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Lightspeed Grants

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Total routed
$6,721,014
Grants
119
Average size
$56,479
Years active
2023–24

Grants over time

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M20232024

Biggest funders

Jaan Tallinn$6,721,014100%119

Biggest recipients

Orthogonal$438,0007%1
FAR AI$417,6006%3
The Hack Foundation$404,2006%2
SaferAI$325,8005%2
Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience$316,9005%2
James Payor$265,1004%2
Center for AI Policy$250,0004%1
Rethink Priorities$239,5004%1

Grants via

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 1, 2024Jaan TallinnLSG (costs)Lightspeed Grants$935Otherjaan_onlineBank fees
Sep 30, 2024Jaan TallinnFlorian TramèrLightspeed Grants, ETH Zürich$44,000Otherjaan_onlineFlorian.tramer@inf.ethz.ch
May 14, 2024Jaan TallinnCenter for Applied RationalityLightspeed Grants$85,400Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tushita Jha
May 14, 2024Jaan TallinnCenter for Applied RationalityLightspeed Grants$15,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tushita Jha
Apr 24, 2024Jaan TallinnJeremy GillenLightspeed Grants$134,600Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Jeremy Gillen
Apr 23, 2024Jaan TallinnToby NewberryLightspeed Grants$2,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Apr 15, 2024Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandLightspeed Grants$3,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Apr 10, 2024Jaan TallinnThe Hack FoundationLightspeed Grants$184,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology,Inc
Apr 10, 2024Jaan TallinnQuintin PopeLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Apr 9, 2024Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandLightspeed Grants$35,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Apr 8, 2024Jaan TallinnOliver HaymanLightspeed Grants$6,700Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Apr 4, 2024Jaan TallinnJacques ThibodeauLightspeed Grants$17,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Mar 27, 2024Jaan TallinnTong WangMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Lightspeed Grants$11,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tong Wang’s PhD
Mar 27, 2024Jaan TallinnEpistea, z.sLightspeed Grants$41,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Arb Research
Mar 22, 2024Jaan TallinnStichting PauseAILightspeed Grants$20,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Mar 22, 2024Jaan TallinnCentre for Long-Term ResilienceLightspeed Grants$226,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Feb 19, 2024Jaan TallinnAssociation for Long Term Existence and ResilienceLightspeed Grants$250,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Association for Long-Term Existence and Resilience
Feb 19, 2024Jaan TallinnAssociation for Long Term Existence and ResilienceLightspeed Grants$66,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Feb 9, 2024Jaan TallinnColin RaffelLightspeed Grants, University of Toronto$111,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Colin Raffel
Feb 2, 2024Jaan TallinnMaksim VymenetsLightspeed Grants$3,010Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Feb 2, 2024Jaan TallinnMaksim VymenetsLightspeed Grants$2,100Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 31, 2024Jaan TallinnAkbir KhanLightspeed Grants$20,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 30, 2024Jaan TallinnTony WangMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Lightspeed Grants$233,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tony Wang’s PhD
Jan 23, 2024Jaan TallinnVinay Anand HiremathLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 23, 2024Jaan TallinnRajashree AgrawalLightspeed Grants$3,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 19, 2024Jaan TallinnFrancis Rhys WardLightspeed Grants$5,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 19, 2024Jaan TallinnFrancis Rhys WardLightspeed Grants$6,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 19, 2024Jaan TallinnFrancis Rhys WardLightspeed Grants$4,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 9, 2024Jaan TallinnEffective Ventures FoundationLightspeed Grants$69,600EA infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Long-Term Future Fund
Jan 8, 2024Jaan TallinnNicholas Kees DupuisLightspeed Grants$87,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 8, 2024Jaan TallinnArun JoseLightspeed Grants$3,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 8, 2024Jaan TallinnJames PayorLightspeed Grants$55,100Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 8, 2024Jaan TallinnGaurav YadavLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 5, 2024Jaan TallinnMaximilian SchonsLightspeed Grants$5,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 4, 2024Jaan TallinnCapital Technology Group, LLCLightspeed Grants$104,000Securityjaan_onlineGeneral support for Automating Expert Assessment of LLMs for National Security Threats
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnJames SmithLightspeed Grants$5,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnVíctor Levoso FernándezLightspeed Grants$43,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnJacques ThibodeauLightspeed Grants$71,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnRichard David GoldsteinLightspeed Grants$96,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnMartha Hollingsworth ElmoreLightspeed Grants$19,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Jan 3, 2024Jaan TallinnJoseph BloomLightspeed Grants$52,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 28, 2023Jaan TallinnAbhay SheshadriLightspeed Grants$43,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnIT for ChangeLightspeed Grants$19,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnJohanna RonigerLightspeed Grants$2,400Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnLuke Samuel MarksLightspeed Grants$5,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnAI Safety InfoLightspeed Grants$97,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Stampy’s AI Safety Info
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnAdam ShaiLightspeed Grants$18,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSaferAILightspeed Grants$181,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnXiangyu HuLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 26, 2023Jaan TallinnDmitrii KrachunLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 21, 2023Jaan TallinnEpistea, z.sLightspeed Grants$22,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Women in AI Safety
Dec 21, 2023Jaan TallinnMarcell Miklos AcsLightspeed Grants$27,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 21, 2023Jaan TallinnDavid JonesLightspeed Grants$18,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 21, 2023Jaan TallinnAI Safety InfoLightspeed Grants$13,400AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Stampy’s AI Safety Info
