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Organisation·Founded 2021·San Francisco, United States
“Scientific foundations for robust and scalable AI alignment”In its own words: princint.ai
Alignment researchField-building

Nonprofit, formerly PIBBSS, doing interdisciplinary research on the scientific foundations of AI safety and running the PIBBSS research fellowship.

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Received $5M from 7 funders

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Led by Lucas Teixeira (Executive Director), Dušan D. Nešić (Executive Director), Cecilia Wood (Technical Research Director: Economics), Nora Ammann (Board & Co-founder)Checked 26 Oct 2026

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22 grants totalling $5M, newest first.

2026 4 grants · $1.7M
DateFunderAmountPurpose
30 Sep 2026Survival and Flourishing Fund$82kSFF-2026 Main Round: General support (base amount; the $482,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source
Sep 2026Founders Pledge$90kDiscernment Development Project: reading groups and senior fellowship for AI safety research leadership source
19 Feb 2026The Alignment Project~$590kAlignment Project round 1 (lead: Individual #9498): Constructing robust incentives for AI agents to act cautiously. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source
Feb 2026Coefficient Giving$916kAI Safety Summer Fellowship source
2025 7 grants · $1.7M
DateFunderAmountPurpose
31 Dec 2025Manifund$100PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
6 Dec 2025Manifund$25kPrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
15 Nov 2025Manifund$50PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
Sep 2025Survival and Flourishing Fund$20kSFF-2025: General support (base amount; the $994,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source
21 Jul 2025Manifund$10PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
May 2025Coefficient Giving$1.7MAI Safety Summer Fellowship source
3 Jan 2025Manifund$1kPrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
2024 6 grants · $395k
DateFunderAmountPurpose
1 Dec 2024Manifund$20PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
19 Sep 2024Manifund$10PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
15 Sep 2024Manifund$10PrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
13 Sep 2024Manifund$25kPrincInt - General Programs funding or specific funding source
17 May 2024Survival and Flourishing Fund$240kSFF speculation grant: General support for PIBBSS; receiving charity Epistea, z. s. source
16 May 2024Survival and Flourishing Fund$130kSFF speculation grant: General support for PIBBSS; receiving charity Epistea, z. s. source
2023 4 grants · $885k
DateFunderAmountPurpose
22 Jun 2023Survival and Flourishing Fund$260kPaid by Jaan Tallinn via Founders Pledge (UK): General support for PIBBSS; receiving charity Epistea Z.S. source
23 May 2023Survival and Flourishing Fund$200kSFF speculation grant: General support for PIBBSS; receiving charity Effective Altruism Geneva source
Mar 2023Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities$239kPIBBSS — AI Safety Summer Fellowship (2023) — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $239,000 to Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) to support a summer research fellowship for academics. Fellows will... [Global Catastrophic Risks Capaci source
2023Survival and Flourishing Fund$186kSFF-2023-H2: General support of PIBBSS; receiving charity Epistea, z. s. source
2021 1 grant · $305k
DateFunderAmountPurpose
Dec 2021Long-Term Future Fund$305kDecember 2021 payout report (Aug–Dec 2021): 10-12 week summer interdisciplinary AI alignment research fellowship source