Jaan Tallinn↗

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Estonian tech entrepreneur who helped build Skype and co-founded Kazaa, and an early investor in DeepMind and Anthropic. He helped found and fund FLI and CSER, gives mainly through the Survival and Flourishing Fund, and also makes direct AI-risk grants by his own selection.

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Typical grant $47k ($15k–$1.8M)

Itemised here $8.5M in 116 grants

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Their grants page ↗Checked 29 Oct 2026

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How to apply

Applications
By invitation
Who can apply
Organisations, New organisations, Individuals

No public application route; introductions usually come through people who already work with his giving or with SFF.

Biggest recipients

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116 grants totalling $8.5M, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.

2024 4 grants · $2.6M
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
9 Oct 2024Individual #3655$39kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
16 Jul 2024Individual #3655$55kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
11 Jun 2024Individual #3655$4kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
10 Apr 2024Secure Future Research$2.5MJaan Tallinn gift (via Slimrock): Donation (2,000,000 GBP @ 1.2731) [purpose not published; counted as AI safety by maintainer decision, 26 Oct 2026] source
2023 6 grants · $1M
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
14 Nov 2023Secure Future Research$616kJaan Tallinn gift (via Slimrock): Donation (500,000 GBP @ 1.2317) [purpose not published; counted as AI safety by maintainer decision, 26 Oct 2026] source
16 Oct 2023AI Alignment Network$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via Slimrock): Donation source
28 Aug 2023Individual #3655$115kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
29 Jun 2023Individual #3655$75kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
20 Jun 2023Individual #3655$62kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
7 Mar 2023Individual #3655$34kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
2022 9 grants · $272k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
16 Dec 2022Individual #3655$15kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
9 Nov 2022Individual #3655$26kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
29 Aug 2022Future of Life Institute Europe$52kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation (CHF 50,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
19 Aug 2022Individual #3655$11kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
14 Jul 2022Individual #3655$8kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
20 Jun 2022Individual #3655$20kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
13 Jun 2022Individual #3655$61kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
29 Mar 2022Individual #3655$28kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
18 Jan 2022Individual #3655$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
2021 4 grants · $161k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
30 Nov 2021Individual #3655$10kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
11 Nov 2021Individual #3655$20kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
21 Jul 2021Individual #3655$121kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
16 Mar 2021Individual #3655$10kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
2020 10 grants · $656k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
23 Nov 2020Individual #3655$27kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
21 May 2020Individual #3655$42kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
22 Apr 2020Individual #3655$7kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
13 Apr 2020Individual #3655$10kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
19 Mar 2020Metaculus$100kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): General support [forecasting; counted for now] source
17 Mar 2020Individual #3655$7kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
2 Mar 2020Faculty (AI safety research)$436kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): General support for AI safety research at Faculty Science (the 50 BTC grant) (BTC 50; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
18 Feb 2020Individual #3655$9kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
16 Jan 2020Individual #3655$10kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
10 Jan 2020Individual #3655$9kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
2019 9 grants · $852k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
20 Nov 2019Individual #3655$20kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
21 Oct 2019Individual #3655$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
29 Aug 2019Individual #3655$40kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
21 Aug 2019Individual #3655$18kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
9 Jul 2019Individual #3655$21kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
10 Jun 2019Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$64kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 75% of $85,000 (range 50–90%): GCRI's 2019 annual report says 'Our 2019 funding has mainly been for work on AI, so that has been our primary focus', and Gordon Irlam's $250 source
14 May 2019Individual #3655$35kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Regranting program [regranting for AI alignment; final recipients not published]
22 Apr 2019Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (via BSF): Unrestricted grant source
26 Feb 2019Machine Intelligence Research Institute$600kJaan Tallinn gift (via BSF): Unrestricted grant source
2018 15 grants · $806k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
31 Oct 2018(Aiken) Individual #1068$12kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Sebastian will attend conferences and purchase compute for experiments related to his PhD research on uncertainty modeling in neural networks source
24 Oct 2018Individual #6986$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will lead and develop “Convergence Analysis”, a new group focused on x-risk strategy research
10 Oct 2018Individual #8744$10kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will work on her research in AI alignment and other areas
