Sentient基金启动4.2亿美元开源AGI资助计划

Sentient Foundation just launched a $42M open-source AGI funding program to back researchers, developers, and startups building advanced AI outside closed corporate stacks. The program has 2 tracks: grants with no equity and no claim on the work, and investments for companies turning open-source AI into commercial products while keeping openness central. Projects can qualify without open-sourcing everything, as long as at least one essential part is open, useful, and important to adoption. The review standard is technical quality, ecosystem value, openness, and long-term potential, which makes the program more like infrastructure funding than charity. imo, the strongest part is the split between public-good grants and startup capital, because open AI needs both unpaid research infrastructure and companies that can survive market pressure.  > **引用原帖 Sentient Foundation (@sentient_found):** > The Sentient Foundation is committing $42M through its Open Source AGI Grant for those building and leveraging AGI in the open. > We designed the program to grow an ecosystem where critical AI remains openly accessible, enabling developers, researchers, and companies worldwide to build, innovate, and scale. > Launching with our ecosystem partners Alibaba Cloud, Franklin Templeton, Princeton University, and the Indian Institute of Science, as part of our mission to keep artificial general intelligence open, decentralized, and aligned with humanity's interests. > https://x.com/sentient_found/status/2069782607953539560 Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai): Official site - https://t.co/oORIpQPR2y Application Form https://t.co/PgzIPpk9UZ