticality score of 0.4 or higher. All Applicants must be a natural person, at least 18 years of age or the age of majority, a legal resident of a country where Anthropic offers Claude.ai access, have a GitHub account in good standing that is at least two years old, have public open-source contribution activity within the preceding 90 days, maintain or contribute to at least one OSI-approved open-source licensed project, and not be an Anthropic employee, contractor, agent, or an immediate family or household member of such a person. Meeting the criteria does not entitle an applicant to a subscription.
Region
Not disclosed
Ends
No end date stated
Verified
2026-11-10
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The Program provides eligible open-source software maintainers and contributors with a complimentary subscription to Claude Ultra for a period of six months (Benefit Period), at no cost to the Applicant. The Program is limited to 10,000 approved recipients unless this cap is increased by Anthropic. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until either the recipient cap is reached or the Program application period closes, whichever occurs first. One Per Person: Each eligible individual may hold only one active Program subscription at a time. During the Benefit Period, you will not be charged for the base Claude Ultra subscription, but you may be charged for overages in accordance with Anthropic's standard overage pricing. You must activate your subscription within 90 days after receiving the gift code; unactivated links will expire and the subscription will be forfeited. Void Where Prohibited: This Program is void where prohibited or restricted by law.

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Who
To be considered for the Program, applicants must have a valid ChatGPT account and provide accurate and complete information about themselves, their repositories, and their role in maintaining or administering those repositories. OpenAI may consider factors such as repository usage, ecosystem importance, evidence of active maintenance, role or permissions, and Program capacity. Submission of an application does not guarantee selection, funding, or access.
Region
Not disclosed
Ends
No end date stated
Verified
2026-11-10
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The Program is designed to support maintainers of important open-source software. Approved applicants may receive one or more of the following benefits, as determined by OpenAI in its sole discretion: (i) a limited-duration ChatGPT Pro benefit that includes Codex access; (ii) API credits for eligible open-source maintainer workflows; and (iii) conditional access to Codex Security for qualified repositories or maintainers. Availability, duration, scope, and timing of any benefit may vary by applicant, repository, or use case. Program benefits are personal, limited, non-transferable, and have no cash value. The Program is void where prohibited or restricted by law.

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