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Relevant to AI safety as Moskovitz co-founded Open Philanthropy, one of the largest funders of AI safety research; useful background for understanding the funding ecosystem around AI safety organizations.

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Wikipedia biography of Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook and Asana, and co-founder of Good Ventures and Open Philanthropy with his wife Cari Tuna. Moskovitz is a major funder of effective altruism and AI safety initiatives through Open Philanthropy, making him a key figure in the AI safety funding landscape.

Key Points

  • Co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, later leaving to co-found productivity software company Asana in 2008.
  • Co-founded Good Ventures and Open Philanthropy with wife Cari Tuna, which has become one of the largest funders of AI safety research.
  • Estimated net worth of ~$17.4 billion (2025), much of which he has pledged to philanthropy via the Giving What We Can pledge.
  • Open Philanthropy, which he funds, has provided major grants to organizations like MIRI, Anthropic, and other AI safety groups.
  • Recognized as a prominent figure in the effective altruism movement and a significant financial backer of AI existential risk research.

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 American internet entrepreneur (born 1984) 
 

 Dustin Moskovitz Moskovitz in 2011 Born Dustin Aaron Moskovitz 
 ( 1984-05-22 ) May 22, 1984 (age 41) 
 Gainesville, Florida , U.S. Education Harvard University (dropped out) Occupations Entrepreneur
 philanthropist
 computer programmer
 Known for 
 Co-founding Facebook , Asana , Good Ventures , and Open Philanthropy 

 World's youngest self-made billionaire (2012)
 
 Title Chairman, Asana Spouse 
 Cari Tuna   ​ ( m.  2013) ​ 
 Dustin Aaron Moskovitz [ 1 ] ( / ˈ m ɒ s k ə v ɪ t s / ; born May 22, 1984) [ 2 ] is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms with Mark Zuckerberg , Eduardo Saverin , Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes . [ 3 ] In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana [ 4 ] with Justin Rosenstein . In March 2011, Forbes reported Moskovitz to be the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, on the basis of his then 2.34% share in Facebook. [ 5 ] According to Forbes , as of May 2025, Moskovitz's estimated net worth stood at US$17.4 billion, making him the 125th richest individual in the world. [ 6 ] 

 
 Early life

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 Moskovitz, who is Jewish, [ 7 ] was born on May 22, 1984, in Gainesville, Florida , and grew up in Ocala, Florida . [ 8 ] He attended Vanguard High School , graduating from the IB Diploma Program . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Moskovitz attended Harvard University as an economics major for two years before he moved with Mark Zuckerberg to Palo Alto, California , in order to work full-time on Facebook. [ 11 ] 

 Career

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 Facebook (2004–2008)

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 Four people, three of whom were roommates— Mark Zuckerberg , Eduardo Saverin , Chris Hughes , and Dustin Moskovitz—founded Facebook in their Harvard University dorm room in February 2004. Originally called thefacebook.com, [ 12 ] it was intended as an online directory of all Harvard's students to help residential students identify members of other residences. [ 3 ] [ 13 ] In June 2004, Zuckerberg, Hughes and Moskovitz took a year off from Harvard and moved Facebook's base of operations to Palo Alto, and hired eight employees. [ 14 ] They were later joined by Sean Parker . At Facebook, Moskovitz was the company's first chief technology officer and then vice president of engineering. [ 15 ] 

 Asana (2008–2025)

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 On October 3, 2008, Moskovitz announced that he was leaving Facebook to form a new company called Asana with Justin Rosenstein , an engineering manager at Facebook. Asana's mission is to improve the efficiency of office work

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