AI for Economic Opportunity

Catalyzing transformative economic opportunities through advanced AI technologies.

The GitLab Foundation AI for Economic Opportunity Fund supports bold, early-stage projects using AI to expand income growth and economic mobility. Launched in partnership with OpenAI, and with ongoing support Annie E. Casey and Ballmer Group, the fund reflects a shared commitment to advancing economic opportunity through innovative applications of AI.

Applications for future funding opportunities will open later this summer. Watch this space for updates on applying.

Grantees receive:

• $250,000 in catalytic funding to prototype and demonstrate progress

• Six months of cohort-based technical support from OpenAI engineers and advisors

• API credits and peer learning with a network of leading practitioners and funders

• Eligibility for additional scaling capital from partner funders

• The opportunity to showcase work at a Demo Day. (This year’s is scheduled for September 2026.)

Across our latest cohort, organizations are applying AI in practical ways to expand access to opportunity, from improving how people find and use essential services to helping them navigate education, benefits, and the workforce.

Recent grantees are already demonstrating what this looks like in practice:

• Ask Aya, developed by the National Domestic Workers Alliance, provides personalized legal guidance and negotiation support to domestic workers, helping a historically excluded workforce access protections and improved working conditions.

• Moms First launched PaidLeave.AI to help parents navigate paid leave and public benefits, unlocking thousands of dollars in support many users didn’t know they were eligible for.

• The Community Economic Defense Project provides renters with real-time legal guidance and automated court filings using their solution, HousingLegalAdvice.AI, to ensure more families stay housed and avoid the long-term costs of displacement.

Learn more about our latest cohort of grantees.