AI Grant Batch
$250,000 on a no-cap no-discount MFN SAFE for AI-native product startups, plus $600,000 in Azure and partner credits.
What you get
“$250,000 on an uncapped SAFE for your AI-native product startup, plus $350,000 in Azure credits + $250,000 in additional credits. A no cap, no discount MFN SAFE.”
Can you apply
Yes – no credentials required. Anything that leverages AI models in a useful or engaging way. Single founders may apply. Previously-funded companies may apply. If accepted you must create a Delaware corporation.
When
Not open right now, and no next round has been announced.
Past rounds
- Batch 4closed
What AI Grant funds
Grants for open source AI projects, established in 2017 by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. Funds individual contributors doing foundational open source work on AI tooling, model runtimes and file formats, with no strings attached.
Everything AI Grant funds →Details
AI Grant runs numbered batches for AI-native product startups. The cheque is $250,000 on an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE, so no equity percentage is fixed at investment and equityPct is null rather than zero. Alongside the cash come $350,000 in Azure credits and $250,000 in additional credits from more than 20 providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Replicate and PostHog. Accepted companies attend a weekend summit in San Francisco with advisors and founders and present at Demo Day in San Francisco. No credentials are required and single founders and previously-funded companies may apply; accepted companies must create a Delaware corporation. Note: this is aigrant.com, the equity accelerator, distinct from the aigrant.org grants arm.