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John Wentworth

organization

Technical AI safety research

Received
$703,000
from 2 funders
Grants
5
Funders
2
Years active
2019–25

Grants over time

$0$100K$200K$300K2019202020212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Long-Term Future Fund$445,00063%4
Jaan Tallinn$258,00037%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$258,000FoundationssffGeneral support of research led by John Wentworth
Jul 2023Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$200,000Foundationsea_funds1-year stipend to continue research on agency, focused on natural abstraction
Oct 2022Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$180,000Foundationsea_funds1-year salary for research in applications of natural abstraction
Jan 2021Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$35,000Technical AI safety researchea_funds6-month salary to develop tools to test the natural abstractions hypothesis
Oct 2019Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$30,000Foundationsea_fundsBuild a theory of abstraction for embedded agency using real-world systems for a tight feedback loop