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Merge Club

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Merge Club

@mergedotclub

Merge is a club for microgrant recipients working on big ideas. merge.club/programs

San Francisco, CA

Joined April 2024

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@mergedotclub
Apr 28, 2025
This quarter we gave microgrants to some of the most ambitious builder's we've ever met. - Growing neurons for neuron-based computing - Mechanized exoskeletons to enhance human strength - Building the first pulse jet powered VTOL More on these projects and grantees below 👀
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Apr 20, 2024
Meet @advaitpaliwal, Merge Club member in Michigan - 20 years old - Building cognitive architecture for LLMs - Received a $1k grant from @1517fund's Medici Project - Most recently built these AI smart glasses with Gemini 1.5 and a raspberry pi
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May 21, 2024
Meet Merger @RhythmDoshi from Dubai, UAE - 17 years old - Working on low cost nuclear waste recycling - Received a grant from @DStrachman at @1517fund - Got flown out to SF all expenses paid just by tweeting banger project updates
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Apr 18, 2024
Meet @nijmehvm, Merge Club member from Toronto - 15 years old - Coding since he was 10, working at startups since 12 - Currently automating city transport systems with AI - Received a grant from @tylercowen at Emergent Ventures
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Jun 8, 2024
Meet Merger @momahmood_ from Austin, USA - 23 years old - Working on building new monuments, megastructures, and cities in America 🇺🇸 - Received a grant from @1517fund's Medici Project - Prev. worked in economic development + hardware
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@mergedotclub
Jul 15, 2025
New grant program on the Microgrant Guide 🎉 $10k-$100k no-strings-attached to support high potential builders by the Believe Builder's Fund
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@mergedotclub
Jun 29, 2025
New grant program on the Microgrant Guide 🎉 $100-$1k no-strings-attached for Hardware/Robotics projects from @NarisettiGrants
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@AkshayNarisetti
Jun 29, 2025
Announcing @NarisettiGrants: $100–$1000 non-dilutive microgrants for young rebels working on Hardware & Robotics. If you’re 17-23 and building your big idea, Apply.
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Apr 25, 2024
Meet @aridutilh Merge Club member from Connecticut - 19 years old - Working on creating nutrient-scalable rice using ultrasonics - Received a grant from @srajagopalan at Emergent Ventures - Also the admin of this account, don't mind me
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Mar 20, 2025
Was awesome seeing Merge Grantee @SantiagoDs_001 on stage tonight at Symposium demoing his mechanized exoskeleton! He crushed it 🦾
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Jul 4, 2024
Meet Merger @0xastro98 from Mangalore, India - 25 years old - Building a platform for all your housing needs - Received a grant from @Replit RV1 - Also building his own LLM to create speech AI models in Indian languages
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@mergedotclub
Oct 1, 2024
We started an experiment this quarter: - Fund young builders - $100-1,000 - decided by other builders The outcomes so far have been incredible. Read more below 👇
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@mergedotclub
Jan 20, 2025
In Q4 of 2024, we gave microgrants to projects across 4 continents. Including: - Low-cost micro weather stations for wildfire detection - UAVs that help maintain Kenya's energy infrastructure - Brain-controlled prosthetics More on these projects and grantees below 👀👇
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Dec 31, 2024
2024 @mergedotclub Wrapped Huge year for young talent chasing ambitious projects 🎉 In the past 6mo: - 60+ grants received - $450k raised - Merge Grants given to builders across 5 continents Check out our wrapped:
Merge Club - Microgrant recipients working on big ideas
From merge.club
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@mergedotclub
Jun 3, 2025
New grant program on the Microgrant Guide 🎉 $30k no-strings-attached from @Soma_Capital, Soma Scholars. Link in bio :)
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