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AI Startup Program

Spend your funding on GPUs, not your secure networking.

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The Tailscale AI Startup Program is designed for early stage companies who need to scale their networks quickly and securely. To learn more about our AI Solutions, click here.


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Build reliable AI infrastructure to connect private language and vision models. Benefits such as Device Posture Management will provide a view of how secure or trustworthy devices on your Tailscale network (tailnet) are.

Get 100 devices and an additional 20 devices per user for free and find out what Tailscale is capable of. The enterprise plan also includes Tailnet Lock to ensure devices are verified by trusted tailnet nodes.

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Our SSH feature means you never have to worry about rotating your SSH keys ever again. And with the enterprise plan you’ll also get 1 year SSH session recording for free.

Customers on our enterprise plan receive quality, prioritized support whenever they need it.

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Enterprise Plan Key Features

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Use this drop-in replacement to manage & record shell access into any linux machine without needing to share or manage keys.

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Connect multi-cloud environments together easily. Gain direct access to your control plane API without exposing anything to the public internet over an encrypted Tailscale connection.

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Lock it down. Control who can access which systems, filter traffic based on protocols, and even manage device postures for added security.

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By installing the Tailscale client, all traffic is encrypted end-to-end using the Wireguard® protocol.

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Use SSO & MFA from a wide array of supported IdPs to authenticate users onto any Tailnet.

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Natively stream network flow and configuration audit logs to popular SIEM providers.

Program FAQ

Pre-selected qualifying startups get one (1) free annual Enterprise subscription (subject to our Terms of Service) in exchange for providing logo rights, a case study with Tailscale, and participating in Research. New accounts only; existing accounts, upgrades, and purchases through resellers or similar are not eligible. Limit one offer / startup. Void where prohibited. May not be combined with any other offers, promotions or discounts. At the end of the offer period, you must purchase to continue using the Tailscale Solution. We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to extend, modify or terminate this offer at any time and for any reason with or without prior notice.

Early-stage startups: This program is intended for startups at Series A or earlier. Startups that use AI as their core technology Small but hungry with fewer than 50 employees

We will review all applicants and send out select invitations on a rolling basis.

If you haven't heard back from us within 10 business days, please contact us at hello@tailscale.com.

Tailscale's AI Startup Program is for first-time Tailscale customers. If your organization is currently a paying customer or has been in the past, you are not eligible.

You will be on our Enterprise plan - the same as any organization on the Enterprise plan who isn't a part of our AI Startup Program. You will have all the same benefits and be subject to our ToS.

If you aren't sure if your company qualifies or not, please apply!