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The multiplier is *re-application in later years* — Google allows re-applying if credits went unused ('You may still be eligible for credits if you did not use your credits in a previous enrollment'). $200K at coldline-class rates is petabyte-scale for a year; the binding constraint becomes the 12-month expiry, not bytes.","limits":[{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"per-object-cap: GCS single-object max 5 TiB","source":"https://cloud.google.com/startup"}],"limits_note":"per-object-cap: GCS single-object max 5 TiB — not binding. request-rate: per-project GCS quotas (raiseable). retention: credits are time-boxed (program is annual, 'Program qualifications change annually'). Excludes educational institutions, government, nonprofits, personal blogs/content, dev shops and consultancies — a startup wrapper is required.","identity_cost":{"kind":"institution","detail":"derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: gram qualifications change annually'). Excludes educational institutions, government, nonprofits, personal blogs/content, dev shops and consultancies — a startup wrapper is required. iaas","country":null},"reliability_note":"Requires a funded company, a matching domain email and a billing account owned by that domain; credits land in a specific billing account ID and cannot be moved afterwards. Year-over-year re-enrolment is not guaranteed.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://cloud.google.com/startup","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Our Funded program tiers (Scale, and Scale AI) range from $200K - $350k in credits'; exclusion list; 'Credits may only be used by the original applicant'"},{"url":"https://cloud.google.com/startup","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Can I re-apply if I participated in this program a few years ago but did not use my credits? You may still be eligible ... if you did not use your credits'"},{"url":null,"date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET cloud.google.com/startup -> 200 (numbers quoted live 2026-10-21)"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Scale and Scale AI tiers: '$200K - $350k in credits' for startups with verifiable Pre-Seed to Series A funding. 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