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Isaak Freeman

individual · Isaak Freeman (MIT)

Technical AI safety research

Received
$150,000
from 1 funders
Grants
1
Funders
1
Years active
2025

Grants over time

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2025

Biggest funders

Foresight Institute$150,000100%1

Biggest recipients

Aaron Silverbook$20,00046%1
Brent Burdick$10,00023%1
ALERT$5,00012%1
Hardeep Singh Gambhir$3,9999%1
AI Safety Camp$2,0005%1
Talos Network$1,0002%1
Adrian Regenfuss$1,0002%1
niplav$1000%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Mar 2025Foresight Institute~$150,000*SecurityforesightBrain Emulation Review and Roadmap — comprehensive report on brain emulation at human scale (with Maximillian Schons). Focus area: Neurotech/WBE. First listed on foresight.org/ai-safety by Mar 2025. — AI Safety Grants (Underexplored Approaches: Automation / Neurotech / Security / Multi-Agent)

* Estimated typical grant size; Foresight Institute did not report grant-level amounts.

Grants made 9 · $43,199 · $4,800 average

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
May 22, 2025niplavManifund$100OthermanifundOrexin Pilot Experiment for Reducing Sleep Need
Feb 6, 2024AI Safety CampManifund$2,000Eventsmanifund10th edition of AI Safety Camp
Jan 9, 2024Marcel van DiemenManifund$100Epistemic infrastructuremanifundThe Base Rate Times
Dec 11, 2023Talos NetworkManifund$1,000OthermanifundTalos Network
Dec 7, 2023ALERTManifund$5,000Strategy & forecastingmanifundMake ALERT happen
Nov 30, 2023Brent BurdickManifund$10,000Research infrastructuremanifundPersonal development and better infrastructure for learning, "Anki V2"
Nov 26, 2023Adrian RegenfussManifund$1,000OthermanifundA Lumenator Company, or: A More Ambitious Life Trajectory
Aug 20, 2023Hardeep Singh GambhirManifund$3,999EA infrastructuremanifundSupport funding for Hardeep Gambhir's gap semester
Jul 26, 2023Aaron SilverbookManifund$20,000OthermanifundRecreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor