Solo Grants

The world is made of passion projects. We give grants to back them.

[Solo Grants @sologrants]

@davj @DStrachman 💚

[weisser @julianweisser]

Over 100,000 product managers use a product built by a company with one human employee.

Solo Founders Podcast ep 20 is live with @clairevo of @chatprd.

Claire might be the only human, but she works with 9 AI agents and messages them like people.

00:51 The custom GPT that became a business
08:58 "She may be a wrapper, but she's my wrapper"
17:26 Austin vs SF, and "success dysphoria"
22:05 Why she took zero VC
33:08 Running a company with 9 AI agents
42:20 The agent that emailed us before she showed up
49:41 How I AI, and treating a podcast like a product
58:27 The case for (and against) going solo

[weisser @julianweisser]

This is exactly why we launched @sologrants.

Saketh is doing important work in drone coordination. Stay tuned.

[Solo Grants @sologrants]

@hey_saketh @getdeadlink ❤️

[Saketh @hey_saketh]

got a @sologrants for Deadlink 🚁

@getdeadlink lets one person run a whole team of drones on a search at once. the hard part is when one drops mid-mission, so i built it to catch that, hand the drone's area to another one, and finish the search with a record of what got covered.

works in simulation. this grant puts it on real hardware, where motors actually fail and gps actually drifts.

no equity, no strings. thank you @sologrants @mcmgoodall @julianweisser @aridutilh for betting on it.

next: one real fleet, one dropped drone, and the search still finishes!

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@theofficialJTA 🔥

[Joel Alexander @theofficialJTA]

I got my start with a $6000 grant — it was the first time someone said they believe in us & then put money where their mouth was. Changed our life. This is awesome. Apply yesterday bro.

[ari dutilh @aridutilh]

Easter egg: this bar code actually does scan to https://t.co/9CNChbKxKs

Someone should go to a Target to test it out!

[Kai Goodall @mcmgoodall]

Yesterday, we launched Solo Grants to fund the world’s most ambitious passion projects.

In the past 24 hours alone, we've received 300+ applications.

Apply now for up to $1000 https://t.co/fS2HL5qEdD

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@mcmgoodall 🔥

[Solo Grants @sologrants]

@adennurie_ @1517fund @mercatus @ForgePrep @united_builder 🔥

[Aden @adennurie_]

I'm a product of grants

@1517fund & @mercatus grants when I was 15 for a pickup soccer platform I was building

@mercatus + @ForgePrep + @united_builder grants when I was 17 for https://t.co/hpuQKrdlX1

Without grants I wouldn't be building things today

If you are just getting started I highly encourage you to apply

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@julianweisser @aridutilh This is going to be epic.

[weisser @julianweisser]

Today we’re unveiling Solo Grants.

We give microgrants ($100-1,000) to individuals pursuing passion projects.

We’ve already given 50 out and we’re just getting started.

Solo Founders Podcast ep 19 is live with @aridutilh to discuss it.

00:09 The announcement
07:04 Microgrants 101: the world of no-strings money
14:35 The few-hundred-dollar gap
19:02 The grantee who asked for $100 less
21:56 A $500 check from a stranger
32:33 Solo, together

[Solo Grants @sologrants]

@a1siel @aridutilh Both qualify

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@andreatorresmx 🔥

[Andrea Torres @andreatorresmx]

start before it makes sense

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@itriedcoding @solofounders 💚

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@FedericoNoemie 💚

[Noémie @FedericoNoemie]

Apple I came out of a computer club, wikipedia was a side project, linux a hobby, minecraft an experiment.

the next breakthroughs will come from hobbyists building ambitious projects for fun.

apply to get up to $1K via https://t.co/aasNVED059