2 Oct 2018Individual #7622$55kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will further his research on AI and technology trends
2 Oct 2018Individual #3164$51kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): The grant will support [name withheld]’s research on AI timelines and the processes that produce technical and scientific progress
2 Oct 2018Individual #8202$50kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will work on a variety of AI policy projects in Washington, D.C
2 Oct 2018Zoe Cremer$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): The grant will support Zoe as a visiting fellow at CFI, where she will research disagreements about the amount and kind of structure required for AGI source
2 Oct 2018Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence$10kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence; receiving charity Cambridge in America source
26 Sep 2018Individual #4707$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will research aspects of Goodhart’s law, focusing on multi-agent dynamics
24 Sep 2018Individual #9296$20kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): [name withheld] will research the implications of coarse-graining by an agent in a complex environment for AI alignment
10 Apr 2018Future of Life Institute$300kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source
30 Mar 20182018 AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Society: Ethics, Safety and Trustworthiness in Intelligent Agents$5kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for the 2018 AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Society: Ethics, Safety and Trustworthiness in Intelligent Agents; receiving charity Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence source
8 Feb 2018LessWrong 2.0$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for activities to develop and improve the website LessWrong 2.0; receiving charity Center for Applied Rationality source
24 Jan 2018Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$10kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 40% of $25,000 (range 25–60%): GCRI's 2018 annual report says 'Our largest 2018 outreach activity was on the national security dimensions of artificial intelligence' and 'R source
2 Jan 2018Miles Brundage$33kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Academic Research Award source
2017 9 grants · $491k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
28 Dec 2017Machine Intelligence Research Institute$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source
18 Dec 20172018 conference on AI, Ethics, and Society$20kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): General support for the 2018 conference on AI, Ethics, and Society; receiving charity Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence source
27 Oct 2017Future of Life Institute$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source
27 Oct 2017Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source
13 Sep 2017Machine Intelligence Research Institute$100kJaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source
5 Jun 2017Machine Intelligence Research Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
12 Mar 2017Tartu Ülikool$10kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Annetus TÜ arvutiteaduse instituudile (AI control project) (EUR 9,634; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
6 Mar 2017Machine Intelligence Research Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
2017Machine Intelligence Research Institute$61kFrom Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source
2016 15 grants · $316k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
30 Dec 2016Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
9 Dec 2016Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$1kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 25% of $5,000 (range 10–40%): 2 of the 7 GCRI publications dated 2016 are on AI ('Tackling near and far AI threats at once'; 'Should we let uploaded brains take over the world?'), an source
30 Nov 2016AI Safety Aarhus (Individual #3236)$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to ai safety aarhus (eng Individual #3236/ebj) (EUR 4,700; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
11 Oct 2016Tartu Ülikool$11kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Annetus TÜ arvutiteaduse instituudile (AI control project) (EUR 9,634; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
15 Sep 2016Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$1kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 25% of $5,000 (range 10–40%): 2 of the 7 GCRI publications dated 2016 are on AI ('Tackling near and far AI threats at once'; 'Should we let uploaded brains take over the world?'), an source
22 Jul 2016Machine Intelligence Research Institute$11kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation in the name of scott siskind source
5 Jul 2016Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$24kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 18,500; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
9 Jun 2016Machine Intelligence Research Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
9 Jun 2016Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$1kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 25% of $5,000 (range 10–40%): 2 of the 7 GCRI publications dated 2016 are on AI ('Tackling near and far AI threats at once'; 'Should we let uploaded brains take over the world?'), an source
2 May 2016Roman Yampolskiy, University of Louisville CS department$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to computer engineering and computer science department (roman yampolskiy); receiving charity University of Louisville Foundation source
10 Mar 2016Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
10 Mar 2016Machine Intelligence Research Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
10 Mar 2016Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$1kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 25% of $5,000 (range 10–40%): 2 of the 7 GCRI publications dated 2016 are on AI ('Tackling near and far AI threats at once'; 'Should we let uploaded brains take over the world?'), an source
9 Mar 2016Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 17,600; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
