Mozilla Builders
Mozilla Builders helps developers create transformative open-source AI projects through collaborations, programming, and community.
At a Glance
- Independent developers
- Open-source AI projects
- Ethical tech startups
AI Tools by Mozilla Builders
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LocalScore
Local AI Hardware Benchmark Tool
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Products & Services
A way to distribute and run LLMs with a single file that runs on six operating systems.
A vector search extension for SQLite, written in C and compatible with any environment.
A 2+ trillion token open dataset for AI training, fully accessible and open.
A benchmarking tool for local LLM performance and compatibility.
Market Position
Positioned as a mission-aligned alternative to Big Tech accelerators, focusing on decentralization, privacy, and open-source sustainability.
Leadership
Founders
Kathy Pham
Fellow at Harvard Berkman Klein Center, former product lead at Google and US Digital Service, co-founder of Responsible Computer Science Challenge.
Monica Chambers
VP/GM of New Products & Ventures at Mozilla, previously co-founder of Work-Bench and Director of Strategic Projects at JWT.
Executive Team
Andy Yates
Program Lead
Former Senior Product Manager at Mozilla; expert in open-source community building.
Linda Chu
Program Manager
Previously worked at W3C on policy and community outreach.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Launched in 2020 as the 'Fix-The-Internet' incubator to address the centralized nature of the web by supporting independent builders. It has since evolved to focus heavily on Local AI and open-source infrastructure.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Equity-free grant model supported by Mozilla's core revenue (search partnerships). It functions as an incubator and accelerator rather than a direct revenue-generating entity.
Pricing Tiers
$75,000 funding for early-stage startups.
$5,000 - $50,000 equity-free grants for open-source projects.
Target Markets
- Independent developers
- Open-source AI projects
- Ethical tech startups
- Local LLM deployment
- Privacy-preserving AI
- Open-source developer tools
- Democracy-strengthening technology
- SQLite-vec
- Llamafile
- Ersilia
- Theia AI IDE