Hello everyone,

I decided to start-down Coordinal. There are a number of factors that ended up at this point, I've posted a more detailed postmortem in a few different places, including the EA Forum: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uTffD74jJrQvHJuBY/coordinal-a-postmortem

Broadly, I made a lot of mistakes and burned out trying to do too much with too little, and was getting pulled in all sorts of directions to try to fundraise. Please feel free to reach out if you have any thoughts/questions!

If you have any hope that we won't "muddle through", GSAI is likely the way it happens. The current state of GSAI approaches is nascent and growing the field with seminars and talks like these is super important. Orpheus's organization of these talks and ability to identify interesting and broad topics and speakers in and adjacent to GSAI is a large part of why I get a lot of value from these talks compared to others. If you think that there are under-explored new safety agendas that need space to grow, please support this!

Hi everyone,

We've transitioned from our planned nonprofit structure to a for-profit company. We've signed an MFN SAFE for the full amount donated through Manifund.

During any liquidity event, Manifund would distribute proceeds back to the original donor balances proportional to the amount they contributed.

We're still building automated research tools focused on AI safety problems - the for-profit structure gives us more flexibility to scale. Over the coming months, we'll be implementing governance structures (i.e., PBC) to keep us aligned with our mission.

Thanks so much for your early support. If you have any questions or want to learn more, please feel free to reach out.

Best,
Ronak