Also known as: CHAI
Key People
2SO
Sarah Otis
Assistant Director
Assistant Director of CHAI. Listed on CHAI people page as of 2026.
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 | Status | Website | Source | Notes | Source check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAI Research | lab | active | humancompatible.ai | humancompatible.ai | Academic AI safety research lab at UC Berkeley. Researches value alignment, cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (CIRL), and human-AI interaction. | Not checked |
| CHAI Research | lab | active | humancompatible.ai | humancompatible.ai | Academic AI safety research lab at UC Berkeley. Researches value alignment, cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (CIRL), and human-AI interaction. | Not checked |
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| Records: | 6 in 3 collections |