Anthropic joins Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron to support core development
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Francesco Siddi
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Summary
Blender Foundation announces Anthropic as a new Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund. The funding will support core Blender development, particularly the Blender Python API, which helps developers and artists extend the software for custom workflows. Anthropic's patronage comes during uncertain times and enables the Blender team to continue their work.
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· 3 pulledBlender Foundation is happy to announce that Anthropic is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron.
This support will be dedicated towards Blender core development, to maintain and continuously improve foundational features like the Blender Python API, which enables developers and artists alike to extend and improve the software for custom workflows.
In these uncertain and divisive times, we appreciate Anthropic offering support to the Blender project in the form of a Patron-level membership.
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