Trace

Ought

organization

Technical AI safety researchOther existential riskOtherAI governance, policy, and advocacy

Received
$9,696,577
from 7 funders
Grants
13
Funders
7
Years active
2018–23

Grants over time

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M201820192020202120222023

Biggest funders

FTX Future Fund$5,000,00052%1
Coefficient Giving$3,118,33332%3
Jaan Tallinn$1,150,00012%4
Future of Life Institute$358,0004%1
Long-Term Future Fund$60,0001%2
Jalex Stark$10,2440%1

Biggest recipients

Forecasting Research Institute$100,000100%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$358,000Alignment methodssffGeneral Support
2023Future of Life Institute$358,000Other existential riskfliGeneral support for mechanisms delegating reasoning to ML systems. — 2023 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants)
2022FTX Future Fund$5,000,000Technical AI safety researchftx_future_fundThis regrant will support Ought ’s work building Elicit , a language-model based research assistant. This work contributes to research on reducing alignment risk through scaling human supervision via process-based systems . — Artificial Intelligence
Nov 20, 2021Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$542,000Alignment methodssffGeneral Support
Jan 2020Coefficient Giving$1,593,333Alignment methodscoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 4, 2019Jaan TallinnTallinn Community Fund$150,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 2019Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$100,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support
Nov 2019Coefficient Giving$1,000,000Alignment methodscoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 2019Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$50,000AI governance, policy, and advocacyea_fundsUnrestricted donation
2019Jalex Stark$10,244Technical AI safety researchvipul_donationsThe donor quotes the donee's self-description: "Ought is a research lab that develops mechanisms for delegating open-ended thinking to advanced machine learning systems. We study this delegation problem using experiments with human participants."
Oct 2018Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$10,000AI governance, policy, and advocacyea_fundsAiming to implement AI alignment concepts in real-world applications
May 2018Coefficient Giving$525,000Alignment methodscoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Longview PhilanthropyTechnical AI safety researchlongviewFeatured grant (no amount published; featured since at least Jan 2021, re-listed July 2022): research on factored cognition and AI alignment. — Longview advised/recommended grant (AI)

Grants made 1 · $100,000 · $100,000 average

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
2026Forecasting Research Institute$100,000Strategy & forecastingorg_reportedApril 2026: $100,000 USD, general support