“LawZero is a nonprofit startup developing technical solutions for highly-capable, safe-by-design AI systems.”In its own words: lawzero.org
Nonprofit led by Yoshua Bengio and incubated at Mila, developing non-agentic Scientist AI and other safe-by-design approaches to advanced AI.
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Received $229M from 4 funders
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Led by Yoshua Bengio (Co-President and Scientific Director), Sam Ramadori (Co-President and Executive Director), Maria Eitel (Chair)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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4 grants totalling $229M, newest first.
2026 3 grants · $224M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2026 | German government | ~$115M | Germany plans about €100M (≈ US$115.4M at the ECB rate on 16 Sep 2026) for R&D at LawZero's new Berlin site, subject to European Commission state-aid notification; no payment schedule published. Includes opening a LawZero Berlin office source |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Canadian government (LawZero commitment) | ~$108M | Canada plans to invest CA$150M (≈ US$108M at the ECB rate on 16 Sep 2026) through ISED's Strategic Response Fund, for talent and compute; no payment schedule published. source |
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Bengio, Yoshua): Designing a safety case and latent variable model for the non-agentic Scientist AI. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
2025 1 grant · $5M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2025 | Gates Foundation | $5M | Grant for Scientist AI: AI safety benchmarks and algorithms; share of the over US$35M LawZero had raised by Aug 2025. Grant INV-091193: $4,995,896, committed July 2025 over 35 months. source |