# Modal launches Modal for Builders, a compute credit program for AI projects

> Original title: Compute shouldn’t be the bottleneck for your next big idea.

- Source: Modal
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:27:53.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ri1ysdj9phmjiaokhghp4g0t9
- Original: https://x.com/modal/status/2120206827581591989

## Summary

Modal launches Modal for Builders, a program that gives compute credits to builders working on ambitious AI projects. Applicants submit an idea and an estimate of the compute they will need, and selected projects may be featured on Modal's social channels.

## Post

Compute shouldn’t be the bottleneck for your next big idea.

We're launching Modal for Builders, a program that provides compute credits to builders working on ambitious AI projects.

Have a demo you’ve been wanting to build? A research question you want to explore?  Or another idea that needs compute? 

We’d like to hear about it. Apply with your idea and an estimate of the compute you’ll need. Projects may also be featured on Modal’s social channels. 

Some projects we’ve backed in the past:

[Video](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Famplify_video_thumb%2F2120202631326973952%2Fimg%2F3d9hnwkeMKbMeeWF.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1794528000&sig=b7f747f4c117f2d5)