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Lightcone Infrastructure

OrgOps & Infra SupportCoworking SpaceFunderFundraising
lightconeinfrastructure.com

A nonprofit that builds infrastructure for the rationality and AI safety communities, running LessWrong, the AI Alignment Forum, and the Lighthaven campus in Berkeley, CA.

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Led by
Ben Pace, Oliver Habryka
Endorsed by
+6
$0K raisedGoal $3,000K
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Forethought

OrgAI GovernanceThink TankAI ForecastingFundraising
forethought.org

A research nonprofit based in Oxford, UK, focused on how to navigate the transition to a world with superintelligent AI systems, tackling neglected questions in AI macrostrategy.

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14
Led by
William MacAskill, Max Dalton, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$**K raisedGoal $**K
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AI Digest

OrgComms & Public AwarenessPodcast & MediaFundraising
theaidigest.org

AI Digest creates interactive explainers and demos to help policymakers and the public understand AI capabilities and their effects, operated as a project of Sage Future, a US 501(c)(3) charity.

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3
Led by
Adam Binksmith, Shoshannah Tekofsky, and others
Endorsed by
$0K raised
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AI Safety Camp

OrgFellowship & TrainingField-BuildingFundraisingVerified
aisafety.camp

A non-profit initiative that runs an online, part-time research program connecting early-career researchers with experienced AI safety mentors to collaborate on concrete projects aimed at reducing existential risk from AI.

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4
Led by
Remmelt Ellen, Aisha G., and others
Endorsed by
+2
$600K raisedGoal $126K
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Long-Term Future Fund

OrgFunderExistential RiskFundraising
funds.effectivealtruism.org

An expert-managed grantmaking fund within EA Funds that distributes millions annually to reduce global catastrophic risks, with a primary focus on AI safety research, biosecurity, and other existential risk mitigation work.

Team
11
Led by
Asya Bergal, Caleb Parikh, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$20,000K raised
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Effective Institutions Project

OrgAI GovernanceThink TankFunderFundraising
effectiveinstitutionsproject.org

A global working group that seeks out and incubates high-impact strategies to improve institutional decision-making, with a primary focus on AI governance and existential risk reduction.

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7
Led by
Ella McIntosh, Ian David Moss, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research

OrgCoworking SpaceFellowship & TrainingEffective AltruismFundraising
ceealar.org

CEEALAR (formerly the EA Hotel) is a residential fellowship in Blackpool, UK that provides free or subsidized accommodation, meals, and stipends to individuals working on effective altruism projects, with a focus on AI safety research.

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2
Led by
Attila Ujvari, Greg Colbourn, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raisedGoal $430K
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Tarbell Center for AI Journalism

OrgFellowship & TrainingField-BuildingFundraising
tarbellcenter.org

A nonprofit supporting journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI, through fellowships, grants, and its own publication Transformer.

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9
Led by
Cillian Crosson, Shakeel Hashim, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$20,000K raisedGoal $6,400K
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Secure AI Project

OrgPolicy AdvocacyFundraising
secureaiproject.org

A nonprofit that develops and advocates for pragmatic policies to reduce the risk of severe harm from advanced AI, promoting transparency, accountability, and safe development through state and federal legislation.

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7
Led by
Howie Lempel, Nick Beckstead, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Institute for Law & AI (LawAI)

OrgAI GovernanceThink TankField-BuildingFundraising
law-ai.org

An independent legal research think tank, now operating as the Institute for Law & AI, that conducts foundational research and advises governments on the legal and governance challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

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30
Led by
Christoph Winter, Cullen O'Keefe, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$11,182K raised
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CeSIA

OrgAI Evals & Red-TeamingEducation & CurriculumFundraising
cesia.org

The French Center for AI Safety (Centre pour la Securite de l'IA) is a Paris-based non-profit think tank and research center working to reduce risks from artificial intelligence through education, technical research, and policy advocacy in France and Europe.

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11
Led by
Charbel-Raphaël Segerie, Arthur Grimonpont, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Foresight Institute

OrgFunderFellowship & TrainingConference & WorkshopFundraising
foresight.org

A nonprofit research organization founded in 1986 that advances frontier science and technology for the benefit of life, with focus areas spanning secure AI, nanotechnology, longevity biotechnology, neurotechnology, and existential hope.

