The Khronos Group began a project to create a next generation graphics API in July 2014 with a kickoff meeting at Valve Corporation [REF].
In early 2015, LunarG (funded by Valve) developed and showcased a Linux driver for Intel which enabled Vulkan compatibility on the HD 4000 series integrated graphics, despite the open source Mesa drivers not being fully compatible with OpenGL 4.0 until later that year [REF].