“Find funding, fast” by Austin Chen
“Find funding, fast” by Austin Chen  
Podcast: LessWrong (30+ Karma)
Published On: Thu Jul 09 2026
Description: Some AI safety funders can take months to decide; others confirm in days. I’ve been on both sides of the grant application and know how crucial an early “yes” can be; “funding projects fast” has always been a core tenet of Manifund. Four new opportunities have popped up around the extended Manifund universe, several with a short-fuse (that is, due in the next few days): 1. grantmaking.ai Size: $5-50 thousand dollars grantsScope: AI x-riskApps due: July 13Apply at: grantmaking.ai This is a new 1 million dollars grant round! Organized by Matt Brooks, Anton Makiievskyi and Melissa Samworth, their team is earnest and excited to improve the entire funding landscape: We want to build the most comprehensive public repository of donation opportunities in existential AI safety space with essential information like up-to-date funding needs, theory of impact, references, endorsements, team track record, and more… Currently, most AI safety funding is distributed privately by a few large funds - which are great and remain the most effective way to support AI safety; nevertheless we believe a more public, agile approach will benefit the ecosystem, and be particularly useful for smaller AI safety grants that are [...] ---Outline:(00:32) 1. grantmaking.ai(02:14) 2. Leo's alignment microgrants(03:30) 3. Frame Fellowship(04:43) 4. Surplus --- First published: July 8th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/eberRKyDdZH9T5JMf/find-funding-fast --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.