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CIQ startup software and support discounts
Eligible startups receive 6 months free on Fuzzball, RLC Pro AI, and RLC-H, then 80% off at the 12-month stage and 50% off at the 18 to 24 month stage, plus CIQ engineering support.
Apply at ciq.comWhat you get
- 100% offon Fuzzball, RLC Pro AI, and RLC-H · 6 months100% off for six months, with no usage limits or node restrictions, subject to terms and conditions.
- 80% offdiscount80% off at the 12-month program stage.
- 50% offdiscount50% off at the 18-24 month program stage.
- BenefitEngineering support for architecture design, performance tuning, and deployment guidance.
- Cost variescostThe first 6 months are free; the startup then pays the discounted CIQ price at the 80% off and 50% off stages and moves to standard CIQ pricing when the 24-month program ends.
Who qualifies
Any one of these:
- Applicant is a venture-capital-backed AI or deep-tech startup from Seed through Series D.verified externally
- Applicant is bootstrapped and meets significant technical milestones; CIQ evaluates this route case by case.vendor decides
How to apply
- AvailabilityOpen to applicants who meet the eligibility requirements.
- MethodApplication form at ciq.com/solutions/startups
- Terms and accessCIQ
- Termsciq.com/solutions/startups
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Where this comes from
ciq.com/solutions/startups, 15 Oct 2026
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CIQ is the founding commercial sponsor of Rocky Linux and makes RLC Pro enterprise Linux, the CIQ Linux Kernel, Warewulf, and the Fuzzball workload orchestration platform.
In this program
CIQ's application-based program provides six months of free access to Fuzzball, RLC Pro AI, and RLC-H, followed by 80% and 50% discount stages through month 24, with engineering support.
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