“We research how scheming emerges, develop ways to detect it, and work to prevent the harm it could cause.”In its own words: apolloresearch.ai
AI safety organisation studying deceptive and scheming behaviour in frontier models through evaluations and research, building runtime monitoring tools, and advising on technical AI governance.
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Received $6.7M from 6 funders
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Led by Marius Hobbhahn (CEO / Co-Founder), Chris Akin (COO), Charlotte Stix (Chief Governance Officer), Alexander Meinke (Head of Research)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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11 grants totalling $6.7M, newest first.
2026 2 grants · $1M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $315k | SFF-2026 Main Round: General support of AI scheming and governance work source |
| May 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $696k | Staff Support source |
2025 1 grant · $455k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2025 | AI Safety Fund (Frontier Model Forum) | ~$455k | AISF Round 2: Building black box scheming monitors for frontier AI agents. Amount undisclosed; share of >$5M across 11 grants. Amount here is an estimate: an equal share of the round's >$5M. source |
2024 6 grants · $3M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec 2024 | Manifund | $125k | Apollo Research: Scale up interpretability & behavioral model evals research source |
| Nov 2024 | AI Safety Fund (Frontier Model Forum) | ~$250k | AISF Round 1 (PI Marius Hobbhahn): white-box evaluations for AI deception. Amount undisclosed (grants were $150k–$400k); share of >$3M across 12 grants. Amount here is an estimate: an equal share of the round's >$3M. source |
| 30 Oct 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $251k | SFF-2024: General support of Apollo Research — Jaan Tallinn payments per jaan.online: $241,000 on 2024-12-17 (Apollo Research, via FP-US) source |
| 11 Jun 2024 | Manifund | $4k | Apollo Research: Scale up interpretability & behavioral model evals research source |
| May 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $2.2M | General Support source |
| 2024 | Longview Philanthropy | $219k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support (one of six grants totalling $733k; start Q4 2024, 12 months). Additional workshops plus legal and technical research for the drafting of the Code of Practice. ECF 2024 Annual Report p.7. Pro source |
2023 2 grants · $2.2M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $1.5M | Apollo Research — Startup Funding — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,535,480 to Apollo Research for startup costs. Apollo Research is a new organization that will conduct research on how to evaluate whether AI models are... [Navigating Transformative AI; Coefficient Gi source |
| 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $643k | SFF-2023-H2: General support source |