Ajeya Cotra → Former programme and strategy roles → Coefficient Giving
Checked 14 September 2026; event date unresolved
Technical AI safety leadership in 2024; AI giving strategy in 2025.
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METR: funding, access and policy
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19 relationshipsJoe Benton → Former Scalable Oversight manager → Anthropic
Checked 14 September 2026; event date unresolved
Also led Anthropic Fellows research.
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Joe Benton → Plans to join → METR
Checked 14 September 2026; event date unresolved
Biography says he will soon join; start unconfirmed.
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Joe Benton → Helped establish predecessor taskforce → UK AI Security Institute
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Reports helping set up the UK Frontier AI Taskforce.
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Alignment Research Center (ARC) → Incubated before announced spin-off → METR
Event or period: 2023-12-04; checked 14 September 2026
Announced standalone nonprofit separation.
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The Audacious Project → Catalyzed approximately $38m → Canary — RAND–METR collaboration
Event or period: 2024-10-09; checked 14 September 2026
Overall project funding announced in 2024.
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Canary — RAND–METR collaboration → Approximately $17m for METR → METR
Event or period: 2024-10-09; checked 14 September 2026
Part of the $38m package, not additional funding.
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RAND Corporation → Research collaborator → Canary — RAND–METR collaboration
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Contributes policy and misuse evaluation work.
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Gates Foundation → Named funding-collective participant → The Audacious Project
Checked 14 September 2026; event date unresolved
Named in METR’s 2024 account of the wider collective. Gates-specific Canary contribution not identified.
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METR’s August 2026 funding commitments → Approximately $71m committed → METR
Event or period: 2026-08-14; checked 14 September 2026
Raised over preceding six months; donor shares unspecified.
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Schmidt Sciences → Acknowledged supporter → METR
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Named among supporters over the years. Amount and payment date unspecified.
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Acknowledged supporter → METR
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Named among supporters over the years. Amount and payment date unspecified.