Agentic Pad

Funding

Your first agent can be funded.

Google and Microsoft are actively supporting agentic-AI adoption — trial credits and partner-funded proof-of-concept builds. We help you tap it, so your first agent costs little or nothing to prove.

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Vendor-funded where you qualifyHuman-ledNo lock-in

The opportunity

Adoption is the prize. The major players are funding the start.

Adoption is the prize everyone's chasing — Gartner expects 40% of enterprise apps to ship task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from under 5% in 2025. The cloud vendors are spending hard to make sure those agents run on their platforms. At Cloud Next '26 (April 2026), Google Cloud committed a $750M partner fund for agentic AI — covering AI value assessments, Gemini proofs-of-concept, and agent build-and-deploy with customers. Microsoft funds partner-delivered AI envisioning workshops and proofs-of-concept through its End Customer Investment Funds (ECIF).

You don't have to navigate any of that. We do — through our build partners — and translate it into one simple thing: a first agent you can prove before you pay to scale.

Three routes

Pick the one that fits your first agent.

01 · Free trial route

Build your first agent — free to start.

What you get

Try it free.

New Google Cloud accounts get $300 in free credits, valid 90 days, to try the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and other Google Cloud products — and you're not charged unless you choose to upgrade. If you qualify as a startup, Microsoft for Startups adds up to $150,000 in Azure credits. Enough to build a real agent on a real workflow and watch it run.

The honest catch

  • None to speak of. These are public offers — we can put a working pilot in front of you without anyone's sign-off.
02 · Funded POC

Prove the ROI on someone else's budget.

What you get

A funded proof-of-concept.

Through our Google and Microsoft build partners, your project can qualify for vendor-funded proof-of-concept work that covers not just compute but the build itself. Microsoft's ECIF can fund partner-delivered envisioning workshops and POCs, sized case-by-case to your projected cloud usage; Google's partner fund covers Gemini POCs and agent prototyping.

The honest catch

  • This funding is real but discretionary — the build partner nominates your project, and approval depends on the use case. We'll tell you straight whether yours is likely to qualify before we promise anything.
03 · Scale funding

When the pilot works, the path keeps paying.

What you get

Funded to build, ready to scale.

The same vendor funding that proves your first agent can extend into the production build and rollout. And depending on where you're based, public digitalisation grants can subsidise the work further — in Germany, for example, go-digital funds 50% of eligible consulting and build costs (up to €16,500), and Bavaria's Digitalbonus up to €50,000. Your company is the recipient; the agent build is the funded project.

The honest catch

  • Scale funding follows proof, not promises — it's unlocked by a pilot that worked, with clear before-and-after numbers.

Why it works

Because "free to start" should mean exactly that.

Most agent projects that fail don't fail on technology — over 40% of agentic AI projects are forecast to be scrapped by 2027, usually for unclear value or weak controls. Starting funded fixes the riskiest part: you find out whether an agent earns its keep before you've spent real money on it.

  • No budget needed to begin — we start on trial credits or funded POC work, not your capex.
  • Proof before spend — clear ROI metrics on the pilot, every time.
  • Straight talk on what's fundable — we tell you upfront whether your use case qualifies.
  • One accountable partner — we own strategy and line-of-business work; the technical build is delivered through our vetted Google and Microsoft partners.
  • Governance from day one — your IT and data teams are in the room, not bolted on after.

Let's find the funding for your first agent.

Book a working session. We'll pick one use case, check which funding route fits, and map what "proven" looks like — before you commit a euro.

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Disclaimer

Funding programs referenced here are run by third parties (Google, Microsoft, and public bodies), are subject to their terms and eligibility, and may change or end at any time; the details are drawn from publicly available sources and are accurate to the best of our knowledge as of June 2026. This is general guidance, not a guarantee of funding or eligibility, and Agentic Pad is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by these providers. Google Cloud, Gemini, Microsoft, and Azure are trademarks of their respective owners.