The Future of Life Foundation (FLF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and sister organization to the Future of Life Institute (FLI), sharing the same mission to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from extreme large-scale risks. While FLI focuses on research, advocacy, and grantmaking, FLF serves as an organizational incubator: it researches gaps in the AI safety and existential risk landscape, determines what new organizations should be created, recruits founders, and provides comprehensive early-stage support including seed funding, communications assistance, and institutional design. The foundation aims to launch three to five new organizations per year. Early incubatees include CARMA, a technical AI policy organization, and Wise Ancestors, a conservation genomics platform.
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FLF believes the AI safety and existential risk ecosystem is critically underinstitutionalized — that there are important roles which no existing organization is filling. By systematically identifying these gaps, recruiting talented founders with the right skills and vision, providing seed capital, and offering hands-on operational and strategic support in the early stages, FLF aims to bring new high-impact organizations into existence that would not otherwise be created. Each new organization launched becomes a persistent node in the AI safety ecosystem, multiplying impact beyond what any single grant or research project could achieve. The foundation views institutional creation — not just funding or research — as a key lever for reducing large-scale risks from transformative technologies.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC