Notable recent
Multiple grant batches since 2023 funding LLM and visual-AI maintainers including Jon Durbin (Airoboros).
Process
Nominations and direct outreach by a16z Infra/AI partners.
Cadence
Periodic batches
Grants · US · corporate
a16z Open Source AI Grants
No-strings funding for individual maintainers and small teams building important open-source AI infrastructure, models, and tooling.