Alex Lintz

Alex Lintz has a track record of good work in this space, and took a career risk in order to start a potentially high-impact organization. Although this particular org didn't pan out, this is par for the course in entrepeneurship. I'm excited for Alex to have more shots on goal.

I would not in general offer retroactive funding for activities of this nature -- I'd encourage people to either secure sufficient personal runway to derisk this, or secure funding before starting a new org -- but Alex's case is a bit unusual as he had a good-faith reason to expect to receive funding for this it just fell through for (after having heard the specifics of the case) somewhat arbitrary reasons out of his control.

A two-day, career-focused workshop to inform and connect European EAs interested in AI governance

Alex Lintz and some collaborators from EA Zürich proposed organizing a two-day workshop for EAs interested in AI governance careers, with the goals of giving participants background on the space, offering career advice, and building community. We agree with their assessment that this space is immature and hard to enter, and believe their suggested plan for the workshop looks like a promising way to help participants orient to careers in AI governance.