{"alibaba":{"name":"Alibaba","aliases":["Alibaba","Alibaba Group","Alibaba Cloud"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/","summary":"Internet company whose cloud arm, Alibaba Cloud, provides cloud computing products and services.","statements":[],"sources":["https://www.alibabacloud.com/trust-center"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.alibabacloud.com/trust-center"],"homepage":"https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"alphabet":{"name":"Alphabet","aliases":["Alphabet","Alphabet / Google"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://abc.xyz/","summary":"Google's parent company. Google builds and runs data centres that provide the infrastructure for its services; it says its approach to AI must be both bold and responsible, because AI poses evolving complexities and risks.","statements":[{"quote":"We believe our approach to AI must be both bold and responsible.","url":"https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/"},{"quote":"Because we understand that AI, as a still-emerging transformative technology, poses evolving complexities and risks, we pursue AI responsibly throughout the AI development and deployment lifecycle, from design to testing to deployment to iteration, learning as AI advances and uses evolve.","url":"https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/"}],"sources":["https://abc.xyz/","https://datacenters.google/","https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://datacenters.google/","https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/"],"homepage":"https://abc.xyz/","statements":["https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/"]},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"amazon-web-services":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services"},"funderIds":[],"kind":"company","name":"Amazon Web Services","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services"],"summary":"Amazon's cloud computing subsidiary; the saved page describes its charitable work (e.g. AWS re/Start retraining) but nothing about AI safety giving."},"amazon":{"name":"Amazon","aliases":["Amazon"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/","summary":"Retail and cloud company that designs and builds its own chips for AI workloads and cloud computing. It says it is dedicated to safe, transparent and responsible AI development, and supports AI safety research through the Frontier Model Forum and Partnership on AI.","statements":[{"quote":"Recognizing the transformative potential of AI for people and communities worldwide, we are dedicated to fostering its safe, transparent, and responsible development.","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai/responsible-ai"},{"quote":"Through organizations like the Frontier Model Forum and Partnership on AI, we actively drive AI safety research and shape technical standards.","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai/responsible-ai"}],"sources":["https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai","https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai/responsible-ai"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai","https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai/responsible-ai"],"homepage":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/","statements":["https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-ai/responsible-ai"]},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"anthropic":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic"],"homepage":"https://www.anthropic.com/company","summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic"},"funderIds":["anthropic","anthropic-fellows-program","anthropic-public-benefit-fund"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Public benefit fund (5% of shares, announced Oct 2026)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic"}],"homepage":"https://www.anthropic.com/","kind":"company","name":"Anthropic","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic","https://www.anthropic.com/company"],"summary":"AI company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI staff with the goal of promoting AI safety; it has donated $20M to an AI regulation advocacy group and in Oct 2026 committed 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund.","statements":[{"quote":"We aim to build frontier AI systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable.","url":"https://www.anthropic.com/company"}]},"anton-makiievskyi":{"checked":"2026-11-07","fieldSources":{"summary":["https://manifund.org/AntonMakiievskyi","https://manifund.org/projects/scaling-ai-safety-awareness-via-content-creators?tab=donations"]},"funderIds":[],"kind":"person","name":"Anton Makiievskyi","sources":["https://manifund.org/AntonMakiievskyi","https://manifund.org/projects/scaling-ai-safety-awareness-via-content-creators?tab=donations"],"summary":"Individual donor on the Manifund platform who has given to AI safety projects, including AI Safety Camp, CeSIA's content-creator outreach and a documentary on AI risks."},"baidu":{"name":"Baidu","aliases":["Baidu"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://home.baidu.com/","summary":"Technology company offering AI and cloud computing products through its international cloud service, which it describes as a secure and trustworthy intelligent cloud.","statements":[],"sources":["https://intl.cloud.baidu.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://intl.cloud.baidu.com/"],"homepage":"https://home.baidu.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"blake-borgeson":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://survivalandflourishing.fund/"],"summary":"https://survivalandflourishing.fund/"},"funderIds":["survival-and-flourishing-fund"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF-2024-FlexHEGs round)","url":"https://survivalandflourishing.fund/"}],"kind":"person","name":"Blake Borgeson","sources":["https://survivalandflourishing.fund/"],"summary":"A funder in Survival and Flourishing Fund rounds; the SFF grants list shows him co-funding the 2024 FlexHEGs round (hardware-governance projects) with Jaan Tallinn and FLI."