@metin Yeah, "dedicated product manager for your area" sounds like direct influence to Blender development roadmap.On the list of other Blender corporate sponsors, there are companies like Meta. Blender is likely used on their AR headsets. PDF: https://download.blender.org/foundation/development-fund/blender_development_fund_corporate_membership_overview_2025.pdf

@mayadev @forgetpassword that's a fair question lol, but for me it would depend entirely on what it means for the project.Accepting money or any direct involvement from Russia (or honestly the USA govt) seems like a bad idea primarily for the personal security of people, because even if you don't accept them they can just waltz all over you and abuse your products.But let me ask in return: if the USA military used Blender in their defense dept, does that make them equally evil to Anthropic?