Ipê Fund for Internet-Native Institutions

Supporting builders and creators making tools, prototypes, gatherings, and media that turn internet-native communities into working institutions.

Ipê City has spent three years prototyping new ways to live together: month-long pop-up villages, hacker houses, residencies, grants, and a documentary series about people building new societies around the world. We believe the systems that run our lives, from governance and education to healthcare and identity, deserve a rebuild on the technologies of this century, mainly AI and open blockchains. This fund backs builders, organizers, and creators with working prototypes, active projects, events, or clear creative output, whether that is coordination software, a community experiment, or art and gatherings that spread techno-optimistic culture. Funded projects join a network of Ipê Architects who ship in public, share what they learn, and help every experiment make the next one more durable.

domain:open-infrastructure

Eligibility

We welcome projects of every kind, from coordination tools and working prototypes to residencies, films, community experiments, and gatherings that spread techno-optimistic culture. What matters is that you are building for internet-native communities and can execute.
To qualify for this fund, projects must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Build for internet-native communities. Your project must serve internet-native communities and leverage frontier technologies, mainly AI and open blockchains.
- Rebuild a core system. Projects should help create new systems for governance, education, safety, healthcare, identity, coordination, or community life.
- Show real output. Bring a working prototype, active project, event, or clear creative output at any stage of development.
- Spread techno-optimistic culture. Contribute to the culture through tools, art, content, events, or gatherings.
- Be led by people who execute. Teams must be led by builders, organizers, or creators with a track record of shipping.
- Share a clear plan. Present a straightforward plan with scope, timeline, and budget for how funds will be used.
- Fundraise on Artizen. Actively raise on the platform through Artifact sales and community engagement.
- Share your learnings. Post clear updates so the community can learn from, fork, and build on your work.

Projects (30)

19 submitted · 11 curated

Project	Status	Raised
Green Goods	curated	$66,866
OpenSentry	curated	$89,384
CL-067 Network	curated	$82,228
SITIO-FLORESTA-ESCOLA	curated	$29,340
Ipê Mind Tree	curated	$10
UNI - Universal Language	curated	$0
Tech And Sun Hubs	curated	$9,920
AJO - Community Finance	curated	$1,461
IpêXchange	curated	$0
Shine! / direct-to-fan music platform	curated	$140
Closer - the operating system for regenerative communities	curated	$118,444
Dandelion	submitted	$210,381
adopt a tree	submitted	$14,777
Greenpill London Ontario: Regenerative Community Hub	submitted	$9,168
Tuneport	submitted	$50
Akuya	submitted	$234
Stacks	submitted	$1,052
Libp2p: The Internet Without Gatekeepers	submitted	$60
Hip-Hop Africa: Building Pan-African Hip-Hop Infrastructure	submitted	$111,237
Consciously Creating Culture: Tools for Individual and Collective Thriving	submitted	$74,674
CodeBridge Africa: Open Technology Education for the Next Generation	submitted	$1,105
The International Artists Project Documentary	submitted	$563
Civic OS for AI Communities	submitted	$0
Obfusco.us	submitted	$42,362
Element of Chawaza	submitted	$1,356
Project Keystone: AI-Powered Engineering Document Intelligence	submitted	$1,373
Crypto Endowment Network (MfT Studio)	submitted	$81,514
Moonlist APP	submitted	$86
AFR!COIN The Pan-African Monetary Bridge	submitted	$76
Hands of Hope Foundation	submitted	$0