Astralis Foundation

Astralis Foundation is a European multi-donor foundation established in 2024 with a mission to help navigate transformative AI by uniting funders, experts, and entrepreneurs to seed and scale high-impact interventions. Registered as both a UK private company limited by guarantee (company number 15917880, registered 27 August 2024) and a Swedish foundation (number 802482-2317), Astralis operates from Stockholm, London, New York, and Vienna. The foundation operates through six guiding principles: philanthropic ambition targeting the highest-leverage opportunities, a venture approach pursuing bold theories of change, a multi-funder model to amplify credibility and independence, cautious optimism grounded in evidence, in-house expertise on neglected topics, and global perspectives spanning industry, government, and research. Astralis has three primary focus areas. First, it builds bridges between the West and Asia through global governance structures, including supporting the Safe AI Forum's International Dialogues on AI Safety, now in its fourth session. Second, it accelerates European AI safety and progress by strengthening safe AI development and supporting evidence-based policymaking, including work in Norway. Third, it amplifies messaging on AI risks and opportunities to public audiences and decision-makers, exemplified by co-hosting the Nordics AI Safety Summit 2024. The foundation's flagship program, the Shared Horizons fund, is a dedicated vehicle for international AI governance. As of late 2025, it had raised and deployed $5.8 million from five donors to 11 high-impact organizations, with grants deployed across European and Chinese policy ecosystems. The fund's goal is to deploy $15 million in grants annually. Beyond Shared Horizons, Astralis advises approximately $10-20 million in additional grants outside the dedicated fund. The founding team brings deep experience from across the AI safety and philanthropic ecosystem. CEO Jona Glade previously led strategic initiatives at cFactual and BCG and serves on the board of Longview Philanthropy. President Vilhelm Skoglund runs a Swedish family office and co-founded Impact Academy. Senior Advisor Tim Shavers, who leads the Shared Horizons fund, brings nearly 20 years at McKinsey and over a decade in venture capital, and serves on the board of Rethink Priorities. Abraham Rowe, formerly COO at Rethink Priorities, serves as Senior Advisor on operations. Overall, Astralis has raised over $20 million for AI safety from 15 entrepreneurial donors.