Microsoft Joins the Blender Development Fund
Microsoft joined the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund as a Corporate Gold member on July 1st, 2020, alongside existing members Intel, Ubisoft, Embark, and CGGE Institute. According to the announcement, Microsoft is supporting Blender as they use it to “generate synthetic 3D models and images of humans that can be used to train AI models. For researchers, having access to high-quality, free, and open-source 3D software has proven to be of great benefit for scientific projects.