Audit: AI safety org METR raised $71M in 6 months, a 5x jump, with only $350K traceable
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-17
kevinnbass says he audited all public records: METR, the AI safety org promoted by Dario Amodei, raised $71M over the past six months — a sudden 5x jump. Yet only $350K of that $71M can be traced to known sources, raising transparency questions about how the premier AI safety org is funded. He published the audit figures on GitHub.
Related event: Audit shows METR raised $71M in six months, sources unclear(2 posts)→
More from Venture
- AI Agents Now Outbook Humans on Travel Platform as MCP Payments Go Mainstream — Efistoffeles · 2026-09-17
- Is Datadog Still the Poster Child of the 2021 SaaS Top? Paid Newsletter Weighs In — thedealdirector · 2026-09-17
- Polymarket traders give 53% odds OpenAI's valuation tops $1.25T by year-end — Polymarket · 2026-09-17
- 5-month-old Instinct valued at $10B with zero revenue, dwarfing Snapchat's $9B — jonchu · 2026-09-17
- Instinct's $10B round draws 2021 Clubhouse comparisons: big usage, no monetization — zebird0 · 2026-09-17
- Polymarket Bettors Give Anthropic 96% Odds to Be Biggest Private Company by Sep 2026 — Polymarket · 2026-09-17