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Mitchell Hashimoto announced on 2026-06-23 that his family is donating another…

2026-06-23 · 08:51 UTC ·@kiwicopple ·0 min read

Brief

Mitchell Hashimoto announced on 2026-06-23 that his family is donating another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation, calling Zig "exceptional software." He says he uses AI daily but supports Zig's "one of the strongest anti-AI policies in open source" and stresses "respect doesn’t require agreement." @kiwicopple called that an "increasingly rare mindset."

Why it matters

Mitchell Hashimoto announced on 2026-06-23 that his family is donating another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation.

Key details

  • Hashimoto said he uses AI every day but highlighted that Zig has “one of the strongest anti-AI policies in open source,” adding “we disagree on some things, but respect doesn’t require agreement.”
  • @kiwicopple praised this stance and called that attitude “an increasingly rare mindset.”
Source evidence

Awesome to see this level of support for open source. Even better is the rationale:

> The point is that I have opinions. Those opinions don't fully align with ZSF's approach. And yet, I have nothing but respect for ZSF

an increasingly rare mindset

Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh)

My family is donating another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation. Zig is exceptional software. I use AI every day. Zig has one of the strongest anti-AI policies in open source. We disagree on some things, but respect doesn’t require agreement. mitchellh.com/writing/zig-do…

Link

Pledging Another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation

mitchellh.com

— https://nitter.net/mitchellh/status/2069051621544444049#m