Open Source AGI Grants

Non-dilutive grants from Sentient Foundation's $42M program for open-source AI models, tools and apps.

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Applications are reviewed as they arrive. There is no deadline to plan around.

Grant size: Size not published; No published ceiling
Paid in: Not published; Paid in one go
Funding model: Rolling; Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision: 4 weeks; From submission to an answer

Checked Oct 1 against 5 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on sentient.foundation before you apply.

About the program

Sentient Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Sentient open AGI network, runs a $42M program for developers, researchers and companies building AI in the open. One application covers two tracks: grants with no equity, lockups or claim on your work, and founder-friendly investments for companies built to scale.

The grant track is for open-source maintainers, researchers, independent developers and public-goods builders. You do not need to open-source your whole stack, but at least one essential part (model, weights, code, data or evals) must be something anyone can run, inspect and build on.

The foundation publishes a list of open source AI requests for products in two halves: apps for underserved people, such as offline medical guidance, scam protection and language tutoring, and the infrastructure that makes them trustworthy, such as on-device personal AI, model verification, agent identity and private compute.

What they fund

Open-source AI apps for underserved users (health, scam prevention, education, agriculture, elder care)
Personal AI that runs on the user's own device
Model verification and proof that a model did what it claims
Identity and safety for AI agents
Private compute that no single company or country can switch off

Who can apply

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Researchers, open-source maintainers, independent developers, students and founders
At least one essential part of the project (model, weights, code, data or evals) must be openly available
Grant track for public goods; investment track for companies building open-AI businesses
Open worldwide; the panel says it reaches into multilingual and underserved markets

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How applying works

Apply online
Fill in one Typeform covering your project, what is open about it, demo links and which track you want.
Choose an amount
Grant applicants pick a request of 10k, 25k, 50k or more than 50k and explain what it would unlock.
Panel review
A named technical panel reviews every application on merit, on a rolling basis.
Funding and support
Funded teams also get compute credits, engineering help from the Sentient team, distribution help and community access.

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Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on sentient.foundation before you apply.

About the program

What they fund

Who can apply

How applying works

Apply online

Choose an amount

Panel review

Funding and support

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