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Organizations / Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) Also known as: MIRI, Singularity Institute, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, SIAI
Annual Expenses $6.5M 2024 4 pts ▶ Headcount 42 2024 3 pts ▶ Net Assets $15M 2024 4 pts ▶ Revenue $1.5M 2024 4 pts ▶ Total Funding Raised $55M 2025 view → Headquarters Berkeley, CA — view → Legal Structure 501(c)(3) nonprofit — view → Website http://intelligence.org/ — view → Name DivisionType Status Source Notes Source check MIRI Research team active intelligence.org Core technical research on mathematical foundations of AI alignment, including agent foundations and decision theory Not checked
Dimension Rating Evidence Assessor Source check current-strategy Policy advocacy to halt AI development Major 2024 pivot after acknowledging alignment research 'extremely unlikely to succeed in time' [MIRI About](https://intelligence.org/about/) editorial Not checked field-impact Controversial but influential Raised awareness but faced criticism for theoretical approach and failed research programs [LessWrong](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rfNHWe5JWhGuSqMHN/steelmanning-miri-critics) editorial Not checked financial-status Operating at deficit with ~2 year runway $4.97M net loss in 2024, $15.24M in net assets [ProPublica](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/582565917) editorial Not checked historical-significance First organization to focus on ASI alignment as technical problem Among first to recognize ASI as most important event in 21st century [MIRI About](https://intelligence.org/about/) editorial Not checked research-output Minimal recent publications Near-zero new publications from core researchers between 2018 and 2022 [LessWrong](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rfNHWe5JWhGuSqMHN/steelmanning-miri-critics) editorial Not checked
Title Date EventType Description Significance Source Source check Strategic pivot away from alignment research 2024 pivot 2024 announcement; current focus on attempting to halt development of increasingly general AI models via discussions with policymakers about extreme risks. major intelligence.org Not checked $4.3M Ethereum donation from Vitalik Buterin 2021-05 funding Contributed to a revenue spike to $25.6M in 2021. major intelligence.org Not checked Largest single Open Philanthropy grant — $7.7M 2020-04 funding $6.24M from main OP funders + $1.46M from BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo. At this peak, OP provided ~60% of MIRI's predicted budgets for 2020-2021. major openphilanthropy.org Not checked Open Philanthropy two-year general support grant ($2.65M) 2019-02 funding Provided $2,652,500 over two years; OP support grew from $1.4M (2018) to $2.31M (2019). moderate openphilanthropy.org Not checked Renamed to Machine Intelligence Research Institute 2013-01 pivot — major — Not checked Sold name, web domain, and Singularity Summit to Singularity University 2012-12 pivot Marked the end of the public-outreach phase. major — Not checked First Singularity Summit 2006 launch Annual summit organized in cooperation with Stanford University, with funding from Peter Thiel. moderate — Not checked Reorientation toward AI safety 2005 pivot Yudkowsky's concerns about superintelligent AI risks prompted a fundamental reorientation toward AI safety. Organization also relocated from Atlanta to Silicon Valley that year. major — Not checked Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence founded 2000 founding Founded by Eliezer Yudkowsky with the original (paradoxical) mission of accelerating AI development. major en.wikipedia.org Not checked
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