# Sponsors & Backers > The people and companies who fund Empryo, an AI coding agent, plus GitHub Sponsors tiers from $5 to $1,000 a month and one-time options. The people and companies below fund Empryo's development. This page lists monthly sponsors, one-time backers, and what each sponsorship tier includes. **Sponsor monthly** Monthly tiers from $5 to $1,000. Cancel anytime. **Give once** One-time gift through PayPal or GitHub. Your name goes in BACKERS.md. ## Featured sponsors Featured sponsors get a logo in the README, on this page, and on the home page.  *LLM Gateway, featured sponsor* [LLM Gateway](https://llmgateway.io/dashboard?ref=6tjJR2H3X4E9RmVQiQwK) ([@theopenco](https://github.com/theopenco)) gives you models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and many other providers through one API, with cost tracking and support for your own keys. **DevPass** is their fixed-price monthly plan. Empryo includes an `llmgateway` provider, so you can sign in with `/login llmgateway` and pick a model. ## Monthly sponsors **Heart of the forge, $1,000 a month** Logo at the top of the README, a banner on this page, a launch post, and a quarterly roadmap call. Available. [Sponsor at this tier](https://github.com/sponsors/proxysoul). **Anvil, $500 a month** Logo in the README and on this page, social media posts, and a direct contact for integration work. Available. [Sponsor at this tier](https://github.com/sponsors/proxysoul). **Forge, $100 a month** A row in the README supporters table, a spot on this page, and priority on bugs and feature requests. Available. [Sponsor at this tier](https://github.com/sponsors/proxysoul). **Ember, $25 a month** Your name in BACKERS.md, a mention in release notes, and early access to the changelog. - **3utterfly3ffect** ([@peter1599](https://github.com/peter1599)) **Spark, $5 a month** A sponsor badge and your name listed with the other supporters. - **Levi** ([@feketefh](https://github.com/feketefh)) - **Praneeth Merugu** ([@PraneethMerugu](https://github.com/PraneethMerugu)) - **Liiro** ([@Liiro](https://github.com/Liiro)) ## Permanent backers One-time gifts of $200 or more stay listed permanently. - [LLM Gateway](https://llmgateway.io) ([@theopenco](https://github.com/theopenco)) ## One-time backers Thank you to everyone who sent a one-time gift. - **Ismail Ghallou** ([@smakosh](https://github.com/smakosh)) - **Nermin B.** ([@nerminba](https://github.com/nerminba)) - **window92** ([@window92](https://github.com/window92)) - **Liiro** ([@Liiro](https://github.com/Liiro)) ## Sponsor Empryo **Monthly on GitHub** Monthly tiers from $5 to $1,000. Cancel anytime. **One-time on GitHub** GitHub Sponsors also accepts one-time gifts. **One-time on PayPal** Send a one-time gift and get listed in [BACKERS.md](https://github.com/proxysoul/empryo/blob/main/BACKERS.md). Sponsored placements are ads and are labeled as such. They don't change which models Empryo uses or recommends.