“umbrella organization for projects focused on existential security and epistemics”In its own words: epistea.org
Nonprofit umbrella organisation in Prague for existential-security and epistemics projects, currently supporting the ACS alignment research group and PIBBSS, and offering fiscal sponsorship.
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Received $1.3M from 4 funders
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Led by Irena Kotíková (Project lead), Viktorie Havlíčková (Project lead), Jiří Nádvorník (Project lead)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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12 grants totalling $1.3M, newest first.
2026 1 grant · $128k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Long-Term Future Fund | $128k | EA Funds grants database (2026 Q1): Educational program and research on AI safety source |
2025 2 grants · $442k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Long-Term Future Fund | $115k | Organizing the fifth Human-Aligned AI Summer School (HAAISS), a 4-day conference in Prague for 120 participants source |
| Mar 2025 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $327k | Epistea — AI Safety Conference — Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $326,630 to Epistea to support the 2025 ILIAD Odyssey, a conference focused on theoretical alignment research and scientific foundations for AI... [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building; Coef source |
2024 4 grants · $331k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $10k | SFF speculation grant: General support for AI Safety Law Serbia, (Fiscal Sponsor, Epistea) source |
| 17 May 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $120k | SFF speculation grant: General support for ILLIAD (AI Alignment Theory conference) source |
| Mar 2024 | Lightspeed Grants | $41k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support for Arb Research — LSG project: Arb Research source |
| Jan 2024 | Long-Term Future Fund | $160k | Organizing the fourth Human-Aligned AI Summer School (HAAISS), a 4-day conference in Prague/Vienna for 130 participants source |
2023 5 grants · $374k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $22k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support for Women in AI Safety — LSG project: Short Women in AI Safety source |
| Nov 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $93k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support for Arb Research — LSG project: Arb Research source |
| Nov 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $30k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support for Women in AI safety — LSG project: Short Women in AI Safety source |
| Oct 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $40k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support — LSG project: Epistea source |
| 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $189k | SFF-2023-H2: General support source |