organization
Technical AI safety research
| Gates Foundation | $5,000,000 | 24% | 1 |
| Coefficient Giving | $5,000,000 | 24% | 1 |
| Schmidt Sciences | $5,000,000 | 24% | 1 |
| Future of Life Institute | $5,000,000 | 24% | 1 |
| UK AI Security Institute | $589,500 | 3% | 1 |
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | UK AI Security Institute | ~$589,500* | Technical AI safety research | uk_aisi | Designing a safety case and latent variable model for the non-agentic Scientist AI — led by Yoshua Bengio. — Alignment Project | |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Gates Foundation | ~$5,000,000† | Technical AI safety research | org_reported | AI safety benchmarks and algorithms, supporting the Scientist AI approach to trustworthy AI for scientific research and drug discovery | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Coefficient Giving | ~$5,000,000‡ | Technical AI safety research | org_reported | Launch funding for LawZero | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Schmidt Sciences | ~$5,000,000‡ | Technical AI safety research | org_reported | Launch funding for LawZero | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Future of Life Institute | ~$5,000,000‡ | Technical AI safety research | org_reported | Launch funding for LawZero |
* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.
† LawZero announced a Gates Foundation grant in August 2025 without stating an amount; estimated at $5m.
‡ LawZero launched in June 2025 naming the Future of Life Institute, Coefficient Giving (then Open Philanthropy) and Schmidt Sciences among its backers without a split; $15m of its roughly $30m of launch funding is attributed here, divided evenly between the three. Jaan Tallinn's share is recorded as his grant to Safe AI for Humanity via Mila, and the remainder arrived through Mila, which incubated LawZero.