Thread alleges METR's independence is compromised by funding tied to Anthropic stock
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-15
A thread by @kevinnbass questions the independence of AI safety evaluator METR: its largest grant is hard to trace through Vanguard, but funds allegedly funnel through intermediaries back to Moskovitz's Good Ventures Foundation, which sits on appreciating Anthropic stock. Coefficient — GVF-funded — bankrolls half the candidate evaluators; METR has deep ties to Redwood, funded from the same pile; Tarbell fellows reportedly wrote undisclosed Time 100 AI profiles. The author's thesis: "METR raised big funds, then started finding big incidents — they found what they were looking for." Claims are one-sided and unverified.
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