New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- IPO-bound Anthropic has expanded its Claude Startups programme, which will now help a broader pool of early-stage companies by offering them up to $7,000 in Claude products and credits, besides access to additional startup tools and other resources for founders.

"Member benefits include a year of the Claude Team plan, API credits, special offers on tools that help with running an AI-native company, office hours with Anthropic's Applied AI team, and more," the company said in a blogpost.

Anthropic, in its expanded Claude Startups programme, is offering companies a free year of Claude Team, with up to five Premium seats for companies new to Team.

It is also offering a one-time API credit of $1,000 to startups to star...