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@0xSero announced on 2026-05-13 that they received a grant from the Human Rights…

2026-05-13 · 16:59 UTC ·@0xSero ·1 min read

Brief

0xSero announced they received a grant from the Human Rights Foundation's AI for Individual Rights Fund (10 grants announced on 2026-05-13). Funded projects include The Ark (pay-per-query AI via Bitcoin Lightning), Freedom Skills (Bitcoin/Nostr agent code), Open Anonymity Project (VPN for anonymous inference), 0xSero's local LLM compression, and Maple AI (E2E encrypted assistant).

Why it matters

@0xSero announced on 2026-05-13 that they received a grant from the Human Rights Foundation's "AI for Individual Rights Fund," which awarded 10 new grants.

Key details

  • HRF grantees include The Ark (AI assistant in East Africa charging per-query via Bitcoin Lightning, no cards/banks/subscriptions), Freedom Skills (pre-written code to teach AI agents Bitcoin payments and Nostr messaging), and Open Anonymity Project (VPN for anonymous ChatGPT/Claude inference).
  • @0xSero's own project aims to compress state-of-the-art LLMs to run locally on laptops and phones for private, offline use in surveillance states; another grantee, Maple AI, proposes an end-to-end encrypted assistant with no data stored.
Source evidence

Guys!

I got a grant to support me in my efforts. I am so excited.

TFTC (@TFTC21)

The @HRF just announced 10 new grants from its AI for Individual Rights Fund, and some of these projects are exactly what the intersection of Bitcoin, AI, and freedom tech should look like.

The Ark: An AI assistant in East Africa where users pay per query with bitcoin over Lightning. No credit cards, no Western bank accounts, no subscriptions. Just sats for service.

Freedom Skills: A repository of pre-written code that teaches AI agents to use Bitcoin for uncensorable payments and Nostr for censorship-resistant communication. Giving dissidents agents that can transact and coordinate without centralized services.

Open Anonymity Project: A VPN for AI inference. Users can query ChatGPT or Claude anonymously so authoritarian regimes can't compel providers to hand over their data.

0xSero: Compressing state-of-the-art LLMs to run locally on laptops and phones. Private, offline AI for people living under surveillance states.

Maple AI: End-to-end encrypted AI assistant. No data stored, no data exposed.

The Human Rights Foundation is supporting AI for sovereignty instead of surveillance.

See the full list here: hrf.org/latest/hrfs-ai-fund-…

— https://nitter.net/TFTC21/status/2054591422959861780#m