Help us find founders for new AI safety projects — LessWrong

In the past 10 years, Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has funded dozens of projects doing important work related to AI safety / navig…

x Help us find founders for new AI safety projects — LessWrong AI Personal Blog 36 Help us find founders for new AI safety projects by lukeprog 4th Dec 2025 2 min read 1 36 In the past 10 years , Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has funded dozens of projects doing important work related to AI safety / navigating transformative AI . And yet, perhaps most activities that would improve expected outcomes from transformative AI have no significant project pushing them forward, let alone multiple. This is mainly because we and other funders in the space don't receive promising applica

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