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.