Epoch AI, 2026; retrieved 2026-09-15 tier 3 self (epoch)confirmed

Transparency

Re-read in full 2026-09-15. Funders above $70K: Coefficient (8 grants, $25,113,611 total), SFF $195,000 (May 2026), Girish Sastry $100,000, Tallinn $600,000 DAF, Aschenbrenner $200,000 via Manifund, Govindaiah $400,000 DAF, Schmidt Sciences (FrontierMath Open Problems pilot), Sentinel Bio $165,000, Shulman $100,000. Clients: Bridgewater AIA Labs, EU AI Office, Google DeepMind (2024-2026), OpenAI (2024-2026), ARIA, AI Index, Blitzy, EPRI, METR, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, UK DSIT, xAI (2025), Anthropic (2024 pilot). States it invests part of its funds in semiconductor and AI stocks and charges at least industry-consultant rates.

Signals citing this source

Epoch AI, F (against): Transparency page lists eight Coefficient grants (largest $8,500,000 in April 2025; about $25M cumulative), a $600,000 Tallinn DAF gift, $195,000 from SFF, and paying clients including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, xAI, an Anthropic pilot, the EU AI Office, Sequoia Capital Global Equities and Bridgewater.“xAI 2025 Model Evaluations Anthropic 2024 Small pilot for new benchmark”
Epoch AI, X (against): Epoch states it invests part of its funds in semiconductor and AI stocks as part of a diversified portfolio.“We invest part of our funds in semiconductor and AI stocks as part of a diversified portfolio”
Epoch AI, F (for): Epoch says it charges lab and industry clients at least industry-consultant rates so it is not subsidising their work, and commits to disclosing sponsorship and data-access agreements; its eight Coefficient grants sum to $25.1M by its own list.“We aim to charge prices at least on par with industry consultants”
Epoch AI, X (against): Epoch's transparency page lists paid consultation and evaluation work for OpenAI (2024 to 2026), Google DeepMind (2024 to 2026), xAI (2025) and an Anthropic pilot (2024).“OpenAI 2026 FrontierMath Data Audit”

Ledger rows citing this URL

T07 cumulative confirmed
T35 Google DeepMind listed as a paying consultation client confirmed
T74 largest single Epoch grant per transparency page unaudited
T77 per Epoch transparency page unaudited
T82 model evaluations for xAI, paying client per transparency page unaudited
T83 pilot engagement per transparency page unaudited