Key People
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Jeffrey LadishFounder
Executive Director
2023 – present
Founder and Executive Director of Palisade Research. Previously built Anthropic's infosec program via his consulting company Gordian Research. Organization copyright span is 2023–2026 suggesting founding around 2023.
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John Steidley
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff at Palisade Research. Listed on official team page.
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Eli Tyre
Head of Strategy
Focused on AI risks since 2015. Previously at CFAR; also supports grantmaking at Jaan Tallinn's SFF.
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Dave Kasten
Head of Policy
Leads DC policy presence. Previously at UK AI policy nonprofit, McKinsey, and Booz Allen.
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Dmitrii Volkov
Head of Security Research
Ex-PhD student in cybersecurity/formal methods at Purdue. Previously worked at JetBrains and Kaspersky.
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Senior Researcher
Also acting director of AI Impacts. Prior: SecureDNA, Redwood Research, MIRI. Start date unknown; confirmed on team page as of 2026-03-16.
Funding History
4SFF General Support (2025)grant2025
$10KLed by Survival and Flourishing Fund
SFF 2025 round: $10,000 direct grant plus up to $1,123,000 matching pledge (1:1 match for outside donations raised by March 31, 2026), recommended by Jaan Tallinn. Only the direct grant amount is recorded here.
survivalandflourishing.fundSFF General Support (2024)grant2024
$816KLed by Survival and Flourishing Fund
SFF 2024 round: $586,000 S-Process grant plus $230,000 Speculation Grant, recommended by Jaan Tallinn. Confirmed from SFF 2024 recommendations page.
survivalandflourishing.fundOpen Philanthropy General Support (2024)grant2024
$2.1MLed by Open Philanthropy
Two grants totaling $2,123,463 for general support via Open Philanthropy / Good Ventures Technical AI Safety program. Also listed at goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/palisade-research-general-support/.
openphilanthropy.orgSFF General Support (H2 2023)grant2023
$370KLed by Survival and Flourishing Fund
SFF S-Process grant, recommended by Jaan Tallinn. H2 2023 round. Confirmed from SFF recommendations page.
survivalandflourishing.fundBoard Seats
1| Member | Role | Source | Notes | Source check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mYDymJ5YGq | Treasurer | palisaderesearch.org | Treasurer at Palisade Research. Listed on official team page. | Not checked |
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| Wiki ID: | E428 |
| Type: | organization |
| YAML Source: | packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/palisade-research.yaml |
| Facts: | 0 structured (1 total) |
| Records: | 11 in 3 collections |