},"bytedance":{"name":"ByteDance","aliases":["ByteDance"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.bytedance.com/en/","summary":"Technology company that builds its own text, image, audio, video and coding AI models for its products, and in China offers AI services such as model-as-a-service through Volcano Engine. It says Trust & Safety staff work on model and product safety.","statements":[{"quote":"Trust & Safety professionals around the world work on model and product safety.","url":"https://www.bytedance.com/responsible-ai"},{"quote":"Each product builds on those standards by adding layers of safeguards for its specific purpose and community.","url":"https://www.bytedance.com/responsible-ai"}],"sources":["https://www.bytedance.com/responsible-ai","https://www.bytedance.com/products-services"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.bytedance.com/responsible-ai","https://www.bytedance.com/products-services"],"homepage":"https://www.bytedance.com/en/","statements":["https://www.bytedance.com/responsible-ai"]},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"coreweave":{"name":"CoreWeave","aliases":["CoreWeave"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.coreweave.com/","summary":"AI cloud company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, that runs NVIDIA GPU compute, networking and storage for training and serving AI models at scale.","statements":[{"quote":"Our infrastructure is the AI foundation that powers demanding workloads reliably and at consistent performance at any scale.","url":"https://www.coreweave.com/about-us"}],"sources":["https://www.coreweave.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.coreweave.com/"],"homepage":"https://www.coreweave.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"dustin-moskovitz":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://goodventures.org/"],"homepage":"https://goodventures.org/","statements":["https://goodventures.org/"],"summary":"https://goodventures.org/"},"funderIds":["coefficient-giving"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Good Ventures","url":"https://goodventures.org/"},{"name":"Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy)","url":"https://goodventures.org/"},{"name":"Survival and Flourishing Fund","url":"https://survivalandflourishing.fund/"}],"homepage":"https://goodventures.org/","kind":"person","name":"Dustin Moskovitz","sources":["https://goodventures.org/"],"statements":[{"quote":"We aim to accelerate progress, reduce suffering, and mitigate the greatest risks to a flourishing world.","url":"https://goodventures.org/"}],"summary":"Facebook and Asana co-founder who gives through Good Ventures, the foundation he created with Cari Tuna, advised by Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy); he also co-funds Survival and Flourishing Fund grants."},"elon-musk":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk"],"summary":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk","https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5803833/elon-musk-testimony-openai-altman-day-2"]},"funderIds":["elon-musk","musk-foundation"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Musk Foundation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk"}],"kind":"person","name":"Elon Musk","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk","https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5803833/elon-musk-testimony-openai-altman-day-2"],"summary":"Tesla/SpaceX entrepreneur and OpenAI co-founder; he is president of the Musk Foundation. In 2015 he pledged up to $1 billion to OpenAI as a nonprofit for safe AGI. Wikipedia puts what he actually donated at $50 million; under oath in April 2026 he put his cash contributions at $38 million."},"eric-and-wendy-schmidt":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt"],"homepage":"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/","statements":["https://www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-ai"],"summary":"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/"},"funderIds":["ai2050","schmidt-multi-agent-safety-rfp","schmidt-sciences","science-of-trustworthy-ai"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Schmidt Sciences","url":"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/"},{"name":"Schmidt Family Foundation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Schmidt"},{"name":"Schmidt Futures","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt"}],"homepage":"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/","kind":"couple","name":"Eric and Wendy Schmidt","sources":["https://www.schmidtsciences.org/","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt"],"statements":[{"quote":"Advance the science of AI to develop more robust, reliable, and safe AI-enabled systems, capable of realizing the beneficial promise of AI","url":"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-ai"}],"summary":"Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and philanthropist Wendy Schmidt fund science philanthropy including Schmidt Sciences (founded 2024), which runs AI & Advanced Computing programmes, alongside the Schmidt Family Foundation and Schmidt Futures."},"jaan-tallinn":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"homepage":"https://jaan.info/","summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn"},"funderIds":["jaan-tallinn-direct","survival-and-flourishing-fund"],"homepage":"https://jaan.info/","kind":"person","name":"Jaan Tallinn","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn","https://jaan.info/"],"summary":"Skype co-founder and AI safety advocate who co-founded CSER and FLI and is the main funder behind the Survival and Flourishing Fund, whose grants follow his philanthropic priorities."},"jed-mccaleb":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jed_McCaleb"},"funderIds":["survival-and-flourishing-fund"],"kind":"person","name":"Jed McCaleb","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jed_McCaleb"],"summary":"Jed McCaleb is a programmer and co-founder of Stellar. He has given to AI safety as one of MIRI's largest donors and an early OpenAI donor."