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15
Led by
Allison Duettmann, Christine Peterson, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Center for Applied Rationality

OrgRationality & EpistemicsEducation & CurriculumFundraising
rationality.org

A nonprofit that runs immersive workshops teaching rationality techniques drawn from cognitive science, behavioral economics, and decision theory, with a focus on improving thinking for people working on high-impact problems including AI safety.

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8
Led by
Anna Salamon, Davis Tower Kingsley, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raisedGoal $200K
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PauseAI

OrgPolicy AdvocacyFundraising
pauseai.info

PauseAI is a global grassroots movement advocating for an immediate pause on the development of frontier AI systems until their safety can be demonstrated and they can be kept under democratic control.

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5
Led by
Joep Meindertsma, Maxime Fournes, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$715K raised
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ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS)

OrgFellowship & TrainingField-BuildingFundraising
matsprogram.org

MATS (ML Alignment & Theory Scholars) is the largest AI safety research fellowship and talent pipeline, running intensive 12-week research programs that pair fellows with leading AI alignment mentors in Berkeley and London.

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44
Led by
Christian Smith, Ryan Kidd, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST)

OrgLegal AdvocacyPolicy AdvocacyBiosecurityFundraising
lasst.org

A nonprofit that uses legal advocacy, including amicus briefs, impact litigation, and policy engagement, to mitigate catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems and biotechnology.

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3
Led by
Amy Labenz, Laurens Prins, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$0K raised
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Palisade Research

OrgAI Evals & Red-TeamingAI SecurityFundraising
palisaderesearch.org

Nonprofit investigating cyber offensive AI capabilities and the controllability of frontier AI models to help humanity avoid permanent disempowerment by strategic AI agents.

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15
Led by
Jeffrey Ladish, Benjamin Weinstein-Raun, and others
Endorsed by
+1
$4,500K raisedGoal $1,133K
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Berryville Institute of Machine Learning

OrgAI SecurityResearch LabFundraising
berryvilleiml.com

BIML is an independent nonprofit research institute focused on machine learning security, specifically the work of building security into ML systems at the design level.

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4
Led by
Gary McGraw, Harold Figueroa, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$150K raised
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The Millennium Project

OrgThink TankAI GovernanceFundraising
millennium-project.org

A global participatory futures research think tank that produces the annual State of the Future report and tracks 15 Global Challenges facing humanity, with growing focus on AGI governance and existential risk.

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6
Led by
Jerome Glenn, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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The Society Library

OrgDemocracy & Gov ReformRationality & EpistemicsEducation & CurriculumFundraising
societylibrary.org

A nonprofit that archives humanity's ideas, ideologies, and world-views through structured debate mapping, with a focus on AI safety, alignment, and democratic governance of AI.

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4
Led by
Jamie Joyce, Sharon Hammond, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0
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Agent Foundations Field Network

OrgFellowship & TrainingField-BuildingFundraising
affi.ne

AFFINE (Agent Foundations FIeld NEtwork) runs intensive superintelligence alignment seminars and fellowships to upskill promising newcomers in agent foundations and AI alignment research.

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3
Led by
Mateusz Bagiński
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raisedGoal $1,616K
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Modeling Cooperation

OrgAI GovernanceResearch LabCooperative AIFundraising
modelingcooperation.com

A research project that uses game theory and computational modeling to reduce catastrophic risks from competition in the development of transformative AI.

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7
Led by
Jonas Emanuel Müller, Vasily Kuznetsov
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$329K raised
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Centre for AI Security and Access

OrgAI GovernanceThink TankFundraising
casa-ai.org

CASA is a research organization working to ensure the benefits of AI can be widely and equitably distributed globally without compromising essential security, with a focus on Global Majority countries.

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2
Led by
Joanna Wiaterek, Sumaya Nur Adan
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0
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Machine Learning for Socio-technical Systems Lab

OrgAcademic InstitutionAI Evals & Red-TeamingFundraising
ml4sts.com

A university research lab at the University of Rhode Island directed by Dr. Sarah M Brown, studying how machine learning interacts with complex socio-technical systems, with a focus on fairness of automated decision-making and AI safety evaluation.

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11
Led by
Sarah M Brown, Kadden Grant, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Upgradable

OrgConsultancyField-BuildingFundraising
upgradable.org

Upgradable is an applied research lab and life optimization service that helps effective altruists, AI safety researchers, and existential risk advocates lead more impactful lives.

