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In recent surveys, only about 10% of AI researchers believe current approaches will solve alignment in time. The field is young, and the research directions that will matter most may not have been named yet.

That's why we look beyond the usual candidates and the usual ideas. We fund researchers working ahead of consensus and accelerate their work by embedding engineering teams that move ideas from concept to implementation. Historically, that's where breakthroughs come from.

You're already in the space with ideas you can't pursue. Many alignment researchers have ideas just as impactful as their current work, but their organization or funding only covers a narrow slice. We fund those ideas and provide engineering teams that can execute on them with as little as 30 minutes of your time per week.

You work outside the alignment field, but you see a connection others are missing. Some of the most impactful work in this space has come from cognitive neuroscience, mathematics, physics, and other fields entirely. If you have an idea that could reshape how we think about AI trustworthiness, we want to hear it.

Originality over credentials. The best ideas often come from researchers working outside established institutions. We evaluate the idea and the researcher's vision, not their pedigree.

Field-making potential. We look for work that opens entirely new directions. Ideas that generate more ideas, not incremental improvements on well-studied problems.

Interdisciplinary leverage. Breakthroughs often come from unexpected connections across domains. If your background gives you a lens others in alignment don't have, that's a feature.