Manifund hires Caroline Ellison, rattling the AI grants community
livgorton · x · 2026-09-12
The grants platform Manifund hired Caroline Ellison, ex-head of Alameda Research. livgorton: "I believe in redemption. I don't think believing in it obliges anyone to prove it like this" — noting her fund's collapse hurt most the very community now hiring her.
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