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Simplex

www.simplexaisafety.com · organization

AI safety research organization working on mechanistic interpretability and a science of intelligence.

Leadership

Team

23 people

source, Oct 2026

Technical AI safety researchOther

Received
$3,384,700
from 4 funders
Grants
6
Funders
4
Years active
2024–26

Grants over time

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M202420252026
Coefficient GivingUK AI Security InstituteDustin MoskovitzJaan Tallinn

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$2,045,20060%1
UK AI Security Institute$589,50017%1
Dustin Moskovitz$397,00012%1
Jaan Tallinn$353,00010%3

Reviews

Zvi Mowshowitz · nonprofits.zone · full post · Nov 26, 2025

Confidence: High, Funding needs: Medium

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I am not as high on them as I am on Timaeus, but they have given reliable indicators that they will do good interpretability work. I’d (still) feel comfortable backing them.

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Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2026Dustin MoskovitzSurvival and Flourishing Fund$397,000InterpretabilitysffGeneral support of Simplex
Sep 2026Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$250,000InterpretabilitysffGeneral support of Simplex
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security Institute~$589,500*Interpretabilityuk_aisiSimplex: A Principled Science of Interpretability — led by Adam Shai. — Alignment Project
Oct 2025Coefficient Giving$2,045,200Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Jan 2, 2025Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$29,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$74,000OthersffGeneral support of Simplex

* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.