AI Grant is a seed-stage accelerator program that backs AI-native product startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. AI Grant's Twitter Score is 21 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #46,020 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
AI Grant was co-founded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, with Hersh Desai and Lenny Bogdonoff currently working at the program. The accelerator invests through an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE structure, and participating startups also receive Azure cloud credits along with membership in the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. Beyond its core accelerator, AI Grant runs a separate open-source program that provides grants specifically for open-source AI projects.
AI Grant's portfolio includes Flair AI, Chroma, Julius AI, K-Scale Labs, Curio, Granola, Browserbase and OpusClip.
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The accounts that follow AI Grant include 119 founders, 38 angel investors, 16 influencers and 3 VCs. Among its notable followers are Matthew Graham, Andrew Chen, Julian, Gaby Goldberg, CASEY and Nat Friedman. AI Grant has been mentioned by 12 accounts, with 13 total mentions across the platform. AI Grant has published 41 posts since joining in 2017, drawing a following of 6,709 accounts.