New research institution

Resolution

New AI-alignment research organization led by Geoffrey Irving and backed by a major Coefficient approval.

Background

Coefficient's September 9 update reports approval of $160 million for Resolution, describing it as its largest AI-safety grant. The stated purpose is scaling rigorous alignment research. Approval is the recorded transaction stage; the statement is not a payment ledger.

Role in this network

Coefficient's September 9 update reports approval of $160 million for Resolution, describing it as its largest AI-safety grant. The stated purpose is scaling rigorous alignment research. Approval is the recorded transaction stage; the statement is not a payment ledger.

Resources and research choices

Its Coefficient award combines base and conditional support. OpenAI credits add a separate research resource. The Agent Foundations team brings both a research tradition and explicit concerns about automation.

What the records show

From the investigation

The capital is accelerating

The same update announces Project Tailwind to recruit and fund new founders. Concrete examples show the scale: $160 million approved for Resolution, more than $70 million over two years recommended for Redwood Research, and a $68 million three-year renewal recommendation for Epoch AI. Research capacity, measurements and new institutions are being built with this money.

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The conditions behind the money

Resolution’s announcement divides its $160m Coefficient award into a $108m base and $52m conditional on hiring success and compute needs. The base also supports some onward grants. Those conditions connect institutional growth to the release of resources; the announcement does not disclose the detailed milestones or payment schedule.

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Shared funding does not settle the strategy

Resolution’s new Agent Foundations team openly carries forward a MIRI-adjacent research tradition. Jeremy Gillen’s joining statement also questions whether some research automation could accelerate dangerous capabilities. He explicitly withholds blanket endorsement of the organization’s other work. A well-financed institution can contain a real dispute over what progress should mean.

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Version custody keeps the date question honest

These are related publisher versions, not four independent confirmations. The media API also lists a second May2025 file (media1409), which was discovered but not fetched. No earlier-membership names or resolution establishing who replaced or joined the sole member were recovered. The decisive date gap is the adopted text and resolutions effective6July2023 , not whether a file with 2023 in its name exists.

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Further reading

EA is financing the institutions, not just the argument

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What the connections say

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