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How Apart Research would use marginal funding to scale AI safety talent development
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Apart Research describes its AI safety talent development model and funding needs, outlining how hackathons and structured programs convert technical talent into AI safety researchers, relevant to field-building efforts in the AI safety ecosystem.
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Apart Research outlines its pipeline for developing AI safety talent through weekend hackathons, Studio, and Fellowship programs, highlighting alumni placements at organizations like METR and CAIF. The post details how marginal funding between $1k–$100k would enable scaling of programs, additional hires, and more global hackathons. It presents a case for their cost-effective, remote-first model as a distinctive approach to AI safety field-building.
Key Points
- •Apart Research uses a funnel model: hackathons → Studio → Fellowship to identify and develop AI safety talent globally with low barriers to entry.
- •Track record includes alumni at METR, CAIF, and new orgs like Geodesic Research; research used by Anthropic, UK AISI, and EU AI Office; ICLR 2025 Oral paper.
- •Currently operating at capacity; $1k–$12.5k donations enable more talent support and hackathons; $80k–$100k enables key 2026 hires.
- •Remote-first, scalable infrastructure allows rapid deployment of research programs in emerging AI safety areas within weeks.
- •Focuses on recruiting experienced technical talent from adjacent fields (physics, biology, engineering) to bring fresh perspectives to AI safety.
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| Entity | Property | Value | As Of |
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| Apart Research | Total Funding Raised | $700,000 | Dec 2024 |
| Apart Research | Annual Budget | $700,000 | 2024 |
| Apart Research | funder | Long-Term Future Fund | — |
| Apart Research | funder | Survival and Flourishing Fund | — |
| Apart Research | funder | Open Philanthropy | — |
| Apart Research | funder | OpenAI Inc 501(c)(3) | — |
| Apart Research | funder | Schmidt Sciences | — |
| Apart Research | Headcount | 4–8 | Nov 2025 |
| Apart Research | Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark | — |
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# How Apart Research would use marginal funding to scale AI safety talent development
By JaimeRV
Published: 2025-11-23
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* Apart Research incubates talent and research in AI Safety. We use high-volume weekend hackathons to filter for talent, then support them through the Studio and Fellowship programs.
* Track Record Highlights include placements at leading AIS orgs (e.g. METR, CAIF), alumni starting their own AIS orgs (e.g. Geodesic Resesarch, Asymmetric Security) and impactful research output, including an ICLR 2025 Oral (top 1.8%) on AIS Evals. Our work has also been used by Anthropic, UK AISI and the EU AI Office.
* We are currently operating at capacity. While our remote infrastructure is scalable with decreasing marginal costs, we cannot support the volume of qualified applicants without additional funding.
* Donations between $1k and $12,5k will enable us to support more top talent, produce more research and host additional global hackathons in AI Safety. Donations between $80k and $100k will enable us to make key hires for 2026.
What is Apart Research
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Apart Research is a remote-first AI Safety organisation for field-building and research. We focus on converting technical talent into published AI safety researchers, ready to contribute to impactful organizations. We serve top talent globally, whether they're new to AI safety or looking to deepen their engagement.
We believe we can efficiently discover global AI safety talent by combining accessible entry with rigorous output-based filtering. Weekend hackathons let experienced technical talent from anywhere demonstrate capability without disrupting their careers. Then, structured research development programs (Studio → Fellowship) provide escalating support to those who demonstrate the fit through their research outputs.
How Apart Research creates impact
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Apart Research identifies experienced technical talent globally through accessible weekend research hackathons, then provides structured research experience and mentorship through increasingly selective programs (Sprint(Hackathon) → Studio → Fellowship) that produce peer-reviewed publications preparing top participants for AI safety careers. Our alumni have published their research at top venues and transitioned to AI Safety roles, **contributing technical diversity and research to the field**.
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What makes our approach distinctive:
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1. Accessible entry point: Weekend hackathons let globally distributed talent test fit without career disruption (substantially lowering the barrier compared to traditional fellowships requiring relocation or career breaks).
2. Proven talent focus: We deliberately
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