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Daniel Kang

organization

Technical AI safety researchAI safety adjacentAI governance, policy, and advocacy

Received
$2,777,351
from 2 funders
Grants
6
Funders
2
Years active
2018–25

Grants over time

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0M20182019202020212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$2,407,35187%5
Schmidt Sciences$370,00013%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Apr 2025Coefficient Giving$265,000Evals, AI × cybercoefficient_givingLLM Hacking Benchmarks
Feb 2025Coefficient GivingUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$615,000Evals, Technical governancecoefficient_givingZero-knowledge Proofs for Secure AI Audits (Daniel Kang)
Feb 11, 2025Schmidt Sciences~$370,000*Evals, Security, AI × cyberschmidt_sciencesUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Project: Benchmarks for AI Agents and Cybersecurity. One of 27 AI Safety Science awards; per-project amount undisclosed. — Science of Trustworthy AI — AI Safety Science (Feb 2025 cohort)
Dec 2024Coefficient Giving$725,000Evalscoefficient_givingResearch on AI Benchmarks
Jan 2024Coefficient GivingUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$800,000Evals, AI × cybercoefficient_givingLLM Hacking Benchmarks (Daniel Kang)
Nov 2018Coefficient Giving$2,351Securitycoefficient_givingStudy of the Robustness of Machine Learning Models (Contract)

* Estimated from Schmidt Sciences' reporting of total given out in the funding round; grant-level amounts were not provided.