2016Machine Intelligence Research Institute$80kFrom Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source
2015 11 grants · $246k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
1 Dec 2015Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$500Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 10% of $5,000 (range 5–25%): 2 of the 24 GCRI publications dated 2015 are on AI (both on autonomous weapons), the rest mostly on nuclear winter; in July 2015 GCRI announced its FLI-f source
23 Nov 2015Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 16,400; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
15 Oct 2015AI Impacts$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to AI Impacts; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source
2 Oct 2015Future of Life Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
10 Sep 2015Machine Intelligence Research Institute$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
3 Sep 2015Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$500Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 10% of $5,000 (range 5–25%): 2 of the 24 GCRI publications dated 2015 are on AI (both on autonomous weapons), the rest mostly on nuclear winter; in July 2015 GCRI announced its FLI-f source
12 Aug 2015Machine Intelligence Research Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
10 Jul 2015Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 16,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
11 May 2015Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$500Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 10% of $5,000 (range 5–25%): 2 of the 24 GCRI publications dated 2015 are on AI (both on autonomous weapons), the rest mostly on nuclear winter; in July 2015 GCRI announced its FLI-f source
31 Mar 2015Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$39kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy (£16k + $15k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 26,140; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
16 Jan 2015Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
2014 10 grants · $325k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
22 Dec 2014Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$50kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($50000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 32,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
12 Dec 2014Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
20 Nov 2014Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$250Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 5% of $5,000 (range 0–15%): of the 12 GCRI publications dated 2014, 1 touches AI (a film review of 'Transcendence'); the rest are on nuclear war, planetary boundaries, environment an source
9 Sep 2014Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$24kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
18 Aug 2014Machine Intelligence Research Institute$100kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
29 Jul 2014Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$250Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 5% of $5,000 (range 0–15%): of the 12 GCRI publications dated 2014, 1 touches AI (a film review of 'Transcendence'); the rest are on nuclear war, planetary boundaries, environment an source
22 Jul 2014Future of Life Institute$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
9 Jun 2014Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$25kJaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($5000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
4 Mar 2014Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$25kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
4 Mar 2014Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$250Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 5% of $5,000 (range 0–15%): of the 12 GCRI publications dated 2014, 1 touches AI (a film review of 'Transcendence'); the rest are on nuclear war, planetary boundaries, environment an source
2013 6 grants · $120k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
4 Dec 2013Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy (usd 5000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,060; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
18 Oct 2013Global Catastrophic Risks Institute~$250Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Global Catastrophic Risks Institute [AI-safety share est. 5% of $5,000 (range 0–10%): of the 17 GCRI publications dated 2013, 1 is on AI (the blog review 'Our Final Invention: Is AI the defining issue for humanity?'); the rest are on nuclea source
24 Sep 2013Machine Intelligence Research Institute$100kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
4 Sep 2013Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,210; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
10 May 2013Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,250; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
18 Feb 2013Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,232; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
2012 3 grants · $372k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
2 Aug 2012Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$108kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
2012Machine Intelligence Research Institute$155kFrom Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source
2012Machine Intelligence Research Institute$109kFrom Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source
2011 3 grants · $200k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
30 Dec 2011Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
7 Nov 2011Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$50kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
15 Feb 2011Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$100kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source
2010 1 grant · $10k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
27 Jul 2010Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$10kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation (EEK 120,500; USD value as given by jaan.online) source
2009 1 grant · $5k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
17 Mar 2009Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence$5kJaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source