Epoch AI Funding Transparency

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Epoch AI's funding transparency page lists major donors and collaborations, revealing the organization's financial independence and relationships with key AI labs, governments, and safety-focused funders relevant to understanding its research credibility.

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Summary

This page discloses Epoch AI's major funders (donations of $70,000+ USD) and paid collaborations with organizations including Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, METR, and government bodies. It clarifies that Epoch AI is a neutral nonprofit that does not lobby or advocate for specific AI policies. The page demonstrates the organization's commitment to transparency about its financial relationships.

Key Points

•Coefficient Giving is the largest funder, contributing over $21M across multiple grants since 2022.
•Collaborations include model evaluations for Google DeepMind and xAI, benchmarks with OpenAI and METR, and consultations with the EU AI Office and UK DSIT.
•Epoch AI explicitly states it does not lobby or advocate for specific AI policies, positioning itself as a neutral research organization.
•Notable individual donors include Jaan Tallinn ($600K), Leopold Aschenbrenner ($200K), and Carl Shulman ($100K).
•The organization works with both AI developers and government agencies, aiming to inform policy without making recommendations.

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Transparency | Epoch AI 

 
 

 

 

 
 Funders

 As an independent nonprofit, we rely primarily on the ongoing support of donors to continue our research. In addition to the contributions listed below, Epoch AI has received smaller donations from individual supporters. Here, we list only donations of $70,000 USD or more.

 We value every contribution as a vote of confidence in our work and vision, and we pledge to use it to further our mission of building a better shared understanding of AI. If you would like further information about specific funding needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us at donate@epoch.ai .

 Donate to Epoch AI 
 
 
 

 Coefficient Giving 
 
 
 

 General Support

 April 2025 

 $8,500,000 USD

 March 2025 

 $70,000 USD FrontierMath Benchmark Improvements

 April 2024 

 $4,132,488 USD

 April 2023 

 $6,922,565 USD

 February 2023 

 $188,558 USD

 June 2022 

 $1,960,000 USD

 Jaan Tallinn 
 
 
 

 General Support

 January 2025 

 $600,000 USD DAF donation

 Likith Govindaiah 
 
 
 

 General Support

 January 2025 

 $400,000 USD DAF donation

 Leopold Aschenbrenner 
 
 
 

 Pilot for New Benchmark

 January 2025 

 $200,000 USD awarded via Manifund

 Sentinel Bio 
 
 
 

 Tracking developments in biological AI models

 September 2025 

 $85,000

 September 2024 

 $80,000

 Carl Shulman 
 
 
 

 General Support

 March 2023 

 $100,000 USD DAF donation

 Schmidt Sciences 
 
 
 

 FrontierMath: Open Problems pilot

 December 2025 

 

 
 Collaborations and consultations

 We work with leading organizations to produce impactful research that advances the public’s understanding of AI. For simplicity, we may omit engagements under $30,000 USD. Considering working with Epoch AI?

 Learn more about our services 
 
 
 

 EU AI Office 
 
 
 

 2026 

 Technical Consultations

 Google DeepMind 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Model Evaluations

 METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Building a software engineering benchmark

 Blitzy Inc. 
 
 
 

 2025 

 SWE Evaluations

 Bridgewater Associates AIA Labs 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Consultations

 xAI 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Model Evaluations

 Sequoia Capital Global Equities 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Research on RL scaling trends

 Google DeepMind 
 
 
 

 2024/25 

 Joint report

 UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 
 
 
 

 2024/25 

 Consultations

 EPRI 
 
 
 

 2024/25 

 Joint report on current trends in the energy demand for AI training

 OpenAI 
 
 
 

 2024/25 

 Developing the FrontierMath benchmark

 Advanced Research + Invention Agency 
 
 
 

 2025 

 Data Insight on GPU generations.

 Anthropic 
 
 
 

 2024 

 Small pilot for new benchmark

 AI Index 
 
 
 

 2024/25 

 Joint report on the cost of AI development, and investigation on all AI applications

 
 FAQ

 Do you lobby or advocate for specific policies?

 No.

 Epoch does not advocate for any particular stance on AI policy, and we do not engage in lobbying. While our staff have their own (diverse) opinions

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