Convergent Research
www.convergentresearch.org · organization
Launches focused research organizations, FROs, to build scientific capabilities that fall between academia and startups.
Leadership
- Adam Marblestone · CEO & Co-Founder
- Anastasia Gamick · President & Co-Founder
Team
25 people
source, Oct 2026
Technical AI safety researchOtherBiosecurityAI safety fieldbuildingOther existential risk
- Received
- $7,528,000
- from 2 funders
- Grants
- 7
- Funders
- 2
- Years active
- 2022–26
Grants over time
Coefficient GivingJaan Tallinn
Biggest funders
| Coefficient Giving | $6,750,000 | 90% | 4 |
| Jaan Tallinn | $778,000 | 10% | 3 |
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $5,000,000 | Foundations | coefficient_giving | Work on Software Formal Verification | |
| May 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $1,100,000 | Other | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| Oct 2023 | Coefficient Giving | $400,000 | Biosecurity | coefficient_giving | Biosecurity Projects | |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $100,000 | Other | jaan_online | General support |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $289,000 | Other existential risk | jaan_online | To conduct scientific roadmapping towards focused research organizations that have the potential to reduce existential risks to humanity |
| Jun 2022 | Coefficient Giving | $250,000 | Biosecurity | coefficient_giving | Sequencing Roadmap | |
| May 2022 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $389,000 | Research hubs | sff | General support of Convergent Research |
As fiscal sponsor 4 · $5,751,000 · $1,437,750 average
| Date ↓ | Funder | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Jaan Tallinn | Atlas Computing | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $2,049,000 | Technical AI safety research | sff | General support of Atlas Computing |
| Sep 2026 | Jaan Tallinn | Oath Technologies | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $2,732,000 | Control | sff | General support of Oath Technologies |
| Sep 2026 | Dustin Moskovitz | Oath Technologies | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $243,000 | Control | sff | General support of Oath Technologies |
| Sep 2026 | Dustin Moskovitz | Atlas Computing | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $727,000 | Technical AI safety research | sff | General support of Atlas Computing |