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. 

Francesco Siddi, CEO at Blender

Blender Foundation’s mission remains to empower artists with free/open source technology and tools. Yet, we also maintain APIs for individuals and corporations to extend Blender, also beyond what’s aligned with Blender’s mission. We consider this part of the Software Freedom that’s embodied with Blender’s GNU GPL license. More information about our funding policy is available at https://fund.blender.org/funding-policy/. 

Anthropic is an AI research and development company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide. Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com. 

Blender, the world’s most popular free and open-source 3D creation software, offers a comprehensive  solution for modelling, animation, VFX, and more. Maintained by the Blender Foundation, it’s the tool of  choice for a vast global community of professional artists and enthusiasts, committed to open collaboration and 3D technology innovation.