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AI Grant Pre-Seed Investment Program is an investment program from AI Grant that funds pre-seed and seed-stage startup founders building products that leverage AI models. The program supports founders at the earliest stages of company building with no academic credentials or institutional affiliation required. Single founders and small teams are equally welcome, and companies that have already raised prior funding may apply.
The program focuses on founders building AI-powered products rather than foundational model research. No specific award amount or deadline is published; prospective applicants should check the AI Grant website for current cohort information and requirements.
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AI Grant — accelerator for seed-stage AI startups $250,000 on an uncapped SAFE for your AI-native product startup $350,000 in Azure credits + $250,000 in additional credits Summit in San Francisco with advisors and founders Demo Day with world-class investors Applications for Batch 4 are closed David Holz , CEO of Midjourney and Leap Motion Andrej Karpathy , founding member of OpenAI Patrick Collison , CEO of Stripe Tobi Lütke , CEO of Shopify Lukas Biewald , CEO of Weights and Biases Alexandr Wang , CEO of Scale.
ai Amjad Masad , CEO of Replit Noam Shazeer , co-creator of transformers and CEO of Character Mike Krieger , cofounder of Instagram Guillermo Rauch , CEO of Vercel Christina Cacioppo , CEO of Vanta Dylan Field , CEO of Figma Aravind Srinivas , CEO of Perplexity Looking for our open source grant program? Check out aigrant. org .
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A weekend with peers and advisors at the AI Grant Summit in San Francisco A chance to present at the AI Grant Demo Day in San Francisco in front of an invite-only group of world-class investors $350,000 in cloud credits from Azure, along with other startup benefits, membership in the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, and go-to-market support $55,000 in credits from PostHog $50,000 in credits from Replicate $30,000 in credits from Anthropic $25,000 in credits from Modal $15,000 in credits from OpenAI $12,000 in credits from Vercel $11,000 in credits from Eleven Labs $10,000 in credits from Vapi $10,000 in credits from Hugging Face $10,000 in credits from AssemblyAI $10,000 in credits from Perplexity $10,000 in credits from Fireworks AI 10 free seats from Weights and Biases 10 free seats from Julius AI 25% off models from Cohere $7,500 in credits from Together AI $5,000 in credits from Zilliz Cloud $2,500 in credits from Stripe $2,500 in credits from Clerk $2,500 in credits from Pilot $1,000 in credits from Linear $1,000 in credits from Render Yes – no credentials required.
What type of company or project qualifies? Anything that leverages AI models in a useful or engaging way. In particular, we're looking for technical & pragmatic founders who want to build great products.
If you get a thrill from making something that other people love to use, and you understand that building a new product is 1% idea and 99% iteration, we want to support you. Our focus with AI Grant is on pre-seed/seed-stage startups. Wait, is this a grant or an investment?
It is an investment. When we started AI Grant in 2017, we handed out much smaller grants for fundamental research. We awarded grants to 36 individuals , who went on to do important research, and to found companies like Cohere , Helia , and Cresta .
Five years later, it seems much has changed: AI research is abundant, but UX and product innovation is just getting started, and so we're relaunching the program with a focus on AI products & investments versus AI papers & grants. Nat and Daniel have invested $10M in AI Grant. The company investments themselves are made by AI Grant LLC.
Are larger investments available? Nat and Daniel separately invest in startups, generally leading rounds, investing between $1M and $100M. Companies that receive larger investments will also have access to the Andromeda Cluster .
Will you fund multiple projects working on the same thing? Yes. We plan to fund many companies; some form of overlap is bound to happen.
Ultimately, we don't think this will be an issue because we strongly believe the AI product market is enormous -- large enough to support both Lyft and Uber or Bing and Google. How will you select the winners? We're looking for smart and energetic people with actionable ideas that are clearly useful.
Demos are a big plus; not just because they're fun to look at, but because they hint at the type of person that cares about the end-user experience, which is ultimately all that matters. Do I need a company to apply? No, but you will need one if you're accepted into the program.
We only invest in Delaware corporations, but you can create one from almost anywhere in the world with Stripe Atlas (or other programs) in only a few days. Can I apply if I've raised money already? I'm a single founder.
Can I apply? I love this idea and I want to help! Can I provide additional funding, hardware, GPU time, datasets, mentorship, or help reviewing applications?
Yes! Thank you for being awesome! If you want to contribute in any way, please email us at sponsorship@aigrant.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Pre-seed and seed-stage AI startup founders. No credentials required. Single founders and teams welcome. Companies that have already raised funding may apply. Must be building products that leverage AI models. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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AI Grant Program is sponsored by AI Grant (Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross). AI Grant Program is a grant from AI Grant, founded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, that funds open source projects in artificial intelligence with no strings attached. Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000 and can be provided as cash or compute credits.
AI Grant Program is a grant from AI Grant, founded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, that funds open source projects in artificial intelligence with no strings attached. Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000 and can be provided as cash or compute credits. The program has supported a wide range of AI and machine learning projects, including neural network libraries, language model tooling, medical imaging AI, quantum system simulations, 3D object generation, and data compression. Past recipients include developers working on llama-cpp-python, the GGUF file format, reinforcement learning agents, and browser-based deep learning. Individual entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders building AI-first solutions are eligible to apply.
AI Grant, established in 2017 by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, offers grants of $5,000 to $50,000 for open source AI projects. Grants are available as either compute credits or cash disbursements to support open source initiatives in artificial intelligence. Recent recipients have worked on projects spanning AI infrastructure, machine learning libraries, scientific applications, and specialized neural network implementations. This program is distinct from the AI Grant accelerator program (aigrant.com) which provides pre-seed investments to AI startups. The open source grants program supports the broader AI ecosystem by funding foundational tools and libraries that benefit the entire research and development community.
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is a grant from The J.M. Kaplan Fund recognizing early-stage social entrepreneurs working on environmental, heritage, and social justice challenges. The prize rewards individuals and organizations demonstrating innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to enduring problems. Applications for the 2025 prize were accepted February 11 through April 25, 2025 via an online portal. Spanish-language applications are welcomed, and a Spanish application form is available for download. The prize is biennial and open to a broad range of applicants across the United States working on forward-thinking solutions at the intersection of environment, community, and cultural heritage.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) is a financial assistance program from NYS EFC and NYS Department of Health providing low-interest loans and grants to upgrade drinking water infrastructure in New York State. Eligible borrowers include community water systems and nonprofit non-community water systems. Projects must be listed on the Department of Health's Intended Use Plan (IUP) before applying. The program prioritizes projects addressing public health risks, aging infrastructure, and emerging contaminant compliance, with enhanced funding available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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