“METR (pronounced “meter”) is a nonprofit that studies the most advanced AI agents to understand whether their developers are on track to lose control of them.”In its own words: metr.org
Nonprofit studying the most advanced AI agents to understand whether their developers are on track to lose control of them; publishes measurement research and applied assessments, including frontier risk assessments.
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Received $23M from 4 funders
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Led by Beth Barnes (Founder), Chris Painter (President)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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8 grants totalling $23M, newest first.
2026 1 grant · $775k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $775k | SFF-2026 Main Round: General support (base amount; the $1,426,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
2025 2 grants · $570k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $120k | SFF-2025: General support (base amount; the $428,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
| 2025 | Longview Philanthropy | $450k | Evaluating risks from frontier AI models. ECF 2025 Annual Report (six grants totalling $1.5M). — Emerging Challenges Fund source |
2024 2 grants · $17M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $204k | SFF-2024: General support source |
| 9 Oct 2024 | The Audacious Project | $17M | Project Canary (with RAND): frontier AI evaluations; METR's ~$17M share of ~$38M raised through the Audacious Project 2024 cohort source |
2023 3 grants · $4.9M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2023 | Longview Philanthropy | $220k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): AI governance / evaluations work, mainly staff costs and compute source |
| 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $3.2M | SFF-2023-H1: General support of Evals Team; receiving charity Alignment Research Center — Jaan Tallinn payments per jaan.online: $1,846,000 on 2023-06-15 (Alignment Research Center, via FP-US) source |
| 2023 | Future of Life Institute | $1.4M | Evals team building capability and alignment evaluations of advanced ML models — 2023 Grants source |