Tech, Freedom,
and Innovation Fund
Supporting partners working on the public policy to advance innovation, and building more technical capacity for the freedom movement.
Deadlines: February 1 | June 1 | October 1
AI regulation, cryptocurrency policy, and online privacy are being decided right now. In legislatures, regulatory bodies, and public debate on every continent. Atlas Network funds those fights and builds the tools our partners need to win them.
Eighty-five percent of Atlas Network grants already reference technology, but few focus squarely on it. Partners are launching online campaigns, building platforms, and collecting data faster than ever. The Tech, Freedom, and Innovation Fund makes that investment deliberate, pairing grant funding with mentorship, event content, and Atlas Network Academy programming so partners can keep their technology work going after the grant ends. We also fund institutional capacity efforts that help partners build and sustain technology capabilities, from internal tools to public-facing platforms.
This funding topic is available through all of our
Grant Opportunities.
Issue
Areas
Artificial Intelligence
AI regulations and proposed controls are in motion across the world. Atlas Network partners fight premature regulation and defend access to open-weight models. We help our network use AI as a force multiplier for their own operations.
Crypto & DeFi
Governments on every continent are writing the rules for cryptocurrency right now. This fund supports partners advancing the right to transact. We also support our network in adopting decentralized finance tools, especially where traditional banking fails.
Privacy & Censorship
Chat control, age-verification mandates, encryption backdoors. Governments worldwide are shrinking the space for private communication and free assembly online. Our network supports protecting the right to privacy, and we help our partners adopt this tech.
Technology Enablement
Technology that advances education and strengthens organizations. From video games and mobile apps that make economic ideas accessible to new audiences, to internal systems that build lasting institutional capacity. We fund partners using technology to educate, engage, and grow.
Featured
Projects
OpenHearings: AI for Government Transparency
OpenHearings uses artificial intelligence to summarize government hearings, draft press briefings, and produce donor communications. The tool currently processes 26 government bodies across Hawaii and is expanding into other states.
Legalizing Cryptocurrency in Ukraine
Anna Tymoshenko won the 2024 Radical Innovation Summit Shark Tank with her proposal to legalize cryptocurrency transactions in Ukraine. The bill USF helped shape passed Parliament in September 2025, aligning Ukraine with EU financial standards.
Stopping the Overregulation of AI
Libek used a Freedom & Prosperity Grant to counter premature AI regulation in Serbia, where EU AI Act adoption pressure threatened the country's fast-growing ICT sector. The project included labor market research, expert interviews, a parliamentary conference, and a media campaign.
Crypto Adoption & Youth Training
Free Tech Institute has trained nearly 1,500 young people and reached more than 60,000 people across five provinces in Burundi through its cryptocurrency adoption program. In a country where traditional banking is limited, the project teaches young people to use cryptocurrency.
Court Victory Against Online Censorship
Atlas Network supported the Canadian Constitution Foundation's legal challenge to Canada's Section 91, which allowed unelected officials to fine or imprison people for sharing information deemed "false" online. The court declared the law unconstitutional and of no force and effect.
Have a technology project that needs funding?
The next grant cycle opens June 1, 2026. Apply to the Tech, Freedom, and Innovation Fund through the Atlas Network Partner Portal.