Google is lending startups a helping hand

Sep 12, 2014 14:42 GMT  ·  By

Google has launched the Google Cloud Platform for Startups, which promises to help early-stage startups with investments of $100,000 (€74,264) in Cloud Platform credit, as well as 24/7 support, and access to the company’s technical solutions team.

This offer is available to startups around the world through top incubators, accelerators and investors. We are currently working with over 50 global partners to provide this offer to startups who have less than $5 million (€3.86 million) in funding and have less than $500,000 (€386.324) in annual revenue. In addition, we will continue to add more partners over time.

The new platform helps Google take another step towards strengthening its core philosophy – that developers need to focus on code instead of worrying about managing infrastructure.

“Starting today, startups can take advantage of this offer and begin using the same infrastructure platform we use at Google,” the company’s Julie Pearl, director for Developer Relations, wrote.

She adds that thousands of startups have built successful apps on the Google Cloud Platform and some have grown to serve tens of millions of users. Snapchat, for instance, sends over 700 million photos and videos a day, while Khan Academy helps teach millions of students.

While this isn’t necessarily going to save startups all over the world, it’s surely going to help quite a bit.