Clojurists Together has announced $31K USD in funding for five open source projects in Q2 2026, split into two tiers: three projects receiving $9K each and two experimental initiatives with $2K each. The allocation prioritizes technical innovation in Clojure tooling, AI, and data analysis.

Malli, a schema validation library, received funding to address memory optimization challenges at Metabase, where recursive ref validation caused high upfront memory usage. Developer Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant plans to balance performance gains with resource efficiency, aiming to eliminate workarounds for long-running systems. Concurrently, SciCloj will expand its documentation and plotting libraries to support broader data science applications, including interactive dashboards and enhanced visualization backends.

Uncomplicate AI’s Clojure LLM project, iLLaManati, targets high-performance local AI inference with GPU/CPU support for models like Google’s Gemma 3. Meanwhile, Gloat seeks to improve Clojure-to-native compilation, focusing on smaller binaries and broader platform compatibility. Lastly, PluMCP advances the Model Context Protocol for agentic AI ecosystems, ensuring seamless integration with Clojure workflows.

This funding cycle underscores Clojurists Together’s commitment to tackling practical scalability challenges and expanding Clojure’s footprint in emerging domains like AI and systems programming.