# Vibhu

**Type:** person  
**Status:** active  
**Domain:** internet-finance  
**Affiliation:** Solana Foundation

## Overview

Senior figure at Solana Foundation responsible for ecosystem development and builder support infrastructure. Public spokesperson for Foundation's comprehensive support programs including hackathons, grants, accelerators, and distribution channels.

## Public Positions

### Ecosystem Support Philosophy
- Advocates that Solana "does more to support founders/builders than any other network, and it's probably not even that close"
- Emphasizes volume and comprehensiveness of support infrastructure
- Defends committee-driven capital allocation model
- Positions distribution and amplification as core value proposition: "our firehose is yours to use"

### Capital Allocation Approach
- Tens of millions distributed annually across Foundation and adjacent entities
- No equity requirements or tradeoffs
- Focus on early-stage startups and builders "advancing the network"
- Average grant check size: $40k for open source & public goods

## Timeline

- **2026-03-24** — Published comprehensive defense of Solana's builder support infrastructure on X, addressing "glaring inaccuracies in the current discourse"