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This Wikidata page is a structured biographical reference for Jaan Tallinn, a key philanthropic figure in the AI safety ecosystem; useful as a quick factual lookup but not a substantive content resource.

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Wikidata entry for Jaan Tallinn, Estonian investor and programmer born in 1972, co-founder of Skype and Kazaa, and a prominent figure in AI safety funding and advocacy. He co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) and the Future of Life Institute (FLI), and is a major donor to AI safety research organizations.

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•Jaan Tallinn is an Estonian technologist and investor, born 1972, known for co-founding Skype and Kazaa.
•He is a major funder and advocate for AI safety research, backing organizations like MIRI, FLI, and CSER.
•Co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge and the Future of Life Institute.
•This is a structured Wikidata reference entry providing basic biographical metadata about a key AI safety community figure.
•Tallinn has been vocal about existential risks from advanced AI and supports long-term safety research initiatives.

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Entity	Property	Value	As Of
Jaan Tallinn	Birth Year	1972	—
Jaan Tallinn	Education	University of Tartu; Gustav Adolf Grammar School	—

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Estonian investor and programmer (born 1972)

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| default for all languages | Jaan Tallinn | – |  |
| English | Jaan Tallinn | Estonian investor and programmer (born 1972) |  |
| Spanish | Jaan Tallinn | No description defined |  |
| Traditional Chinese | 讓·塔林 | No description defined | - 賈恩·塔林 |
| Chinese | 贾恩·塔林 | No description defined | - 让·塔林 |

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