Rahul Dass

QWED is currently maintained primarily by a single core maintainer. Funding supports long-term sustainability of this deterministic AI verification infrastructure, including security hardening, threat modeling, CI/CD enforcement, SBOM generation, supply-chain protection, documentation improvements, and ecosystem integrations. External funding directly increases reliability and reduces downstream risk for organizations relying on QWED in high-stakes AI deployments.

Supports extended runway for infrastructure stability, third-party security reviews, container hardening, deterministic engine validation, compliance preparation (OpenSSF Gold, SBOM attestation), and contributor onboarding. Enables structured security audits and long-term ecosystem growth.