Define the risk
Choose a specific AI safety problem with a qualified expert. Explain what could improve, and why the approach might work.
A long view. A practical beginning.
A safer future.
Built together.
Helping early AI safety teams turn promising ideas into work that matters — for people everywhere, and generations to come.
First cohort in preparation.
Project support is subject to funding and expert review.
The founding cohort
Start small.
Build with care.
1Pilot team to begin
3–5Teams planned for the first cohort
8–12Weeks of planned validation
01Our mission
AI will shape our shared future.
Its safety deserves a global effort.
We are forming World AI Futures Foundation to help build a future in which AI benefits humanity. Our starting point is practical: help early teams test ideas that could reduce serious risks from AI.
We aim to bring people, expertise and resources together across borders. Our first programme will test how expert guidance, talent recruitment and hands-on operations can help a team deliver useful, assessable work.
A global outlook. A responsibility to future generations.
02The first cohort
One team.
A meaningful first result.
In preparationWe plan to begin with one pilot team, then grow to a first cohort of three to five as funding and capacity allow. Each team will work towards a clear milestone over a planned 8–12 weeks.
Bring the right people together
Match a capable team with relevant guidance, a named project lead and a realistic budget.
Build, test and learn
Work towards an inspectable result: for example, a scoped safety evaluation, a tested tool or a reproducible finding.
Let the evidence guide what comes next
Review results against agreed criteria. Decide whether to continue, change direction or stop, and share the reasoning.
The focus area, launch date and funding arrangements will be confirmed once the necessary expertise and resources are in place.
03Our contribution
Good ideas need people
who can help them happen.
Our starting strength is operations: building communities, helping technology companies work across borders, and connecting with the Chinese and Chinese-speaking technology ecosystem.
Talent & connections
Help teams find contributors, potential co-founders and collaborators through relevant networks.
Expert guidance
Recruit AI safety specialists to assess technical merit, shape milestones and review results.
Hands-on operations
Coordinate recruitment, budgets and delivery, and help teams prepare for further funding conversations.
These are the capabilities we are assembling and will test with the first pilot. Specialist and funding partnerships are still being developed.
An invitation to build
The future is a shared undertaking.
We would like to hear from early teams, AI safety experts and funding partners who want to help shape the first cohort.
Thoughtful beginnings. Clear milestones. A long-term commitment.