My takeaway from Atmosphere: it needs to be WAY easier for builders to get paid So I built at.fund at.fund detects the tools you use, and tells you how to fund the builders who make those tools. And if you're a builder, it takes seconds to add records to that tell your users how to fund you 👍
at.fund
Apr 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
at.fund — We can just pay for things
No VCs, no ads — just builders getting paid directly for the work you already rely on.
at.fund — We can just pay for things
No VCs, no ads — just builders getting paid directly for the work you already rely on.
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StratosFund (@stratosfund.at)
Funding for open source projects in the Atmosphere! Help bring your most requested features to life! stratosfund.at
StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
A unique funding model for open source projects in the Atmosphere. Help your favoirite projects bring your most requested features to life.
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Introducing stratosfund.at! A new funding model to help open source projects in the #Atmosphere get PAID to bring your most requested features to life. 🤑💸💰 Let your favorite apps know what features you want most and how much you would pay if they build them. 📣 Join today! 1/2
StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
stratosfund.atEarly on in my time here I was sketching out a Bandcamp alternative hosted on the ATmosphere. The necessary affordances weren't there to make the market work (private data), but there was also not a way to get funding to build it because there is no moat or ROI. The data model is open, competition
Ted Han★ 韓聖安
I've been talking about this for months with others. SaaS products built around data moats are not a thing in the Atmosphere. The whole point is that users data should not be enclosed. This is a space that requires other types of business models.
Fully agree that it needs to be easier for builders to get paid 🪙 so we integrated @at.fund! We detect if you have your @at.fund setup and if so, we'll show a "❤️ Support this builder" badge in your ID card. Example: sifa.id/p/taurean.bryant.land @taurean.bryant.land 👇 We can just build things! 🏗️👷
Andy Schwab
Here's the updated "Funding Models Are Not Binary" slide from my Feature/Product/Business talk #ATmosphereConf. Turns out there are even more great examples already in the Atmosphere!
novel funding mechanisms
funding models that doesn't depend on VC. funding models that keep things accessible and open but yet provide enough incentive for people to pay
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