},"meta":{"name":"Meta","aliases":["Meta"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.meta.com/about/","summary":"Technology company that builds and runs its own data centres as the global infrastructure behind its products.","statements":[{"quote":"Meta is building technology that connects you to people, interests and experiences that matter to you.","url":"https://www.meta.com/about/company-info/"}],"sources":["https://datacenters.atmeta.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://datacenters.atmeta.com/"],"homepage":"https://www.meta.com/about/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"microsoft":{"checked":"2026-11-07","fieldSources":{"summary":["https://datacenters.microsoft.com/","https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai"],"homepage":"https://www.microsoft.com/","statements":["https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai","https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/principles-and-approach"]},"funderIds":[],"kind":"company","name":"Microsoft","sources":["https://datacenters.microsoft.com/","https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai","https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/principles-and-approach"],"aliases":["Microsoft"],"homepage":"https://www.microsoft.com/","summary":"Technology company that is making large investments in datacenter infrastructure to meet growing demand for AI and cloud services. It says it is committed to designing, building and releasing AI responsibly, guided by its principles.","statements":[{"quote":"At Microsoft we're committed to responsibly designing, building, and releasing AI technologies—keeping humans at the center and guided by our principles.","url":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai"},{"quote":"AI systems should perform reliably and safely.","url":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/principles-and-approach"}]},"nebius":{"name":"Nebius","aliases":["Nebius"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://nebius.com/","summary":"AI cloud provider offering custom hardware with non-virtualised GPUs and InfiniBand networking for building and scaling AI.","statements":[{"quote":"Build and scale AI faster on a cloud engineered from silicon to API.","url":"https://nebius.com/"}],"sources":["https://nebius.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://nebius.com/"],"homepage":"https://nebius.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"nvidia":{"name":"Nvidia","aliases":["Nvidia","NVIDIA"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.nvidia.com/","summary":"Chipmaker that builds GPUs, AI supercomputers and data-centre systems (which it calls AI factories). It says it is committed to safe and trustworthy AI, in line with the White House Voluntary Commitments and other global AI safety initiatives.","statements":[{"quote":"We are committed to safe and trustworthy AI, in line with the White House Voluntary Commitments and other global AI Safety initiatives.","url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-trust-center/trustworthy-ai/"}],"sources":["https://www.nvidia.com/","https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-trust-center/trustworthy-ai/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.nvidia.com/","https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-trust-center/trustworthy-ai/"],"homepage":"https://www.nvidia.com/","statements":["https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-trust-center/trustworthy-ai/"]},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"oracle":{"name":"Oracle","aliases":["Oracle"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.oracle.com/","summary":"Software and cloud company; its investor site describes it as offering integrated cloud applications and platform services.","statements":[],"sources":["https://investor.oracle.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://investor.oracle.com/"],"homepage":"https://investor.oracle.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"renaissance-philanthropy":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"homepage":"https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/","statements":["https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/our-thesis"],"summary":"https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/"},"funderIds":[],"homepage":"https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/","kind":"nonprofit","name":"Renaissance Philanthropy","sources":["https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/","https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/our-thesis"],"statements":[{"quote":"Too often, breakthrough ideas go unfunded because they don’t fit conventional systems.","url":"https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/our-thesis"},{"quote":"Our mission is to fuel a 21st-century renaissance by increasing the ambition of philanthropists, scientists, and innovators.","url":"https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/our-thesis"}],"summary":"Renaissance Philanthropy is a nonprofit, led by Tom Kalil and Kumar Garg, that designs and manages time-bound, thesis-driven philanthropic funds for science, technology and innovation."},"sam-bankman-fried-ftx":{"aliases":["Sam Bankman-Fried / FTX","Sam Bankman-Fried"],"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"givingVehicles":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried"],"summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried"},"funderIds":["ftx-future-fund"],"givingVehicles":[{"name":"Future Fund","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried"}],"kind":"person","name":"Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX)","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried"],"summary":"Co-founder of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, who gave to causes including AI risk through the Future Fund. Its team resigned when FTX collapsed in November 2022."