<![CDATA[Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund!]]>Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/455240ed-6381-4d9f-bc60-be0fc154bf23/welcome-anthropic-as-a-corporate-patron-sponsor-of-the-blender-foundation-s-development-fundRSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 00:46:53 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2026 15:18:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:27:06 GMT]]>@Blender Congrats on the sponsorship!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/golemwire/statuses/116483976483387152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/golemwire/statuses/116483976483387152Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:27:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:39 GMT]]>@Blender Reword it how every you like - it's all to late, you laid down with pigs, you will never wash off the smell of shit!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/robchapman/statuses/116483974725805738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/robchapman/statuses/116483974725805738Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:11 GMT]]>@Blender Fork it now and only merge necessary changes =P

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tillbtc/statuses/116483972888854096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tillbtc/statuses/116483972888854096Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:10 GMT]]>@Blender Tone-deaf or not, this is the membership nobody working in the creative field should endorse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/th3rdsergeevich/statuses/116483972812898717https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/th3rdsergeevich/statuses/116483972812898717Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:26:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:25:28 GMT]]>@fsiddi

Why take corporate money? Why take THIS corporate money? Why not throw this out to the Blender community at large and include them in this decision BEFORE accepting this money? The complete disregard for user's very valid concerns with regard to AI and especially Anthropic AI money in a beloved FOSS project is insulting in the current world. How could you not foresee the blowback?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hellions.cloud/users/noondlyt/statuses/116483970087525443https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hellions.cloud/users/noondlyt/statuses/116483970087525443Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:23:22 GMT]]>@Blender And just like that, you threw all the good will and trust you've been accumulating for decades into a blender.

Thanks for nothing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/th3rdsergeevich/statuses/116483961836624605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/th3rdsergeevich/statuses/116483961836624605Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:23:20 GMT]]>@Blender
Really? The wording is the problem? You already got some shitstains on that list like Facebook... oh sorry I meant mEtA. I guess dirty money can taste very good if you just look the other way. On that note, who is next? Lockheed Martin? I bet they have a lot of money to spare

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mocchatek/statuses/116483961669459644https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mocchatek/statuses/116483961669459644Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:23:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:21:45 GMT]]>@Blender "nobody liked that"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/vex/statuses/116483955470857485https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/vex/statuses/116483955470857485Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:21:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:21:20 GMT]]>@Blender i now feel a bit less shitty, that i have installed Blender, but so far did not take the time to really learn to use it.
I would be so angry now, had i invested my time.

So deleting it is.

A shame.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/v_d_richards/statuses/116483953819758496https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/v_d_richards/statuses/116483953819758496Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:21:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:19:12 GMT]]>@wcbdata Autodesk will be happy to take your money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gen8rG40ntA

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mograph.social/users/aronkvh/statuses/116483945398716214https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mograph.social/users/aronkvh/statuses/116483945398716214Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:19:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:18:14 GMT]]>@Blender Disgusting.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/tjk/statuses/116483941634533926https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/tjk/statuses/116483941634533926Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:18:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:17:24 GMT]]>@fsiddi @robertguetzkow

Like if your decision to take Anthropic patronage is "polite" on any way.
😒🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/DBG3D/statuses/116483938333331457https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/DBG3D/statuses/116483938333331457Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:16:36 GMT]]>@normjess @Blender Blender forks?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Mimesatwork/statuses/116483935238704331https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Mimesatwork/statuses/116483935238704331Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:16:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:52 GMT]]>@Blender

So your project is going to end up a vibe coded piece of shit - got it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116483928382950827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116483928382950827Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:26 GMT]]>@robertguetzkow Thank you for making your point in a polite way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/fsiddi/statuses/116483926690049341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/fsiddi/statuses/116483926690049341Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:17 GMT]]>@Blender SHAME

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kelleynnn/statuses/116483926130181998https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kelleynnn/statuses/116483926130181998Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:06 GMT]]>@miss_rodent @Blender Well said. I just want to comment with all the traction this is getting, this isn’t it guys. It’s photography, it’s graphic art, it’s business, it’s jobs, it’s every nook and cranny you look and despite being told otherwise tech is bleeding people. If this gets more people thinking that’s great, because the tech has been here redifining human worth for a while now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tillbtc/statuses/116483925391923016https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tillbtc/statuses/116483925391923016Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:14:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:58 GMT]]>@Blender Fuck. No.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgm/statuses/116483924853256705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgm/statuses/116483924853256705Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:14 GMT]]>it's nice that y'all are liking my post but Blender doesn't get to see that. You either have to voice your own outrage or retoot mine. Just pressing the star doesn't have any effect.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116483921942828428https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116483921942828428Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:39 GMT]]>@Blender so y'all were like "I can't imagine anyone who uses blender would be upset that a business determined to steal their work and jobs would be pissed off at this news. Let's announce this. Everyone will love it!".
But you do you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/richardjh/statuses/116483911791539464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/richardjh/statuses/116483911791539464Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:12 GMT]]>@Blender Bad call, @Blender

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cmdrmoto/statuses/116483910015830123https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cmdrmoto/statuses/116483910015830123Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:01 GMT]]>@Blender This is a bad deal. I hope you know that. I understand you need the financial support, but this is seriously eating at the user base trust. You WILL lose users.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Mimesatwork/statuses/116483909303832273https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Mimesatwork/statuses/116483909303832273Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:10:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:09:59 GMT]]>@Blender rolls eyes clearly the problem is you're not selling the peons on taking the money from them enough, riiiiiight

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116483909165958923https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116483909165958923Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:09:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:09:23 GMT]]>@Blender regardless of what your funding policy might say, accepting funding from such an infamous company that is so widely hated specifically by your user base is not a good idea.

And honestly I also find it short-sighted, given the massive bubble and constant bleed of money these companies have. Gaining long term unpopularity for what I believe will likely be short term funding seems like a poor strategy to take.

I think everyone would have been much happier if the headline was "Blender rejects funding from Anthropic", even better if it was followed by another headline saying "Blender drafts new AI policy prohibiting the use of genAI for its development process".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ThisIsFroggie/statuses/116483906820730532https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ThisIsFroggie/statuses/116483906820730532Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:09:23 GMT