THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
EAT's $1 million clipping fund now takes applications through October 31.
Gates and Wellcome Leap committed $100 million to prevent stillbirths.
John Deere Foundation committed $18.5 million to get farm food to food banks.
The Rockefeller and OpenAI foundations committed $50 million to help cities use AI.
Abby Care raised $82 million to pay family members as Medicaid caregivers.
Meta donated 1,000 AI glasses to Singapore's disability community.
New here? WYDE turns attention into meals. A restaurant gives food. A creator shares it on camera. People eat.
CREATORS: MORE TIME TO APPLY
You asked for more time. You got it. Applications now close October 31 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.
Creators who have applied or joined bring more than 45 million combined followers.
The fund commits 1 billion impressions to clipping the creators it picks. That is $1 million at $1 per 1,000 verified views.
It is an application, like a venture fund. Size is not the test. Content that feeds people or helps people is.
What EAT creators get
Clipped from day one. EAT clippers cut your posts for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and X. The fund pays the clippers. You pay nothing.
A spot on the EAT creator board. Restaurants and brands come to the top of the board first.
Your fans get paid to clip you. They earn on verified views.
Keep every deal you have. EAT is non-exclusive.
This is the format. A restaurant gives the food. A creator shares it. People eat.
 Six pizzas, one skatepark. A creator asks a pizzeria for 500 pizzas. The manager gives six, free. She hands them out at a skatepark. |  Lunch with a stranger. A creator invites a man she just met to lunch. The restaurant pays the bill. |
"Crypto for good. Do good. Get paid. Everybody EATs."
Applying takes two minutes and costs nothing. EAT does not promise earnings, views or followers. Read who the fund is for →
THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
"Through our Farm-to-Plate strategy, we're excited to build on John Deere's decades-long support of food banks while helping farmers play an even bigger role in addressing hunger."
The commitment equals 51.5% of the $35,909,273 in charitable disbursements the foundation reported for its fiscal year ending October 2024. Read the full story →
Protein makes up only about 2 percent of donations to food banks, SeaShare's executive director told Food Tank. Read the full story →
FOR RESTAURANTS: GIVE MEALS, GET SEEN
A creator films at your restaurant and shares your food with the community.
Each clip shows your restaurant giving.
You can claim a food donation receipt from the WYDE Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity.
THE WEEK IN GIVING
"We're working toward a future where no mother, baby, or child dies from a preventable cause."
The $50 million yearly-equivalent commitment is about 9.8% of Wellcome Leap's charitable disbursements for the fiscal year ending September 2025. Read the full story →
The gift equals 2.1% of the $719,312,252 in contributions Case Western Reserve reported for its fiscal year ending June 2025. Read the full story →
AI AND TECH
"Cities are on the front lines of some of the biggest challenges facing communities."
The initiative equals about 13% of the $380,348,831 in charitable disbursements the Rockefeller Foundation reported for 2024. It aims to reach up to 100 million city residents. Read the full story →
The glasses work out to an average of 250 for each of the four organizations, a split Meta does not print. Read the full story →
More in tech
Tesla's Roadster flying car claim comes with a 2028 production target. The 2017 page listed a $250,000 Founders Series reservation.
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HEALTH
"A traditional private duty nurse program only fills 65% of authorized shifts, which is crazy."
The Series C is about 1.8 times the $45 million Abby Care raised before it. Disclosed funding is now about $127 million. Read the full story →
Google's AMIE chatbot consulted 98 patients before urgent visits, with no safety stops.
IMAGINE IF TRADES MATTERED
$EAT is the first token that funds creators to end hunger. All trades fund creators.
Every $EAT trade carries a 1 percent fee, split four ways: creators, hunger-relief charities, liquidity and the platform.
Creators are paid for work. They do not need to buy, hold or promote the token.
THE EAT CHALLENGES APP LAUNCHES SOON
Get ready to take to the streets. Founding creators start when the challenges app launches.
Get the EAT app.
Apply to the fund before October 31.
Choose a local restaurant you want to film with.
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NEW ON THE SITE
Creator profiles: MrBeast, Łatwogang, Jimmy Darts, Dhar Mann, Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo.
Givers and leaders: Bill and Chloe Cornell, Havi Nguyen, Jeremy Allaire, Kevin B. Churchwell, Thomas Poon and José H. Gomez.
Organizations: Feeding America, SeaShare, John Deere Foundation, Gates Foundation, Wellcome Leap and Abby Care.
Rankings: Largest Charitable Gifts, Largest Gifts to US Universities, Largest Healthcare Gifts of 2026 and Largest Hunger Relief Gifts of 2026.
$EAT BY THE NUMBERS
Meals funded: 73,484 when this week's fund story was written. The goal is one billion. This is not investment advice.
WRITE FOR WYDE
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A restaurant gives. A creator shares. People eat. Now it is your turn. Apply by October 31.
Onward,
The WYDE Team
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