Funding the future of AI innovation.
The Ukiyo Grant Program backs exceptional builders, researchers, and startups with $5k–$50k in milestone-based funding and GPU computing.
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Project
Distributed inference runtime
Category
AI Infrastructure
Requested
$25,000
Compute
8 × H100
HOW IT WORKS
From application to funding.
Apply
Submit your application at any time, applications are open year round. Tell us about your project, your roadmap, your team and how much compute you need.
Review Period
Your application is evaluated within ten working days. If needed, we may request clarification on your technical approach, planned compute usage, or other things regarding your submission.
Decision & Notification
You will receive an email with our decision. Accepted teams proceed to milestone confirmation and onboarding. Teams not selected receive feedback and are welcome to reapply after 60 days with changes.
Build & Funding Delivery
Teams develop their projects on Ukiyo GPUs and deliver against agreed milestones. Ukiyo verifies milestone completion before releasing each subsequent tranche of funding.
Post-Launch Support
Approved projects may receive ongoing support, including market visibility and possible integration within the Ukiyo ecosystem.
BENEFITS
Funding, compute, and full ownership.
The Ukiyo Grant Program supports technically strong teams building applications, infrastructure, and tooling powered by GPU compute.
The Ukiyo Grant Program is designed to evolve, additional forms of support may be introduced as the program grows.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Milestone-basedDirect Funding
$5k–$50k in milestone-based financial support, scaled to the scope and ambition of your project.
GPU Credits
Compute on the Ukiyo marketplace, so you can train, deploy, and scale on high-performance GPUs.
Full Ownership & IP
Non-dilutive support. No equity. No board seat. We take a non-exclusive right to demo and publish your work.
Ecosystem Exposure
Showcase your work across the Ukiyo ecosystem and connect with partners, collaborators, and researchers.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND
The work we back.
AI Infrastructure
Model hosting, scalable inference, deployment frameworks, scheduling, orchestration systems.
AI Applications
Agents, copilots, creative tools, recommendation and personalization engines.
Training, Inference & Data Pipelines
Data preparation, training loops, evaluation frameworks, experiment tracking, optimization pipelines.
GPU-Accelerated Computing
Rendering, scientific simulation, media processing, real-time analytics. Any workload that benefits from serious GPU power.
Developer Tooling
SDKs, CLIs, IDE plugins, debugging and observability tools that make GPU compute easier to build with.
Marketplace & Ecosystem Growth
Tools and integrations that strengthen the Ukiyo marketplace itself. Provisioning automation, pricing analytics, monitoring, GPU utilization optimization.
Emerging Concepts
Ideas that don't fit a category yet. If it pushes GPU computing forward, we want to see it.
APPLICATIONS OPEN YEAR ROUND
Apply.
Tell us what you're building and what you need.
Applications are reviewed individually. Selected teams are contacted directly.