},"samsung":{"name":"Samsung","aliases":["Samsung","Samsung Electronics"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.samsung.com/","summary":"Electronics company whose semiconductor business makes memory chips, such as LPDDR6, for AI systems from devices to servers. It says it is committed to AI ethics principles and aims to make AI devices that are safe and helpful.","statements":[{"quote":"Samsung Electronics is committed to AI Ethics Principles. We aim to create human-centered devices that are safe, helpful and continuously learning through AI technology, whenever and wherever they are used.","url":"https://www.samsung.com/global/sustainability/people/tech-for-all"}],"sources":["https://semiconductor.samsung.com/","https://www.samsung.com/global/sustainability/people/tech-for-all"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://semiconductor.samsung.com/","https://www.samsung.com/global/sustainability/people/tech-for-all"],"homepage":"https://www.samsung.com/","statements":["https://www.samsung.com/global/sustainability/people/tech-for-all"]},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"scott-alexander":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"homepage":"https://www.astralcodexten.com/about","summary":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex"},"funderIds":["acx-grants"],"homepage":"https://www.astralcodexten.com/","kind":"person","name":"Scott Alexander","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex","https://www.astralcodexten.com/about"],"summary":"Scott Alexander writes the blog Astral Codex Ten (formerly Slate Star Codex), which often covers AI and stresses the importance of AI safety research."},"sk-hynix":{"name":"SK hynix","aliases":["SK hynix","SK Hynix"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://news.skhynix.com/","summary":"Memory chipmaker; its newsroom calls it the global market leader in high-bandwidth memory (HBM).","statements":[],"sources":["https://news.skhynix.com/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://news.skhynix.com/"],"homepage":"https://news.skhynix.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"sympatico-ventures":{"checked":"2026-11-07","fieldSources":{"summary":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/openai-and-microsoft-join-uks-international-coalition-to-safeguard-ai-development"},"funderIds":[],"kind":"company","name":"Sympatico Ventures","sources":["https://www.gov.uk/government/news/openai-and-microsoft-join-uks-international-coalition-to-safeguard-ai-development"],"summary":"Named by the UK government as a co-funder of the Alignment Project (2025); the amount is not public. Not otherwise identified from public sources."},"tencent":{"name":"Tencent","aliases":["Tencent"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.tencent.com/","summary":"Internet company whose cloud arm, Tencent Cloud, runs integrated data centres (64 availability zones in 22 regions as of October 2025) and offers AI and other technologies to businesses.","statements":[{"quote":"Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world.","url":"https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html"}],"sources":["https://www.tencent.com/products/tencent-cloud/"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.tencent.com/products/tencent-cloud/"],"homepage":"https://www.tencent.com/"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"tsmc":{"name":"TSMC","aliases":["TSMC"],"kind":"company","homepage":"https://www.tsmc.com/english","summary":"Chipmaker that pioneered the pure-play foundry model, manufacturing chips designed by its customers, including for high-performance computing.","statements":[{"quote":"Established in 1987 by Dr. Morris Chang, TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) pioneered the pure-play foundry business model with an exclusive focus on manufacturing its customers’ products.","url":"https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/company_profile"}],"sources":["https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/company_profile"],"fieldSources":{"summary":["https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/company_profile"],"homepage":"https://www.tsmc.com/english"},"funderIds":[],"checked":"2026-11-07"},"uk-government-dsit":{"aliases":["UK government (DSIT)","DSIT"],"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"homepage":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology","summary":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology"},"funderIds":["uk-government"],"homepage":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology","kind":"government","name":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","sources":["https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology"],"summary":"DSIT was the UK government department for science and technology; it existed until 2026, when its responsibilities were split across BIST, DCMS and the Cabinet Office.","statements":[{"quote":"The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) focuses on improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science and technology.","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology/about"}]},"vitalik-buterin":{"checked":"2026-10-31","fieldSources":{"statements":["https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/01/05/dacc2.html"],"summary":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin","https://www.theblock.co/post/393525/vitalik-buterin-questions-political-pivot-by-ai-safety-group-that-cashed-out-roughly-500m-from-his-shib-donation"]},"funderIds":["vitalik-buterin"],"kind":"person","name":"Vitalik Buterin","sources":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin","https://www.theblock.co/post/393525/vitalik-buterin-questions-political-pivot-by-ai-safety-group-that-cashed-out-roughly-500m-from-his-shib-donation"],"statements":[{"quote":"my caution around a few specific concerns, largely centered around superintelligent AI, and the risk that it may bring about either doom, or irreversible human disempowerment, if the technology is built in the wrong ways","url":"https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/01/05/dacc2.html"}],"summary":"Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. In 2021 he gave the Future of Life Institute SHIB tokens that Wikipedia values at $665 million; FLI reportedly realised about $500 million when it sold them (The Block). He also gave Ether to MIRI in 2017."}}