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5
Led by
James Norris, Dave Cortright, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Astralis Foundation

OrgFunderFundraising
astralisfoundation.org

A European multi-donor foundation that seeds and scales high-impact initiatives for the secure and beneficial development of AI. Astralis unites funders, experts, and entrepreneurs to steer AI toward beneficial outcomes through grantmaking, strategic guidance, and network-building.

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6
Led by
Jona Glade, Paige Henchen, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$20,000K raised
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Panoplia Laboratories

OrgResearch LabAI Evals & Red-TeamingBiosecurityFundraising
activesite.bio

Panoplia Laboratories (now operating as Active Site) is a nonprofit that evaluates the risks and capabilities of AI-driven biology through wet lab research, and develops broad-spectrum antivirals for pandemic preparedness.

Team
5
Led by
?
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

Center for AI Safety Action Fund

OrgPolicy AdvocacyCompute GovernanceFundraising
action.safe.ai

The 501(c)(4) advocacy arm of the Center for AI Safety, dedicated to advancing bipartisan public policies that maintain U.S. leadership in AI and protect against AI-related national security threats.

Team
2
Led by
Dan Hendrycks, Varun Krovi, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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AI Safety Foundation

OrgConference & WorkshopComms & Public AwarenessFundraising
aisfoundation.ai

A Canadian registered charity that increases public and scientific awareness of AI's catastrophic risks through education and research.

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?
Led by
Ankesh Chandaria, Bill Morris, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Evitable

OrgComms & Public AwarenessPolicy AdvocacyFundraising
evitable.com

Evitable is a nonprofit that informs and organizes the public to confront societal-scale risks from AI and put an end to the reckless race to develop superintelligence.

Team
3
Led by
David Krueger, Gretchen Krueger
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Giving What We Can

OrgEffective AltruismCommunity BuildingFunderFundraising
givingwhatwecan.org

Giving What We Can (GWWC) is a community of effective givers that promotes the 10% Pledge, encouraging people to commit at least 10% of their income to the most impactful charities. Founded in 2009, it has grown to over 12,000 members who have collectively donated more than $500 million.

Team
16
Led by
James Steijger, Max Klijnstra, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raisedGoal $4,200K
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Compassion in Machine Learning

OrgValue AlignmentAI Evals & Red-TeamingTechnical AI SafetyFundraising
compassionml.com

CaML researches how synthetic pretraining data can shift AI systems towards greater compassion and moral open-mindedness regarding all sentient beings, including animals and potential digital minds.

Team
6
Led by
Jasmine Brazilek, Miles Tidmarsh
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$128K raisedGoal $159K
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Sage Future

OrgAI ForecastingRationality & EpistemicsData PlatformFundraising
sage-future.org

Sage builds tools to improve forecasting skills and public understanding of AI capabilities, with the goal of reducing global catastrophic risks from emerging technologies.

Team
4
Led by
Adam Binksmith, Aaron Ho, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

Doom Debates

OrgPodcast & MediaFundraising
lironshapira.substack.com

Doom Debates is a podcast and debate show hosted by Liron Shapira focused on high-stakes debates about AI existential risk. Its mission is to raise mainstream awareness of potential extinction from AGI and build social infrastructure for high-quality public discourse on the topic.

Team
2
Led by
Liron Shapira, Ori Nagel
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

The AI Risk Network (ARN)

OrgComms & Public AwarenessPodcast & MediaFundraising
guardrailnow.org

A Baltimore-based nonprofit media platform that produces podcasts, videos, and social content to bring AI extinction risk into mainstream public conversation.

Team
11
Led by
John Sherman, Louis S. Berman, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$30K raised
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Live Theory

OrgTechnical AI SafetyAlignment TheoryFundraising
groundless.ai

An AI safety research initiative developing new adaptive theoretical frameworks and AI interface designs to keep human sensemaking at pace with rapidly advancing AI systems.

Team
5
Led by
Sahil Kulshrestha, Aayush Kucheria, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

AI-Plans

OrgData PlatformField-BuildingFundraising
ai-plans.com

AI-Plans is a platform for discovering, critiquing, and advancing AI alignment strategies, hosting a contributable compendium of alignment plans and running community research events.

Team
5
Led by
Kabir Kumar, Khaldi Abdeldjalil
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

LawZero

OrgTechnical AI SafetyResearch LabFundraising
lawzero.org

LawZero is a nonprofit AI safety research organization founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe-by-design AI systems that cannot act autonomously or pursue hidden goals.

