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About Deep Funding

About Deep Funding
About Deep Funding

Origin and Purpose

Origin and Purpose

This website is dedicated to the community and governance of Deep Funding. Deep Funding is a community-driven web3 grant program initiated to bootstrap and speed up the development of beneficial AGI in close alignment with SingularityNET.io’s AI Platform and OpenCog Hyperon AGI Framework.

Governance

Traditionally, our community decides which project proposals are awarded in our Deep Funding Rounds. From its inception, we have involved our community in the Program's governance processes and decision-making. We believe that the best way to build a community is to build with it, not just for it.

Team

This website is a reflection of this philosophy and our dedication to growing and empowering our community. To date, the Deep Funding program consists of only 2 Staff members and a 3-headed team of WordPress developers. All other tasks are organized and executed by our community of ‘semi-volunteers’. We celebrate the diversity of this group of people, located across the globe, in different social circumstances, and with different expertise and experience. However, we are all united in our desire to make the world a better place by being part of a community that develops accessible, beneficial Artificial General Intelligence, spearheaded by Dr. Ben Goertzel and SingularityNET.

Circles

The Deep Funding community is working on crucial tasks, such as reviewing projects in open Deep Funding Rounds, reviewing and approving delivered milestones, preparing the disbursement of the related funds, marketing and social media activities, backend automation, general strategy, and more. With a fast-growing program, currently (at the moment of writing) based on 400 proposals, and 110 awarded projects that produce ± 600 milestones, there is a LOT of work to be done, and we rely 100% on the work and initiatives of our Circle members to handle all of this. The first circle was created in summer 2023. At the beginning of 2024 there were 4 Circles. Due to an expanding scope and some specialization, we are preparing for 9 circles in the summer of 2024!. While we don’t except (nor want) this growth to continue, it shows the dynamics of the progam and our willingness to embrace change! Read more about the nature and purpose of all our Circles in the circles section.

Events

There are a number of events in and around our community. Town Hall events are targeted at our wider community of (future) proposers and awarded teams. You’ll get updates on new rounds, completed projects, new initiatives, changes in the processes or rules, and more. They are a perfect way to get familiar with the program, learn, and propose new initiatives or solutions. Next to the central Town Hall, there is the LATAM Town Hall initiative, and we hope to see other regional Town Hall initiatives emerge over time. Our All Hands are mainly targeted at governance topics and are the territory of our Circle members. But they are open for everybody to come and listen in. Especially if you are interested in joining our Circle organization, this is a good way to get acquainted with the people and our way of working. If you are interested in joining, find more information and an application form here

Ongoing Changes

Deep Funding is still a young organization with an experimental nature and we are constantly evolving. One of the latest new initiatives are cross-circle ‘Workgroups’ where we discuss and explore important topics in depth with a smaller group of people. We will be adding more information about this in the future.

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