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Helldivers 2 dev becomes Blender's third new corporate sponsor in two weeks, donating €30,000/year towards the open-source 3D app.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Dell becomes the first major PC manufacturer to back development of the open-source 3D software, contributing €30,000/year.

Friday, January 23rd, 2026

Renderer developer's €30,000/year contribution to the open-source 3D app follows the release of the new official edition of V-Ray for Blender.

Friday, July 11th, 2025

OctaneRender developer becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron, contributing at least €240,000/year to the open-source 3D software.

Friday, February 9th, 2024

First automotive firm to back Blender to give at least €120k/year to the open-source 3D software.

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

New tools to improve workflow between Blender and iClone and Character Creator due this year.

Thursday, January 6th, 2022

Software giant's Gold sponsorship provides €30,000/year to help develop the open-source 3D app.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

GPU firm's €120,000/year Patron level support will fund two more devs for the open-source 3D app.

Monday, October 7th, 2019

Ubisoft donates €30,000/year to fund development; will adopt Blender in its TV animation studio.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.

Sunday, August 23rd, 2020

Game developer donates €10,000 to Blender dev fund in order to improve FBX export to Unreal Engine 4.

Monday, July 7th, 2014

AI firm's controversial contribution to the Blender Development Fund becomes a single donation; funding process to be 'strengthened'.

Monday, May 4th, 2026

New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

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