While Chatbot Arena receives financing as part of the creators’ doctorate research work at the Sky Computing Lab, the Sequoia fellowship award of $100,000 will help fund further technical development, including building a better interface.
“The Sequoia grant supports the development of Chatbot Arena’s website, covering full-stack development and server maintenance costs,” Chiang told TechCrunch. “This is a gift to support the open source project, with no future obligations.”