
Get to customers before you get
to a TigerGraph bill
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Build
90 Days to Build
Qualifying startups receive 90 days of TigerGraph at no license cost to design, build and validate their product.
Program benefits can include:
- TigerGraph technology.
- TigerGraph Architecture Lab.
- Graph data-model and architecture guidance.
- GraphRAG and hybrid retrieval guidance.
- AI agent and connected-context architecture.
- Multi-tenant architecture guidance.
- Technical office hours.
- Production-readiness review.
- The goal is not a proof of concept.
- The goal is a product you can put into production.
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Launch
Up to 12 Months in Production
Startups that successfully complete the BUILD phase and meet production requirements may qualify for up to 12 months of TigerGraph production use at no license cost, within program capacity limits.
TigerGraph can run as part of your commercial product and support multiple qualifying customers or tenants within the program allowance.
Build the customer base first.
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Scale
Grow Without Changing the Architecture
When your company reaches the end of the production period or exceeds the program capacity allowance, graduate into predictable startup pricing.
The principle is simple:
TigerGraph should become a meaningful cost when it is creating meaningful value for your business.
TigerGraph Architecture Lab
Get Important Decisions Right Early
Accepted startups can work with TigerGraph experts on the
architecture behind their product.


GraphRAG

Production Architecture

Query and Workload Design

Performance and Scale

Entity Resolution

Hybrid Retrieval

AI Agent Context
Bring us the problem. Leave with an architecture you can build on.
Build on TigerGraph
Selected startups with compelling products and
demonstrated market potential may also qualify
for GTM support.
That can include:
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Customer introductions.
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Customer stories.
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Joint selling opportunities.
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Co-marketing.
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Joint product launches.
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Participation is selective and based on product, customer and market fit.
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Events and showcases.
Eligibility
TigerGraph for Startups is intended for early-stage companies
building repeatable software or AI products.
Strong candidates typically have:
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A working MVP or product.
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A technical founder, CTO or engineering leader actively involved.
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A credible commercial use case.
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A clear relationship-intensive data problem.
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One or more early adopter customers.
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A path to production.
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TigerGraph embedded in the commercial product.
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Priority is given to venture-backed or revenue-generating companies.
Consultancies, systems integrators, one-off development projects and companies seeking infrastructure solely for internal analytics are generally not the focus of the program.
FAQs


The Certified TigerGraph Certified Associate Exam and Graph Algorithms for Machine Learning Exam are available to anyone who feels prepared to attempt them. Any prerequisites to assess your knowledge are mentioned in the description for the exams. Also, there is self-learning content associated with each exam to prepare from.
TigerGraph certifications are available for free.
Both Certified TigerGraph Certified Associate Exam and Graph Algorithms for Machine Learning certifications are valid for two years. After which, you will have to re-take the updated certification exam. This time period is set considering the product updates and version changes.
You have three attempts to pass the exam, after which you can re-register to get another three attempts to clear the exam.
Yes, you will need to create an account in TigerGraph University to access the exams and access additional learning resources.
Ready?
Tell us what you are building.