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Decode Research

organization · Neuronpedia

Technical AI safety researchOtherAI safety meta

Received
$1,257,300
from 5 funders
Grants
8
Funders
5
Years active
2023–25

Grants over time

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K202320242025
Coefficient GivingLong-Term Future FundJaan TallinnNeel NandaAustin Chen

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$707,00056%1
Long-Term Future Fund$275,00022%1
Jaan Tallinn$266,00021%4
Neel Nanda$6,8001%1
Austin Chen$2,5000%1

Reviews

Neel Nanda · Manifund · full post · Aug 4, 2025

Support for SAELens and other Decode Research Projects, Aug 2025

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Fully funded (I asked David to apply). I think Decode is great and serve a valuable role providing infrastructure for the interpretability community and I want to see them succeed. The co-founder Johnny is an absolutely cracked engineer and has made some amazing interfaces and surrounding infra, but I was sad to hear that Curt, the main one with a research background, has decided to move on, as I think it's very helpful to have someone with a research background around. I'm super excited that David is now interested in getting involved and happy to support this, I really liked some of David's past research like the feature absorption paper, and I think he'll be able to provide a lot of valuable research expertise to complement Johnny's skillset.

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Coefficient Giving$707,000Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingInfrastructure for Interpretability Research
Aug 6, 2025Neel NandaManifund$6,800InterpretabilitymanifundSupport for SAELens and other Decode Research Projects
Dec 6, 2024Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$113,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$133,000EvalssffGeneral support of Decode Research
Jul 23, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Decode Research Project
Jul 23, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Decode Research
Jan 2024Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$275,000Interpretabilityea_funds1 year of stipend + compute + contracts for an AI interpretability research platform for LLMs
Jul 31, 2023Austin ChenManifund$2,500Research infrastructuremanifundNeuronpedia - Open Interpretability Platform