Lightcone Infrastructure → Corrigibility Research Fund
Legal grantmaker; final approval
2026-09-19
Lightcone retains final approval of the fund’s grants.
Specialist research grantmaking
Corrigibility Research Fund
A specialist fund managed by Max Harms under Lightcone legal approval.
Background
The fund supports research on AI systems that remain responsive to correction. Lightcone Infrastructure Inc. is its legal grantmaker and final approver; Harms manages research selection. Future applications use Lightcone Commons.
What it does
The fund supports research on AI systems that remain responsive to correction. Lightcone Infrastructure Inc. is its legal grantmaker and final approver; Harms manages research selection. Future applications use Lightcone Commons.
What the records show
Max Harms → Corrigibility Research Fund
Fund manager
2026-09-19
Harms manages the fund and recommends awards.
Corrigibility Research Fund → Lightcone Commons
Future application platform
2026-09-19
Future fund applications use Commons.
Corrigibility Research Fund → Ian Kahn
$35,000 award
2026-09-19
Announced research award.
From the investigation
Who can actually authorize a grant?
A smaller programme supplies a completed example. The Corrigibility Research Fund names Lightcone Infrastructure Inc. as its legal grantmaker and final approver. Max Harms manages the fund. On September 3 he announced eight awards totalling $132,000, following more than 100 applications, and directed future applicants to Commons. Ian Kahn was awarded $35,000 and Ben Saudek $3,000; Harms says both first contacted him after his appearance on the 80,000 Hours podcast. Here is a visible sequence from public communication to professional contact to funding. Fund structure , awards
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5 relationshipsLightcone Infrastructure → Legal grantmaker; final approval → Corrigibility Research Fund
2026-09-19
Lightcone retains final approval of the fund’s grants.
Read the original source 1
Max Harms → Fund manager → Corrigibility Research Fund
2026-09-19
Harms manages the fund and recommends awards.
Read the original source 1
Corrigibility Research Fund → Future application platform → Lightcone Commons
2026-09-19
Future fund applications use Commons.
Read the original sources 2
Corrigibility Research Fund → $35,000 award → Ian Kahn
2026-09-19
Announced research award. Award announcement; cash settlement not observed.
Read the original source 1
Corrigibility Research Fund → $3,000 award → Ben Saudek
2026-09-19
Announced research award. Award announcement; cash settlement not observed.