individual · Isaak Freeman (MIT)
Technical AI safety research
| Foresight Institute | $150,000 | 100% | 1 |
| Aaron Silverbook | $20,000 | 46% | 1 |
| Brent Burdick | $10,000 | 23% | 1 |
| ALERT | $5,000 | 12% | 1 |
| Hardeep Singh Gambhir | $3,999 | 9% | 1 |
| AI Safety Camp | $2,000 | 5% | 1 |
| Talos Network | $1,000 | 2% | 1 |
| Adrian Regenfuss | $1,000 | 2% | 1 |
| niplav | $100 | 0% | 1 |
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Foresight Institute | ~$150,000* | Security | foresight | Brain 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.
| Date ↓ | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | niplav | Manifund | $100 | Other | manifund | Orexin Pilot Experiment for Reducing Sleep Need |
| Feb 6, 2024 | AI Safety Camp | Manifund | $2,000 | Events | manifund | 10th edition of AI Safety Camp |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Marcel van Diemen | Manifund | $100 | Epistemic infrastructure | manifund | The Base Rate Times |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Talos Network | Manifund | $1,000 | Other | manifund | Talos Network |
| Dec 7, 2023 | ALERT | Manifund | $5,000 | Strategy & forecasting | manifund | Make ALERT happen |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Brent Burdick | Manifund | $10,000 | Research infrastructure | manifund | Personal development and better infrastructure for learning, "Anki V2" |
| Nov 26, 2023 | Adrian Regenfuss | Manifund | $1,000 | Other | manifund | A Lumenator Company, or: A More Ambitious Life Trajectory |
| Aug 20, 2023 | Hardeep Singh Gambhir | Manifund | $3,999 | EA infrastructure | manifund | Support funding for Hardeep Gambhir's gap semester |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Aaron Silverbook | Manifund | $20,000 | Other | manifund | Recreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor |