Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology (CHT) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit founded in 2018 by Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin, and Randima Fernando. CHT works to realign technology with humanity's best interests by analyzing the incentive structures driving harmful outcomes in social media and AI, then developing interventions through public awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, and strategic litigation. The organization gained widespread recognition through its role in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma (2020) and its influential AI Dilemma presentation (2023). CHT currently focuses on AI governance, including consulting on landmark litigation against Character.AI and launching its 2026 initiative on preserving human autonomy in the age of AI.
Funding Details
- Annual Budget
- $6,329,475
- Monthly Burn Rate
- $527,456
- Current Runway
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- Funding Goal
- -
- Funding Raised to Date
- $27,940,203
- Fiscal Sponsor
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Theory of Change
CHT believes that misaligned incentives are the root cause of harmful technology outcomes. Their theory of change operates on three levels simultaneously: (1) creating public clarity about how technology incentive structures produce adverse effects, empowering citizens to demand accountability; (2) developing policy expertise to shift institutional incentives through regulation and strategic litigation, establishing legal precedents for AI accountability; and (3) applying technical knowledge of design mechanisms to propose concrete alternatives. By intervening across all three channels, CHT aims to create systems-level shifts in how consequential technologies like AI are developed and deployed, moving from engagement-maximizing and market-dominance-driven approaches toward designs that center human wellbeing, democratic functioning, and safety. Their work on AI specifically argues that current development follows the same dangerous playbook as social media, with companies racing to deploy systems without adequate safety considerations, and that early intervention can prevent misaligned incentives from becoming permanently embedded in infrastructure.
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from Survival and Flourishing Fund
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC