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Alignment Research Center

organization

Technical AI safety research

Received
$5,802,500
from 5 funders
Grants
7
Funders
5
Years active
2022–26

Grants over time

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M20222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Jaan Tallinn$2,376,00041%2
Coefficient Giving$1,515,00026%2
FTX Future Fund$1,250,00022%1
UK AI Security Institute$589,50010%1
Long-Term Future Fund$72,0001%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security Institute~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiLow probability estimation: mechanistically estimating the probability of rare failures in machine learning systems — led by Jacob Hilton. — Alignment Project
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$197,000EvalssffGeneral support
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$2,179,000EvalssffGeneral Support
Nov 2022Coefficient Giving$1,250,000Foundationscoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Oct 2022Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$72,000Evalsea_fundsA research & networking retreat for winners of the Eliciting Latent Knowledge contest
Mar 2022Coefficient Giving$265,000Alignment methodscoefficient_givingGeneral Support
2022FTX Future Fund$1,250,000Technical AI safety researchftx_future_fundWe recommended a grant to support researcher salaries, funding for contractors for evaluating AI capabilities, projects like the ELK prizes and workshops, and administrative expenses. — Artificial Intelligence

* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.

As fiscal sponsor 1 · $3,247,000 · $3,247,000 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnMETRSurvival and Flourishing Fund$3,247,000EvalssffGeneral Support of Alignment Research Center (Evals Team)