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Corporate Patron

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

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

Animal Logic-incorporating Netflix subsidiary becomes 'first major animation studio to support Blender's continued development'.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Wacom ups its funding for Blender by €210,000/year in partnership to develop 'next-gen" Blender experience on Android tablets.

Monday, August 25th, 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

Open-source 3D app now receives at least €120,000/year from all major CPU and GPU manufacturers.

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.

Sunday, October 17th, 2021

Tech giant's donation ensures at least €360,000 in funding to overhaul Blender's animation tools.

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020

Social media giant is the most suprising $120,000+/year backer of the open-source 3D software so far.

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Strings-free €30,000/year donation will help pay for new Blender staff - now including non-developers.

Thursday, July 30th, 2020