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Topos Institute

organization

Technical AI safety researchOtherAI safety fieldbuilding

Received
$3,165,000
from 3 funders
Grants
18
Funders
3
Years active
2020–25

Grants over time

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M202020212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Jaan Tallinn$2,991,00095%16
Jed McCaleb$144,0005%1
FTX Future Fund$30,0001%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$220,000FoundationssffGeneral support
Dec 6, 2024Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$93,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$300,000Otherjaan_onlineFor the CatColab development
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$213,000FoundationssffGeneral support
Jul 25, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$50,000Otherjaan_onlineFor general operating support
Jul 11, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$20,000Otherjaan_onlineFor general operating support
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$4,000FoundationssffGeneral Support
Jul 11, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$70,000Otherjaan_onlineFor general operating support
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$69,000FoundationssffGeneral Support
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$653,000FoundationssffGeneral Support
May 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$397,000FoundationssffGeneral support
2022FTX Future Fund$30,000Technical AI safety research, Eventsftx_future_fundThis regrant will support the second “Finding the Right Abstractions” workshop, likely to take place around January 2023, which connects applied category theory and AI alignment communities in an effort to understand self-selecting systems. — Artificial Intelligence
Nov 20, 2021Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$450,000FoundationssffGeneral Support
Sep 24, 2021Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$73,000Otherjaan_onlineConditional support, as administered by Owen Cotton-Barratt
Mar 24, 2021Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$78,000Otherjaan_onlineConditional support, as administered by Owen Cotton-Barratt
Dec 2020Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$151,000FoundationssffConditional Support
Dec 2020Jed McCalebSurvival and Flourishing Fund$144,000FoundationssffConditional Support
Jan 21, 2020Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$150,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support

As fiscal sponsor 2 · $400,000 · $200,000 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
2024Jaan TallinnToposSurvival and Flourishing Fund$100,000OthersffGeneral support
2024Jaan TallinnToposSurvival and Flourishing Fund$300,000OthersffCatColab development