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Support the Digitization of Mathematics
The Mathlib Initiative accelerates the growth of formal mathematics. It has the potential to transform mathematical research and to open new frontiers in AI development. Your funding will act as a force multiplier, amplifying the benefits of mass collaboration across the global mathematical community.
Learn more about our mission and approach on our about page.
The Opportunity
We are at an inflection point in mathematics, as evidenced by major breakthroughs in computer-verified proofs. Mathematical knowledge can now be made computer-verifiable at scale, with implications extending far beyond pure mathematics to AI breakthroughs, scientific verification, and educational transformation. The infrastructure exists, the community is engaged, but professional resources are needed to achieve the vision.
The Vision: Mathematics as Digital Infrastructure
Digitization makes mathematics accessible in new ways and offers a startling vision of the future of mathematics. Recent breakthrough projects like the formal verification of the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa conjecture and Carleson's theorem are examples of a new mode of mathematical collaboration in which dozens of contributors, with diverse skill sets, all work in parallel toward a single goal. AI systems capable of automated theorem proving with perfect mathematical precision are being built. We also envisage dynamic educational tools which adapt to the level of mathematical sophistication of the reader. Our vision is a world in which examples like these become the norm.
The Moment: Critical Infrastructure Investment
Like the early internet or human genome project, mathematical digitization represents foundational infrastructure investment. Early supporters will be remembered as enabling the field's transformation, with prestigious coverage already highlighting formal mathematics breakthroughs.
The Multiplier: Compound Returns
Your investment doesn't just fund one project - it enables breakthrough research from algebra to geometry to number theory. Every formal theorem becomes reusable infrastructure for future discovery. Thanks to perfect correctness guarantees, one person's proof may be reused by an unbounded number of others. Beyond mathematics, Amazon's differential privacy project SampCert is a notable example of Mathlib enabling important software breakthroughs.
See our detailed roadmap for specific year-one deliverables and technical milestones, and meet the team implementing this vision.
Get Involved
For funding partnerships: Contact us at info@mathlib-initiative.org to discuss how your support can accelerate the digitization of mathematics.
For other collaborations: Visit our contact page to explore research partnerships, technical contributions, or community involvement.
As a program of Renaissance Philanthropy, the Mathlib Initiative offers opportunities to support transformative science and technology innovation that will benefit mathematics and AI research for decades to come.