Funding for ai
5 open grants, hackathons, bounties and fellowships for ai, each checked against the organizer's official page.
Anthropic AI wellbeing research grants
Anthropic offers $5 million in grants for open source evaluations of how AI affects user wellbeing. First applications are due by September 21, 2026.
AWS Agents for Humans Hackathon 2026
AWS pays $40,000 in cash prizes for AI agents built with the Strands Agents SDK that take over repetitive tasks. Submissions close on September 14, 2026.
Decentralize AI Hackathon by HackerNoon
A $51,750+ prize pool and $35,000 in compute credits for developers building open AI infrastructure. The second round of entries ends on February 27, 2027.
hessian.AI Accelerator RISING 2026
A four month program for five AI startups from Germany with 10,000 euro in prize money each, coaching, investor contacts and compute in Darmstadt. Applications close on September 13, 2026.
Tether Developer Grants Program
Tether pays developers roughly $1,500 to $4,000 per completed task on its open stack for local first AI and payments. Applications for active grants are open with no deadline.