Kairos
kairos-project.org · organization · Kairos Project, The Kairos Project
Runs field-building programs for AI safety, including the SPAR mentored research program and the FSP fellowship for university students.
Leadership
- Agustín Covarrubias · Co-Director
- Neav Topaz · Co-Director
Team
16 people
source, Oct 2026
AI safety fieldbuildingOther existential riskTechnical AI safety research
- Received
- $53,537,080
- from 1 funders
- Grants
- 7
- Funders
- 1
- Years active
- 2024–26
Grants over time
Biggest funders
| Coefficient Giving | $53,537,080 | 100% | 7 |
Biggest recipients
| Aishwarya Balwani | $5,500 | 100% | 1 |
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $50,000,000 | Training pipelines | org_reported | Two years of funding for AI safety talent infrastructure: SPAR, Pathfinder, the Generator Residency, Global Challenges Project, and new Kairos Labs, Talent Operations and Special Projects teams | |
| Apr 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $50,000 | Alignment methods | coefficient_giving | Research on Scalable Oversight (Rishub Jain) | |
| Nov 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $855,795 | Other existential risk | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| Sep 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $100,000 | Other existential risk | coefficient_giving | Research Expenses for SPAR | |
| Aug 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $1,450,000 | Training pipelines | coefficient_giving | Pathfinder Fellowship and Group Support | |
| Jun 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $195,000 | Local groups | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| Oct 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $886,285 | Local groups | coefficient_giving | AI Safety University Group Support |
Grants made 4 · $5,500 · $5,500 average
| Date ↓ | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Eitan Sprejer | — | AI safety | grantmaking_ai | Supporting the Buenos Aires AI Safety community | |
| 2026 | Aishwarya Balwani | $5,500 | Other | grantmaking_ai | Compute for Project 2, i.e., Lottery tickets and sparse subnetworks underlying unintended generalization for Fall 2026 | |
| 2026 | Trevor Lohrbeer | — | Other | grantmaking_ai | Project accepted for the SPAR Fall 2026 cohort with funding provided to support part of the costs for participant compensation, blind expert validation and compute. | |
| 2026 | Trevor Lohrbeer | — | Other | grantmaking_ai | Reduction of researcher time by 50% due to mentees performing much of the work itself. Researcher time shifts to oversight, management and review. Assumes 4 mentees. |