“Find funding, fast” by Austin Chen

Some AI safety funders can take months to decide; others confirm in days. I’ve been on both sides of the grant application and know how crucial an early “yes” can be; “funding projects fast” has always been a core tenet of Manifund.

Four new opportunities have popped up around the extended Manifund universe, several with a short-fuse (that is, due in the next few days):

1. grantmaking.ai

• Size: $5-50 thousand dollars grants
• Scope: AI x-risk
• Apps due: July 13
• Apply at: grantmaking.ai

This is a new 1 million dollars grant round! Organized by Matt Brooks, Anton Makiievskyi and Melissa Samworth, their team is earnest and excited to improve the entire funding landscape:

We want to build the most comprehensive public repository of donation opportunities in existential AI safety space with essential information like up-to-date funding needs, theory of impact, references, endorsements, team track record, and more…



Currently, most AI safety funding is distributed privately by a few large funds - which are great and remain the most effective way to support AI safety; nevertheless we believe a more public, agile approach will benefit the ecosystem, and be particularly useful for smaller AI safety grants that are [...]

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Outline:

(00:32) 1. grantmaking.ai

(02:14) 2. Leo's alignment microgrants

(03:30) 3. Frame Fellowship

(04:43) 4. Surplus

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First published:
July 8th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/eberRKyDdZH9T5JMf/find-funding-fast

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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