One factor this post might be failing to account for: the wealth of Anthropic founders and early-stage employees, many of whom are EAs, EA-adjacent, or at minimum very interested in supporting existential AI safety. I donβt know how much equity they have collectively, how liquid it is, how much they plan to donate, etc. But if I had to guess, thereβs probably at least $1B earmarked for EA projects there, at least in NPV terms?
I also have very wide error bars on my $1B estimate; I have no idea how much equity early employees would normally retain in a startup like Anthropic. That number is also probably dominated by the particular compensation arrangements and donation plans of ~5β10 key people and so very sensitive to assumptions about them individually.
One factor this post might be failing to account for: the wealth of Anthropic founders and early-stage employees, many of whom are EAs, EA-adjacent, or at minimum very interested in supporting existential AI safety. I donβt know how much equity they have collectively, how liquid it is, how much they plan to donate, etc. But if I had to guess, thereβs probably at least $1B earmarked for EA projects there, at least in NPV terms?
(In general, this topic seems under-discussed.)
I also have very wide error bars on my $1B estimate; I have no idea how much equity early employees would normally retain in a startup like Anthropic. That number is also probably dominated by the particular compensation arrangements and donation plans of ~5β10 key people and so very sensitive to assumptions about them individually.
Forbes estimates that the seven co-founders are now worth $1-2 billion each.
This, along with OAI is likely worth investigating.
Good point. OpenAI as well.
Indeed, though EAs were less well-represented at the senior managerial and executive levels of OpenAI, especially after the Anthropic departures.