Anthropic Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron

Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron April 28th, 2026 Press Releases Francesco Siddi Blender 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. This enables the Blender team to keep pursuing projects independently, and to focus on building tools for artists and creators.

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