The first half of the ACX Grants 'free advertising' list: ~30 self-written pitches from applicants Scott couldn't fund directly, lightly curated (obvious trolls and sneaky for-profits removed) so readers can donate money, time, or advice. Ranges from serious high-value projects (coronary-stent soft edge caps, YIMBY migration-chain explainer, AI-safety independent-researcher org, systematic-review selection algorithms) to the eccentric (acoustic simulation of historical speeches, yeast-that-makes-milk, a darknet murder-plot vigilante). Scott's own authorial content is minimal — a short framing intro plus one-line summary titles.

Quality 54 · Solid. Solid band: as a post it's a lightly-annotated catalog with little authorial craft or insight, so quality is low; but it's a functional grantmaking-adjacent vehicle that genuinely connected some projects with funders, which keeps it above the bare admin floor. 54.

Claude’s paradigm shift 30 · Slight. Slight: a listing format with essentially no conceptual novelty. 30.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Part of the ACX Grants mechanism — several listed projects drew real funding/attention through this vehicle, giving it modest concrete spillover beyond pure discourse. RWI 2.

ACX Grants ++: The First Half