EA Funding Absorption Capacity

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  "llmSummary": "The EA ecosystem's ability to absorb large capital inflows is limited by talent pipelines, management capacity, and the challenge of maintaining quality at scale. Current AI safety funding is \\$120-150M/year, but even a 5-10x increase would strain existing infrastructure. This page estimates productive absorption capacity at \\$500M-2B/year today, identifies binding constraints, and analyzes how the ecosystem should prepare for the expected Anthropic liquidity event (\\$27-76B risk-adjusted). Historical precedents from the FTX era and Coefficient Giving's (formerly Open Philanthropy) scaling challenges inform the analysis.",
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