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Back to Episodes“EA Funds is launching the Transformative AI Fund” by Lowe Lundin
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TL;DR
- The Long-Term Future Fund is closing down, and EA Funds is launching the Transformative AI Fund with a new full-time team.
- The fund's primary focus is technical AI safety and AI governance (including post-AGI governance), as well as supporting fields such as field-building and forecasting. We'll also consider non-GCR implications of transformative AI such as flourishing futures and digital sentience, though we expect these to be a small minority of grants. For now, biosecurity and nuclear will only be supported at the AI intersection.
- The fund will provide funding that is early-stage, fast, and tolerant of failure, to build the field's absorptive capacity. We're betting that a lot of philanthropic money is about to arrive, and that the field doesn't have enough organizations to put it to work.
- We aim to always be open to applications, respond quickly and reliably, and publish quarterly reports on what we fund and why.
- Whether you're an individual, a new organization, or an existing organization with a new idea, you can apply here.
- We’re actively fundraising. We have a seed grant of ~1 million dollars, but hope to raise significantly more, as we believe there are sufficient opportunities in the field to [...]
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Outline:
(01:49) Background
(02:54) Purpose
(06:50) Focus areas
(07:50) Team
(09:44) Fund principles
(09:47) Early-stage funding
(10:36) Transparent by default
(11:25) Open applications with quick, reliable responses
(12:44) Why give to the Transformative AI Fund?
(12:49) Why give through a fund?
(14:21) Why this fund?
(15:02) How to get involved
(15:05) If you're a donor
(15:36) If you're starting something new
(15:50) If you're interested in working with us
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First published:
August 11th, 2026
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.