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AI safety
| Macroscopic Ventures | $15,000,000 | 83% | 5 |
| Jaan Tallinn | $3,000,000 | 17% | 2 |
| MATS Research | $68,294 | 100% | 1 |
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Macroscopic Ventures | ~$3,000,000* | AI safety | macroscopic | Seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation — Cooperative AI | |
| 2024 | Macroscopic Ventures | ~$3,000,000* | AI safety | macroscopic | Seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation — Cooperative AI | |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $2,800,000 | AI safety | jaan_online | General support |
| 2023 | Macroscopic Ventures | ~$3,000,000* | AI safety | macroscopic | Seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation — Cooperative AI | |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $200,000 | AI safety | jaan_online | General support |
| 2022 | Macroscopic Ventures | ~$3,000,000* | AI safety | macroscopic | Seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation — Cooperative AI | |
| 2021 | Macroscopic Ventures | ~$3,000,000* | AI safety | macroscopic | Seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation — Cooperative AI |
* Macroscopic Ventures reported a $15m seed commitment to establish the Cooperative AI Foundation; spread evenly over five years (2021-2025).
| Date ↓ | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2025 | MATS Research | $68,294 | Training pipelines | org_reported | Cash donation per MATS transparency page (date is when funds were received). |
| Date ↓ | Funder | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | Foresight Institute | Chandler Smith | Cooperative AI Foundation | ~$100,000* | Control, Security | foresight | An exploration into multi-agent security, steganography, and AI control. Focus area: Safe Multipolar/Multi-Agent AI. First listed on foresight.org/ai-safety by Sep 2024. — AI Safety Grants (Underexplored Approaches: Automation / Neurotech / Security / Multi-Agent) |
* Foresight Institute planned to give $2.5-3.2m over 26 grants in 2023 and 2024; estimating each at roughly the average grant size.