METR, 2026-08; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 3 self (metr)confirmed

About METR

States METR has not accepted funding from AI companies; notes reliance on free tokens.

METR, F (for): Hard rule against accepting money from AI companies, including donations directed by their staff; ~$71M raised in 2026 from foundations and individuals.
METR, F (against): Runs on large volumes of free tokens and privileged access from the labs it evaluates.“though we make use of significant free tokens, which we use for evaluations, research, and engineering”
METR, G (for): Nonprofit with a written independence policy and a no-lab-money rule.“Our current conflict of interest policy is here”
METR, M (for): Open task suites and published time-horizon methodology; results appear in system cards.
METR, X (for): No commercial products.
METR, F (for): Current page (re-fetched 14 Sep 2026) states METR cannot accept donations made by or at the direction of frontier AI company employees, tighter than the September 2025 footnote; the SFF 2025 recommendation of $548,000 is confirmed on the fund's page and FY2024 revenue of $13.6M on ProPublica.“METR has not accepted funding from AI companies”