{
  "slug": "leo-gao-agi-microgrants",
  "name": "Leo Gao — Make AGI Go Well Microgrants",
  "fields": {
    "Program": "Leo Gao — Make AGI Go Well Microgrants",
    "Organization": "Leo Gao",
    "Priority": "Monitor",
    "Recommendation": "Monitor",
    "Fit for Current Stage": "Possible now",
    "Preference Alignment": "Unknown",
    "Newly Discovered": true,
    "Evidence Quality": "Official current",
    "External Status": "Closed",
    "Website Status": "Active",
    "Stage Accepted": [
      "Unclear"
    ],
    "Company Required": "No",
    "Solo Eligibility": "Yes",
    "Cash / Benefit Type": "Unknown",
    "Funding Timing": "Unclear",
    "Funding Before Full-time": "Unclear",
    "Category": "Grant",
    "Sector or Thesis": [
      "AI"
    ],
    "Primary Value": [
      "Funding"
    ],
    "Format": "Unknown",
    "Last Verified": "2026-10-24",
    "Why or Decisive Note": "Portfolio assessment: relevant only for a credible project or career plan that addresses AI risk; general SaaS development is not sufficient eligibility.",
    "Official URL": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/10zAp2bXTkZgiPreIm4crp38TFco4KleFN14Kw5BprAs",
    "Investment Terms": "$10,000 experimental microgrants for ambitious projects that reduce AGI existential risk.",
    "Application Timing Notes": "Official document says the program is temporarily on hiatus; applications received after July 30 may not be considered. No reopening date stated.",
    "Application Requirements": "Read the full official document. Around one hour, up to 1,000 words; application must be written entirely by the applicant without AI writing or editing.",
    "Economic Caveats": "Do not use a grant as an endorsement or credential in later funding, job, or resume applications. Review the unusual information-sharing provisions before applying.",
    "Next Action": "Monitor the official document for reopening; the application form is https://tally.so/r/D4WlbR.",
    "Original Inventory": "Owner-supplied grant list: $10k; individual, nonprofit or company. The supplied non-disclosure shorthand is corrected here to the official restriction on citing the grant as endorsement."
  },
  "html": "/funding/leo-gao-agi-microgrants"
}