AI safety org Kairos raises $50M from Coefficient Giving, hiring 10 roles
austincarson · x · 2026-09-04
Kairos announced $50M in funding from Coefficient Giving to build talent infrastructure for AI safety, growing its team and project portfolio with 10 open roles. When asked whether GPT-4o came up with the name, the founder said it emerged from an in-person whiteboard brainstorming session.
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