Money. Identity. Technology.
Follow the money. Find the decision.
AI & money
Follow funding into recruitment, new organizations and research capacity.
Solid lines: documented in a cited record. Dashed: reported or inferred. Hollow arrows: proposed powers. Choose a connection for its evidence.
Grant recommendations, programme ownership and media promotion are different kinds of connection.
Coefficient Giving → Largest donor, disclosed by recipient → 80,000 Hours
2026-09-19
The September 17 podcast identifies Coefficient Giving as 80,000 Hours' largest donor; the host says Max Nadeau's team has not directly funded it. No amount or editorial approval right is disclosed here.
Coefficient Giving → Launches nonprofit-founder initiative → Project Tailwind
2026-09-19
Coefficient launches Project Tailwind to find and finance founders of ambitious AI-safety initiatives.
80,000 Hours → Promotes founder funding in podcast → Project Tailwind
2026-09-19
The September 17 episode presents Coefficient's funding opportunities to prospective founders and discusses Tailwind. Published September 17; recorded August 18. Donor relationship is explicitly disclosed.
80,000 Hours → Interviews grantmaker on new nonprofits → Max Nadeau
2026-09-19
80,000 Hours publishes its interview with Nadeau on recruiting founders and funding ambitious AI-safety organizations.
Max Nadeau → Technical AI-safety grantmaker → Coefficient Giving
2026-09-19
The interview identifies his role and funding work.
Coefficient Giving → $108m base + $52m conditional → Resolution
2026-09-19
Resolution describes a $160m award with a conditional component tied to hiring and compute needs; the base includes regranting. July 7 is the recipient announcement date. Payment schedule and detailed milestones are not public.
Coefficient Giving → Over $70m recommended / two years → Redwood Research
2026-09-19
Coefficient reports a recommendation supporting Redwood's expansion.
Coefficient Giving → $68m recommended / three years → Epoch AI
2026-09-19
Coefficient reports a renewal recommendation supporting Epoch's capacity, benchmarks, data and economics work.
Coefficient Giving → Runs giving and careers programme → Effective Giving and Careers
2026-09-19
Programme update describes expansion and new policy-talent grants.
Effective Giving and Careers → Funds policy-career accelerator → Impactful Policy Careers
2026-09-19
Programme update names Impactful Policy Careers in its policy-talent support.
Effective Giving and Careers → Names policy-talent support → Network for Effective Evidence-Based Development
2026-09-19
Coefficient's programme update lists NEED as a policy-talent grantee. Programme attribution for the grant separately disclosed by NEED; not an additional cash flow.
Coefficient Giving → Recommends foundation grant → Network for Effective Evidence-Based Development
2026-09-19
NEED identifies Coefficient as recommending the grant it receives through SVCF.