Macroscopic Ventures is a Swiss nonprofit focused on reducing s-risks (suffering), including reducing catastrophic AI misuse by malevolent or fanatical actors (e.g., via compute governance or information security), conflict (e.g., cooperative AI) and improving AI welfare. It gave around $10 million in grants in 2024.
Past grants include to the NYU Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program, the Center on Long-Term Risk, the Cooperative AI Foundation, and the Institute for Law and AI. Past investments include Anthropic's Series A and Series B.
Macroscopic Ventures was founded in 2019 under the name Center for Emerging Risk Research (CERR) and adopted its current name in February 2025.
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