COREPartners / 2026–27

Partners

Perks and challenges from companies we work with, for the CORE community.

Startup grant

12 months of free ElevenLabs access

12 months free 33M characters 600+ hours of audio

Through CORE, you can get 12 months and 33 million characters of free access to ElevenLabs’ AI audio. That’s over 600 hours of audio.

ElevenLabs believes voice is the most natural way to communicate, and that the future of human–AI interaction depends on making those conversations feel real. The ElevenLabs Grants Program gives early-stage startups and small teams the best AI audio tools available, so cost doesn’t hold them back. ElevenLabs is a complete conversational agents platform, so it works whether you’re building an AI tutor, a support assistant or voice-powered game characters.

Sign up for a grant, select CORE, and use this code:

11core410 Apply for a grant →

Eligibility: One grant per company. For full-time founders of startups with fewer than 25 employees. Existing enterprise customers are not eligible. Grants are not awarded to companies building projects for children aged 18 or under.

Mechanize interview challenge

Pass the interview, get $5,000

$5,000 bonus $300k+/yr offer + equity + bonus

If you complete Mechanize’s interview process and they make you an offer, they’ll give you $5,000. You’ll also get a job offer ($300k+/year + equity + bonus), but you don’t have to accept it to get the $5,000. If you pass, the money is yours, no questions asked.

Let’s see if you’re good enough.