Cosmos Grants
Cosmos Grants
Fast funding for AI projects that expand autonomy, foster decentralization, and enable truth-seeking.
Fast funding for AI projects that expand autonomy, foster decentralization, and enable truth-seeking.
Details
$1k-10k per project, larger amounts considered for exceptional proposals
Access to network of top builders at the intersection of AI and philosophy
90 day period for development of a working prototype
Rolling review with decisions in ~3 weeks
General application round for projects focused on AI and human flourishing
Three focused streams:
Decentralization: Coming Summer '25
Human Autonomy: Coming Fall '25
Details
$1k-10k per project, larger amounts considered for exceptional proposals
Access to network of top builders at the intersection of AI and philosophy
90 day period for the development of a working prototype
Rolling review with decisions in ~3 weeks
General application round for projects focused on AI and human flourishing
Three focused streams:
Decentralization: Coming Summer '25
Human Autonomy: Coming Fall '25
Details
$1k-10k per project, larger amounts considered for exceptional proposals
Access to network of top builders at the intersection of AI and philosophy
90 day period for development of a working prototype
Rolling review with decisions in ~3 weeks
General application round for projects focused on AI and human flourishing
Three focused streams:
Decentralization: Coming Summer '25
Human Autonomy: Coming Fall '25
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Advisors
Jason Zhao - Founder, PIP Labs
Zoe Weinberg - Founder, ex/ante
Alex Komoroske - Founder, Common Tools
Darren Zhu - Founder, Culture
Brendan McCord - Founder and Chair, Cosmos Institute
Tyler Cowen - Marginal Revolution
Philipp Koralus - Director, Oxford University's Human-Centered AI Lab
Advisors
Jason Zhao - Founder, PIP Labs
Zoe Weinberg - Founder, ex/ante
Alex Komoroske - Founder, Common Tools
Darren Zhu - Founder, Culture
Brendan McCord - Founder and Chair, Cosmos Institute
Tyler Cowen - Marginal Revolution
Philipp Koralus - Director, Oxford University's Human-Centered AI Lab
Previous cohorts
Cohort 2, example projects:
AI tool that adapts complex projects to your skill level (link)
Economic models for decentralized AI governance (link)
Interactive narrative to explore betrayal in AI and humans (link)
Cohort 1, example projects:
Open-source simulation platform for bio-inspired AI swarms
"Market Turing Test" to compare AI vs markets' collective intelligence
Prototyping a computational theory of virtue ethics for humans and AIs
Previous cohorts
Cohort 2, example projects:
AI tool that adapts complex projects to your skill level (link)
Economic models for decentralized AI governance (link)
Interactive narrative to explore betrayal in AI and humans (link)
Cohort 1, example projects:
Open-source simulation platform for bio-inspired AI swarms
"Market Turing Test" to compare AI vs markets' collective intelligence
Prototyping a computational theory of virtue ethics for humans and AIs
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