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Elon Musk Grant

DonationVerified
Raised
$10M
Date
Jan 2015
Lead Investor
Elon Musk
Notes

Elon Musk donated $10M to FLI in January 2015 for AI safety research. The funds were used to run the 2015 AI Safety Grant Program, which funded 37 projects totaling $7M+ to researchers at Oxford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, MIRI, and other institutions.

Other Rounds by Future of Life Institute (FLI)

2
RoundRaisedValuationLead InvestorDate
Vitalik Buterin SHIB Donation(donation)$500MVitalik Buterin2021
Open Philanthropy AI Risk Grant(grant)$1.2MOpen Philanthropy2015