“CHAI is a research lab devoted to re-founding AI on provably beneficial principles.”In its own words: humancompatible.ai
Multi-institution research group based at UC Berkeley, founded by Stuart Russell, working on the theory, practice and policy of AI that is provably beneficial to humans.
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Received $6.7M from 4 funders
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Led by Mark Nitzberg (Executive Director)Checked 26 Oct 2026
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7 grants totalling $6.7M, newest first.
2022 1 grant · $70k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2022 | Longview Philanthropy | $70k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): Graduate students, affiliated researchers and research infrastructure for AI alignment source |
2021 2 grants · $68k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2021 | Long-Term Future Fund | $48k | May 2021 payout report (Nov 2020 round to Apr 2021): Hiring research engineers for technical projects source |
| 12 Mar 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $20k | Paid by Jaan Tallinn via Founders Pledge (US): General support source |
2020 2 grants · $854k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2020 | Long-Term Future Fund | $75k | September 2020 payout report (paid 4 Sep 2020): Hiring a research engineer for CHAI's technical projects source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $779k | SFF-2020-H2: General support; receiving charity UC Berkeley Foundation source |
2019 1 grant · $200k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2019 | Navigating Transformative AI | $200k | The grant page says "CHAI plans to use these funds to support graduate student and postdoc research.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2016 1 grant · $5.6M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
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| Aug 2016 | Navigating Transformative AI | $5.6M | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-center-human-compatible-ai#Budget_and_room_for_more_funding says: "Professor Russell estimates that the Center.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (v source |