Also known as: CHAI
Key People
3SO
Sarah Otis
Assistant Director
Assistant Director of CHAI. Listed on CHAI people page as of 2026.
SR
Stuart RussellFounder
Founder & Director
UC Berkeley EECS professor. Founded CHAI. Also Director of Kavli Center. Confirmed on humancompatible.ai/people as of 2026-03-16.
MN
Executive Director
Also Head of Strategic Outreach for Berkeley AI Research. Confirmed on humancompatible.ai/people as of 2026-03-16.
Funding History
2Open Philanthropy Multi-Year RenewalgrantJan 2021
$11MLed by Open Philanthropy
Multi-year renewal grant from Open Philanthropy to CHAI, described as funding to 'expand research and student training'. Amount $11,355,246. Confirmed via vipulnaik.com donations database as of 2026-06-07.
donations.vipulnaik.comOpen Philanthropy Founding GrantgrantAug 2016
$5.6MLed by Open Philanthropy
Founding grant from Open Philanthropy (recommended to Good Ventures) for CHAI's establishment at UC Berkeley. Amount $5,555,550 over five years. Confirmed via vipulnaik.com donations database and Open Philanthropy grant page as of 2026-06-07.
donations.vipulnaik.comDivisions
2| Name | DivisionType | Lead | Status | Website | Source | Notes | Source check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAI Research | lab | Stuart Russell | active | humancompatible.ai | humancompatible.ai | Academic AI safety research lab at UC Berkeley founded by Stuart Russell. Researches value alignment, cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (CIRL), and human-AI interaction. | Not checked |
| CHAI Research | lab | Stuart Russell | active | humancompatible.ai | humancompatible.ai | Academic AI safety research lab at UC Berkeley founded by Stuart Russell. Researches value alignment, cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (CIRL), and human-AI interaction. Lead: Stuart Russell (Professor, UC Berkeley; CHAI founder). | Not checked |
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| YAML Source: | packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/chai.yaml |
| Facts: | 1 structured (2 total) |
| Records: | 7 in 3 collections |