LOAM
FundersCompareSupport
All funders

Funder

Mozilla Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation is a global nonprofit dedicated to keeping the internet a public resource that is open and accessible to all. They support individuals, groups, and organizations to build a more human-centered internet. Through Fellowships, Awards, the Data Futures Lab, and the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) program, they fund technologists, researchers, creators, and advocates. The Foundation focuses on issues such as protecting user privacy, auditing AI systems, advancing climate justice, protecting creators, democratizing data, and building open infrastructure. They also rally communities through the Mozilla Festival (MozFest) and advocate for tech accountability and platform transparency.

Publications2026 calendarMonday briefLanguage on the moveSearch their words
LOAM logo

LOAM · Locally Organised Ancestral Money

Language that moves money back to the roots.

Atlas

  • All funders
  • Compare funders
  • Fundermental
  • About
  • Support LOAM

Small print

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Refunds
  • Legal
Fundermental · Get notified

Monday brief · week of 26 October 2026

Mozilla Foundation is betting on artists, workers, and human-scale AI to reshape technology’s future.

Written each Monday from this funder's own recent publications. Every point links to the sentence it rests on.

What they're leaning into

  • They are leaning into artists as essential builders and governors of technology, emphasizing their role in shaping inclusive innovation from the start.

    “We’re backing artists who will build and govern the future of tech from the very start.”You heard it from the #MozFest stage first ✨ · 2026-10-28 ↗“But today, artists are being pushed out of the early stages of tech innovation.”You heard it from the #MozFest stage first ✨ · 2026-10-28 ↗

  • Human-scale AI is a major focus, with Mozilla backing smaller, people-centered AI solutions tailored to specific problems and communities.

    “Applications for Mozilla Foundation's Human-Scale AI Incubator are now open, and we're backing builders who make the right size AI for the job.”One tiny flame. One very big solution 🔥 🧯 · 2026-10-22 ↗“Mozilla Foundation is betting-big on small: Human-Scale AI, built for the people and problems it's meant to serve.”One size does not fit all. Not in t-shirts, and certainly not in AI. · 2026-10-21 ↗

  • Decentralized, on-device, and local AI are surging priorities, with MozFest spotlighting open protocols and tiny models that challenge big tech dominance.

    “We've put together a quick 1-minute guide to the MozFest sessions every developer and founder should catch, covering on-device AI, tiny models that beat giant ones, open memory protocols, decentralized agents, and more.”Calling all good-tech builders joining us at MozFest 🔊 This one’s for you 👀 · 2026-10-19 ↗“We've put together a quick 1-minute guide to the MozFest sessions every developer and founder should catch, covering on-device AI, tiny models that beat giant ones, open memory protocols, decentralized agents, and more.”Calling all good-tech builders joining us at MozFest 🔊 This one’s for you 👀 · 2026-10-19 ↗

Framing to consider

  • Frame your work as a refusal of the doom narrative in tech, positioning it as a people-led alternative that centers those historically excluded from innovation.

    “The majority of today’s tech is being built without most people in mind.”To imagine is to refuse the reality you were handed. · 2026-10-15 ↗“good tech starts with the people actually out there, living the problem.”To imagine is to refuse the reality you were handed. · 2026-10-15 ↗

  • Highlight how your project embodies human-scale or decentralized AI, built for specific communities or problems rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.

    “Applications for Mozilla Foundation's Human-Scale AI Incubator are now open, and we're backing builders who make the right size AI for the job.”One tiny flame. One very big solution 🔥 🧯 · 2026-10-22 ↗“Mozilla Foundation is betting-big on small: Human-Scale AI, built for the people and problems it's meant to serve.”One size does not fit all. Not in t-shirts, and certainly not in AI. · 2026-10-21 ↗

Past briefs