Title: Hi HN,<p>Last year, we launched a non-profit AI research lab called AI Grant (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aigrant.org" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aigrant.org</a>). Our goal is to fund promising people around the world working on AI. No strings attached. We&#x27;ve since given away over $100,000 to 30 teams working on different projects. You can see some of them here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aigrant.org&#x2F;#finalists" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aigrant.org&#x2F;#finalists</a>. We just started accepting applications for our third batch!<p>The academic grant application process is burdensome. It&#x27;s only avalible to a choice few. Applications take days to complete.<p>AI Grant is open to anyone on the internet. You can apply in under an hour. Fellows get:<p><pre><code>  - $2,500 in cash.
  - $20,000 each in Google Compute Engine credits.
  - $5k in CrowdFlower data labeling credits.
  - ScaleAPI data labeling credits.
  - Access to the network of other Fellows
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Our long term goal is to build an online community of people working on interesting side-projects in AI, supporting each other. We&#x27;ve built some infrastructure around this (chatrooms, group video conferences). We&#x27;ll continue to expand this over time. I&#x27;d be very curious to know what HN thinks about this idea, and how we might make it better. 
Thanks!
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