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David Williams-King

individual · LinkedIn · Manifund

AI governance, policy, and advocacyTechnical AI safety researchOtherAI safety

Received
$49,950
from 2 funders
Grants
7
Funders
2
Years active
2024–26

Grants over time

$0$10K$20K$30K202420252026
Long-Term Future FundBlueDot Impact

Biggest funders

Long-Term Future Fund$27,00054%1
BlueDot Impact$22,95046%6

Biggest recipients

Fumi Kimura$15038%1
AI Safety Nepal$10025%1
Linh Le$10025%1
Rubi Hudson$5013%1

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2026BlueDot Impact$9,100Technical AI safety researchbluedotSupporting three months of AI safety research on scheming and collusion
Sep 2026BlueDot Impact$1,150AI safetybluedotSpeaking at Warsaw AI Safety Day
Sep 2026BlueDot Impact$3,000OtherbluedotHosting a 1-day theory of change/grant kickstarter workshop in Japan
Sep 2026BlueDot Impact$3,300AI governance, policy, and advocacybluedotSimulating AI governance policies to determine their effectiveness and feasibility
Sep 2026BlueDot Impact$4,400OtherbluedotSupporting AI-governance simulation and wargame research at Lida Safety
May 2026BlueDot Impact$2,000AI safetybluedotSimulating how people and organizations react to different AI safety policies to see which ones might work best, including simulating what real-world events would be impacted by proposed policies
Jul 2024Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$27,000Advocacyea_funds9 months support for an in-depth YouTube channel about AI safety and how AI will impact us all

Grants made 4 · $400 · $100 average

Date ↓RecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 20, 2026Rubi HudsonManifund$50OthermanifundPrincipled Agents
Sep 11, 2026Fumi KimuraManifund$150Other existential risk, Animal welfaremanifundPhilosium Tokyo 9/19/2026
Aug 15, 2026AI Safety NepalManifund$100Local groupsmanifundAI Safety Nepal
Apr 29, 2026Linh LeManifund$100SecuritymanifundFragGuard: Cross-Session Malicious Activity Detection for Model APIs