AI Standards Lab
aistandardslab.org · organization
Independent nonprofit that accelerates the drafting of AI safety standards by contributing technical work to standards bodies.
Leadership
- Koen Holtman · Co-Lead / Co-Founder / Resident Standards Expert
- Ze Shen Chin · Co-Lead
Team
6 people
source, Oct 2026
AI governance, policy, and advocacyOtherTechnical AI safety research
- Received
- $1,394,000
- from 3 funders
- Grants
- 7
- Funders
- 3
- Years active
- 2024–26
Grants over time
Biggest funders
| Jaan Tallinn | $704,000 | 51% | 4 |
| Coefficient Giving | $670,000 | 48% | 2 |
| Dustin Moskovitz | $20,000 | 1% | 1 |
Reviews
Zvi Mowshowitz · nonprofits.zone · full post · Nov 26, 2025
Confidence: Medium, Funding needs: Medium
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They help facilitate the writing of AI safety standards, for EU/UK/USA, including on the recent EU Code of Practice. They have successfully gotten some of their work officially incorporated, and another recommender with a standards background was impressed by the work and team.
This is one of the many things that someone has to do, and where if you step up and do it and no one else does that can go pretty great. Having now been involved in bill minutia myself, I know it is thankless work, and that it can really matter, both for public and private standards, and they plan to pivot somewhat to private standards.
I’m raising my confidence to high that this is at least a good pick, if you want to fund the writing of standards.
To donate, go here or reach out to hello@aistandardslab.org.
Michael Dickens · mdickens.me · full post · Nov 18, 2024
Classification: Might fund if I had a lot more money
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AI Standards Lab aims to accelerate the writing of AI safety standards (by standards bodies like ISO and NIST) by writing standards that orgs can adapt.
These standards are rarely directly relevant to x-risk. Improving standards on sub-existential risks may make it easier to regulate x-risks, but I would rather see an org work on x-risk more directly.
AI Standards Lab does not appear to be seeking donations.
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Dustin Moskovitz | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $20,000 | Technical governance | sff | General support of AI Standards Lab & Holtman Systems Research |
| Sep 2026 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $28,000 | Technical governance | sff | General support of AI Standards Lab & Holtman Systems Research |
| Jun 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $470,000 | Technical governance | coefficient_giving | AI Policy Standards Development | |
| Sep 2025 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $328,000 | Other | sff | General support of AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $164,000 | Other | jaan_online | General support |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $184,000 | Evals | sff | General support of AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research |
| May 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $200,000 | Technical governance | coefficient_giving | AI Standards and Risk Management Frameworks |