Redwood Research
www.redwoodresearch.org · organization
AI safety research nonprofit in Berkeley developing AI control techniques for keeping advanced models safe even if they are misaligned.
Leadership
- Buck Shlegeris · Chief Executive Officer
Team
22 people
source, Oct 2026
Technical AI safety researchAI safetyAI safety fieldbuildingOther
- Received
- $74,486,000
- from 5 funders
- Grants
- 12
- Funders
- 5
- Years active
- 2021–25
Grants over time
Coefficient GivingFTX Future FundJaan TallinnFuture of Life Institute
Biggest funders
| Coefficient Giving | $63,086,000 | 85% | 5 |
| FTX Future Fund | $6,600,000 | 9% | 1 |
| Jaan Tallinn | $4,300,000 | 6% | 4 |
| Future of Life Institute | $500,000 | 1% | 1 |
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $36,566,000 | Control | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| May 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $1,100,000 | Technical AI safety research | coefficient_giving | AI Safety Research Collaborations | |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $598,000 | Other | jaan_online | General support |
| Jun 2023 | Coefficient Giving | $5,300,000 | Control | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $1,098,000 | Research hubs | sff | General Support |
| 2023 | Future of Life Institute | $500,000 | Foundations | fli | General support for theoretical and applied AI alignment research. — 2023 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants) | |
| Aug 2022 | Coefficient Giving | $10,700,000 | Control | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| May 2022 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $1,274,000 | Research hubs | sff | General support |
| 2022 | FTX Future Fund | $6,600,000 | AI safety | ftx_future_fund | We recommended a grant to support Redwood Research, an AI safety organization, and MLAB, a Redwood project to teach machine learning to individuals interested in AI safety, for 18 months which will support salaries, primarily for their researchers and technical interns, and the rest for compute. — Artificial Intelligence | |
| Nov 2021 | Coefficient Giving | $9,420,000 | Control | coefficient_giving | General Support | |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Jaan Tallinn | Founders Pledge | $1,330,000 | Other | jaan_online | General support |
| — | Macroscopic Ventures | — | Security | macroscopic | AI safety and security research on risks from powerful AI systems acting against developers’ interests — AI safety research |