Dec 20, 2023Jaan TallinnLiam CarrollLightspeed Grants$16,400Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 20, 2023Jaan TallinnMichael WiebeLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 20, 2023Jaan TallinnJames Denis FoxLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 20, 2023Jaan TallinnNikolaus HoweLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 19, 2023Jaan TallinnLantern BioworksLightspeed Grants$72,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 19, 2023Jaan TallinnNathaniel MonsonLightspeed Grants$40,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 19, 2023Jaan TallinnIT for ChangeLightspeed Grants$35,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 19, 2023Jaan TallinnDaniel FilanLightspeed Grants$1,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 19, 2023Jaan TallinnNoa NabeshimaLightspeed Grants$19,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 6, 2023Jaan TallinnMartha Hollingsworth ElmoreLightspeed Grants$69,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 28, 2023Jaan TallinnGregory ColbournLightspeed Grants$30,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 28, 2023Jaan TallinnEffektiver Altruismus Deutschland e.V.Lightspeed Grants$55,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for European Network for AI Safety
Nov 22, 2023Jaan TallinnAlexandra BosLightspeed Grants$30,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Alexandra Bos / Catalyze Impact
Nov 22, 2023Jaan TallinnXiangyu Hu [胡翔宇]Lightspeed Grants$9,600Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Xiangyu Hu
Nov 20, 2023Jaan TallinnRethink PrioritiesLightspeed Grants$239,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Apollo Research
Nov 20, 2023Jaan TallinnLucy FarnikLightspeed Grants$60,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 20, 2023Jaan TallinnPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeLightspeed Grants$13,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 20, 2023Jaan TallinnInstitute for Law & AILightspeed Grants$199,900Legaljaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 17, 2023Jaan TallinnPhilip TomeiLightspeed Grants$15,028Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 17, 2023Jaan TallinnCenter for AI PolicyLightspeed Grants$250,000AI governance, policy, and advocacyjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 16, 2023Jaan TallinnMatija FranklinLightspeed Grants$15,028Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 15, 2023Jaan TallinnRajashree AgrawalLightspeed Grants$48,700Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 14, 2023Jaan TallinnLSG (costs)Lightspeed Grants$813Otherjaan_onlineBank fees
Nov 8, 2023Jaan TallinnEpistea, z.sLightspeed Grants$92,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Arb Research
Nov 3, 2023Jaan TallinnLuke Samuel MarksLightspeed Grants$8,300Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Nov 3, 2023Jaan TallinnEpistea, z.sLightspeed Grants$30,400AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Women in AI safety
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnAdam ShaiLightspeed Grants$57,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 24, 2023Jaan TallinnAshgro, Inc.Lightspeed Grants$9,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 24, 2023Jaan TallinnAmodo DesignLightspeed Grants$35,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 24, 2023Jaan TallinnOrganisation for the Prevention of Intense SufferingLightspeed Grants$15,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 19, 2023Jaan TallinnGaurav YadavLightspeed Grants$14,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 18, 2023Jaan TallinnNikolaus HoweLightspeed Grants$4,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 17, 2023Jaan TallinnFrancis Rhys WardLightspeed Grants$18,600Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 11, 2023Jaan TallinnNoa NabeshimaLightspeed Grants$69,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 11, 2023Jaan TallinnSaferAILightspeed Grants$144,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 11, 2023Jaan TallinnDmitrii KrachunLightspeed Grants$8,900Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnCapital Technology Group, LLCLightspeed Grants$82,700Securityjaan_onlineGeneral support for Automating Expert Assessment of LLMs for National Security Threats
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnMaximilian SchonsLightspeed Grants$15,200Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnJames SmithLightspeed Grants$15,200Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnPalisade ResearchLightspeed Grants$195,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnOrthogonalLightspeed Grants$438,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Orthogonal
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnFAR AILightspeed Grants$96,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Alex Turner
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnAryan BhattLightspeed Grants$40,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 7, 2023Jaan TallinnQuintin PopeLightspeed Grants$9,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 6, 2023Jaan TallinnEpistea, z.sLightspeed Grants$40,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 5, 2023Jaan TallinnArun JoseLightspeed Grants$47,300Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 4, 2023Jaan TallinnSocial and Environmental EntrepreneursLightspeed Grants$82,700Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Global Shield
Oct 4, 2023Jaan TallinnEffektiv Altruism SverigeLightspeed Grants$60,600Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Stefan Schubert
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnMATS London LtdLightspeed Grants$185,300Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnEffiSciencesLightspeed Grants$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnAI Safety InfoLightspeed Grants$75,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Stampy AI Safety Info
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnToby NewberryLightspeed Grants$57,200Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnMichael WiebeLightspeed Grants$15,800Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 3, 2023Jaan TallinnThe Hack FoundationLightspeed Grants$220,200AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for People for Reasonable AI Safety Efforts
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnFAR AILightspeed Grants$134,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnDavid JonesLightspeed Grants$14,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnLiam CarrollLightspeed Grants$34,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnJames PayorLightspeed Grants$210,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnFAR AILightspeed Grants$186,600Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnJames Denis FoxLightspeed Grants$31,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnBenjamin BilskiLightspeed Grants$30,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 29, 2023Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandLightspeed Grants$22,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 29, 2023Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandLightspeed Grants$16,300Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 29, 2023Jaan TallinnDaniel FilanLightspeed Grants$1,200Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 29, 2023Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandLightspeed Grants$25,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support