AI safety gets $4B a year vs $98B on capabilities — interactive funding tracker maps the gap
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-07
AISafety.fund visualizes AI safety funding: in 2026, $1.5B from philanthropy, $346M from governments, and $2.1B from frontier AI companies — versus $98B on AI capabilities (25x safety) and $868B on datacenters. Coefficient Giving, Longview Philanthropy, Schmidt Sciences, and the Survival and Flourishing Fund make up 78% of 2025 philanthropic funding. The site also matches projects to funders with live application status.
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