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 * Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/oobabooga/
 * Discord: https://discord.gg/jwZCF2dPQN
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+## Acknowledgment
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+In August 2023, [Andreessen Horowitz](https://a16z.com/) (a16z) provided a generous grant to encourage and support my independent work on this project. I am **extremely** grateful for their trust and recognition, which will allow me to dedicate more time towards realizing the full potential of text-generation-webui.