Coefficient Giving has millions for AI safety nonprofits but can't find founders
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-19
80,000 Hours episode #254 features Max Nadeau of Coefficient Giving's Technical AI Safety team on Project Tailwind, an effort to recruit founders for a new wave of AI safety nonprofits.
- The org has a list of dozens of organization ideas it wants someone to start, with millions available — the bottleneck is talent, not funding.
- Topics include common startup mistakes, the value of dramatic pivots, why AI safety needs outsiders, whether impact is possible inside AI companies, for-profit vs nonprofit tradeoffs, traits of bad founders, his top 6 fundable AI safety ideas, and how to improve your odds of getting a grant.
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