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FAR AI

far.ai · organization

AI safety research nonprofit, FAR.AI, that does alignment and robustness research, runs an incubator for new research agendas, and hosts the FAR Labs coworking space.

Leadership

  • Adam Gleave · Co-founder & CEO
  • Karl Berzins · Co-Founder and President
  • Boston Nyer · Chief Operating Officer
  • Edward Yee · Chief Growth Officer
  • Lindsay Murachver · Head of Programs
  • Jenn Thom · Head of Engineering

Team

44 people

source, Oct 2026

Technical AI safety researchAI safetyAI safety fieldbuildingAI governance, policy, and advocacy

Received
$69,314,276
from 8 funders
Grants
38
Funders
8
Years active
2021–26

Grants over time

$0$20M$40M$60M202120222023202420252026
Coefficient GivingJaan TallinnFuture of Life InstituteFTX Future FundDustin MoskovitzAll others

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$59,347,67686%18
Jaan Tallinn$6,212,6009%14
Future of Life Institute$1,858,0003%1
FTX Future Fund$1,025,0001%1
Dustin Moskovitz$771,0001%1
Longview Philanthropy$100,0000%1

Biggest recipients

Robi Rahman$30,000100%1

Reviews

Zvi Mowshowitz · nonprofits.zone · full post · Nov 26, 2025

Confidence: Medium, Funding needs: High

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They take the hits based approach to research, which is correct. I’ve gotten confirmation that they’re doing the real thing here. In an ideal world everyone doing the real thing would get supported, and they’re definitely still funding constrained.

To donate, click here. They can be contacted at hello@far.ai.

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2026Dustin MoskovitzSurvival and Flourishing Fund$771,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Sep 2026Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$104,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Sep 2025Coefficient Giving$28,675,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Safety Research and Field-building
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$919,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Apr 2025Coefficient Giving$6,650,000AI safety fieldbuildingcoefficient_givingAI Field Building
Apr 2025Coefficient Giving$2,420,253Advocacycoefficient_givingAI Communications and Outreach
2025Center for Security and Emerging Technology—Technical AI safety researchorg_reportedPrincipal supporters include...Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
2025AI Safety Fund—Technical AI safety researchorg_reportedthe AI Safety Fund (AISF), supported by the Frontier Model Forum (FMF)
Dec 20, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Com$100,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineTo support the running of events, workshops, conferences, or similar, focused on the R&D of FlexHEG mechanisms
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$383,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Jul 2024Coefficient Giving$676,180Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Alignment Research Projects
Jun 2024Coefficient Giving$12,000,000AI safetycoefficient_givingAI Safety Regranting
May 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Safe AI Forum
May 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Safe AI Forum
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$2,160,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$1,800,000AI safety fieldbuildingcoefficient_givingAI Field Building 
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$1,700,000Research hubscoefficient_givingFAR Labs Office Space
Jan 2024Coefficient Giving$645,750Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Alignment Research Projects
Dec 2023Longview Philanthropy$100,000Technical AI safety researchlongviewResearch directions focused on safely building advanced AI systems (robustness, value alignment, model testing, interpretability). ECF December 2023 grants report. — Emerging Challenges Fund
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$464,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$96,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Alex Turner
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$134,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$186,600Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 2023Coefficient Giving$166,500Eventscoefficient_givingAlignment Workshop
Jul 2023Coefficient Giving$460,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,063,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$2,028,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Apr 7, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$170,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Mar 2023Coefficient Giving$100,000Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingAI Interpretability Research
Mar 2023Coefficient Giving$280,000Research hubscoefficient_givingFAR Labs Office Space
2023Future of Life Institute$1,858,000Technical AI safety researchfliGeneral support for neglected, high-potential AI safety research agendas. — 2023 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants)
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$625,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$49,500Evalscoefficient_givingInverse Scaling Prize
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$50,000Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingInterpretability Research
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$524,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Aug 2022Coefficient Giving$463,693Alignment methodscoefficient_givingLanguage Model Misalignment
2022FTX Future Fund$1,025,000Technical AI safety researchftx_future_fundThis regrant will fund the operations of the Fund for Alignment Research, which primarily provides engineering support to AI alignment researchers. — Artificial Intelligence
Oct 2021Coefficient Giving$425,800Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingLanguage Model Misalignment

Grants made 1 · $30,000 · $30,000 average

Date ↓RecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Aug 1, 2026Robi Rahman$30,000Othergrantmaking_aiAViD verification technology grant

As fiscal sponsor 1 · $580,000 · $580,000 average

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSafe AI ForumSurvival and Flourishing Fund$580,000Epistemic infrastructuresffGeneral support of Safe AI Forum