Team
15
Led by
Sam Ramadori, Yoshua Bengio, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$30,000K raised
0

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

OrgAcademic InstitutionAI SecurityAI GovernanceFundraising
cltc.berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is a research and collaboration hub advancing future-oriented cybersecurity research, policy, and education, with a growing focus on AI safety governance and risk management for frontier AI systems.

Team
?
Led by
Ann Cleaveland, Elijah Baucom, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

Horizon Events

OrgConference & WorkshopCommunity BuildingData PlatformFundraising
horizonomega.org

Horizon Events is a Canadian non-profit that advances AI safety R&D by organizing high-impact events, including the AI Safety Unconference series and monthly Guaranteed Safe AI Seminars.

Team
1
Led by
Orpheus Lummis, Étienne Langlois
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raisedGoal $35K
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ETH Zurich Fondation (USA)

OrgFunderFundraising
ethz-foundation-usa.org

The US fundraising arm of the ETH Zurich Foundation, enabling American donors to make tax-deductible gifts that support research, teaching, and talent at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

Team
?
Led by
Alex Hochuli, Donald Tillman, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

Mox

OrgCoworking SpaceCommunity BuildingFundraising
moxsf.com

Mox is San Francisco's largest AI safety coworking and community space, providing workspace, events, and fellowships for researchers and organizations working on high-impact problems.

Team
5
Led by
Austin Chen, Rachel Shu
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$800K raisedGoal $450K
0

Collective Action for Existential Safety (CAES)

OrgExistential RiskCommunity BuildingFundraising
existentialsafety.org

Collective Action for Existential Safety (CAES) catalyzes coordinated action to reduce existential risks from AI, nuclear weapons, and engineered pandemics. It is an initiative of the Center for Existential Safety, a newly-formed U.S. nonprofit.

Team
5
Led by
James Norris, Anna Rose Escaran, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Athena Mentorship Program for Women

OrgFellowship & TrainingField-BuildingFundraising
researchathena.org

Athena is a hybrid mentorship program for women in technical AI alignment research, combining remote mentorship with an in-person retreat to build skills, networks, and representation in the field.

Team
?
Led by
Claire Short
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
0

Center on Long-Term Risk

OrgCooperative AITechnical AI SafetyResearch LabFundraising
longtermrisk.org

A research organization focused on reducing risks of astronomical suffering (s-risks) from advanced AI, with emphasis on conflict prevention and cooperation between transformative AI systems.

Team
17
Led by
Tristan Cook
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raisedGoal $400K
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Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales

OrgThink TankExistential RiskAI GovernanceFundraising
orcg.info

A scientific diplomacy organization working to improve global catastrophic risk governance in Spanish-speaking countries, with focus areas spanning AI regulation, pandemic biosecurity, food security, and risk management systems.

Team
11
Led by
?
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$323K raised
0

Epoch AI

OrgAI ForecastingAI Evals & Red-TeamingData PlatformFundraising
epoch.ai

Epoch AI is a nonprofit research institute that tracks and forecasts the trajectory of artificial intelligence by analyzing trends in compute, data, algorithmic efficiency, and capabilities. It produces leading databases and quantitative models to help policymakers, researchers, and funders understand the pace and impact of AI progress.

Team
21
Led by
Jaime Sevilla, Junjie X., and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$23,200K raisedGoal $3,000K
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AI X-risk Research Podcast (AXRP)

OrgPodcast & MediaFundraising
axrp.net

AXRP is a podcast hosted by Daniel Filan featuring in-depth interviews with AI safety researchers about their published work and how it might reduce the risk of AI causing an existential catastrophe.

Team
4
Led by
Daniel Filan
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$29K raised
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Lionheart Ventures

OrgInvestorFundraising
lionheart.vc

Lionheart Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in transformative artificial intelligence and frontier mental health technologies to mitigate civilizational risk.

Team
17
Led by
David Langer, Tim Mullen, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raised
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Leaf: Dilemmas and Dangers in AI

OrgFellowship & TrainingEducation & CurriculumField-BuildingFundraising
leaf.courses

Leaf runs online fellowships for exceptional teenagers (ages 15-19) to explore how they can have the most positive impact, including through a flagship course on AI safety called Dilemmas and Dangers in AI.

Team
4
Led by
Jonah Boucher, Filip Chlanda, and others
Endorsed by
No endorsements yet
$0K raisedGoal $90K