80,000 Hours, 2025-10-13; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 4 press (primary)confirmed
It looks like there are some good funding opportunities in AI safety right now
CAIS advises xAI, not receiving OP money; SFF grants; METR not receiving OP recently; SecureBio SFF grant. Cited from a search snippet; not re-fetched in full. [verify 2026-09-15] fetched 2026-09-15; page loads, citation matches
Signals citing this source
- Center for AI Safety, P (against): Director is a safety adviser to xAI while the organization's benchmarks are used to grade xAI models.“have driven some of the bigger successes in AI policy and advise xAI”
- Center for AI Safety, F (for): Funded mainly by SFF rather than lab-linked pools.“SFF gave $1.1m to CAIS and $1.6m to the action fund”
- Center for AI Safety, F (against): SFF recommended $289,000 to CAIS in 2025 (about $1.1M cumulative per 80,000 Hours); SFF's funder Jaan Tallinn led Anthropic's Series A.
- SecureBio, P (for): Staff pipeline disclosed through philanthropic career grants; no lab board roles found.
Ledger rows citing this URL
- T57 SFF to CAIS, about $1.1M confirmed
- R44 advisor at xAI confirmed
- N21 no Coefficient or Open Philanthropy grant to METR on the grants pages; corroborated by a January 2025 80,000 Hours note unaudited