Grants for AI & web3 builders.
7 open · human-verified · updated daily
Non-dilutive funding to build — ecosystem grants, public-goods funding and research support.
Solana Foundation Grants
Funding for open-source development, research, and public-goods tooling that grows the Solana ecosystem.
Ecosystem Support Program (ESP)
Non-financial and grant support for projects, research, and tooling that strengthen the Ethereum ecosystem.
Optimism Retro Funding
Retroactive public-goods funding distributing OP tokens to builders and projects that have benefited the Optimism ecosystem.
Base Builder Funding
Onchain funding and rewards for developers shipping apps and tooling on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum L2.
Filecoin Dev Grants
Open grants, tracked publicly on GitHub, for development, integrations, and research that advance the Filecoin network.
NLnet Open Calls
Grants (typically up to €50K) for free/open-source projects in privacy, internet infrastructure, and related public-interest tech.
Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS)
Grants supporting maintenance and growth of open-source software tools that are foundational to biomedical and scientific research.
Grants, answered
What grants can AI and web3 builders apply for?
Tensor Hack tracks open grants from major ecosystems — Solana Foundation, the Ethereum Foundation ESP, Optimism Retro Funding, Base, Filecoin — plus open-source and research funders like NLnet and CZI. Every grant links to the funder's own application page.
Are these grants non-dilutive?
Most ecosystem and public-goods grants are non-dilutive — you keep your equity. Always confirm the exact terms on the funder's page before applying.
How often is the grants list updated?
Daily. Grants are human-reviewed before listing and sorted so rolling and soon-closing programs surface first.
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