Macroscopic Ventures is a Swiss nonprofit founded in 2019 that makes grants and investments to projects and people helping to build a future guided by reason and compassion. The organization focuses on reducing s-risks (suffering risks), including catastrophic AI misuse by malevolent or fanatical actors, AI-related conflict, and AI welfare concerns. It also funds work on animal welfare and countering extremist ideologies. Macroscopic gave approximately $10 million in grants in 2024 and has planned to give up to $100 million in 2025, with notable commitments including a $15 million endowment to the Cooperative AI Foundation and a $3 million grant to Carnegie Mellon University's Foundations of Cooperative AI Lab.
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Theory of Change
Macroscopic Ventures believes the most important leverage for improving long-term outcomes is reducing large-scale suffering risks (s-risks) — scenarios where vast numbers of sentient beings experience extreme suffering. On AI specifically, the organization funds governance and policy work to prevent catastrophic misuse of AI by malevolent actors (e.g., compute governance, information security), supports cooperative AI research to reduce risks from AI systems that fail to coordinate or conflict with each other, and prepares for the possibility that AI systems may develop morally relevant sentience requiring ethical consideration. By combining proactive grantmaking with direct investment in AI safety companies, Macroscopic aims to shift the trajectory of AI development toward outcomes that are safe, cooperative, and considerate of a broad moral circle.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC