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by dracodoc 2875 days ago
It's a chicken egg problem:

- it'll be easier to persuade investors to put in money when there are good applications (then "unconventional background" applications will not have big impact here, people will probably still look at the conventional criteria)

- with some similar program exist already (aigrants), 100k is needed to compete with other program, to attract applicants, to grab your attention in news title...