Thinking Machines Lab Launches Tinker Grants for Open-Weight Safety
Startup offers up to $50,000 in credits to researchers working on AI safety for open-weight models.
Thinking Machines posted on X that it is launching Tinker grants of up to $50,000 in credits for safety research on open-weight models. The company said it would share project ideas and invited researchers whose safety work could use extra credits to apply. Engineer Clare Birch described the effort as funding safety research to aid adaptation to AI. Anthropic researcher Ethan Perez called the opportunity promising for open-weights safety. EleutherAI director Stella Biderman noted the listed focus areas matched her research agenda. Co-founder Luke Drago highlighted the need to reduce openness versus safety tradeoffs.
Today, we are launching Tinker grants of up to $50,000 in credits for safety research on open-weight models. We share some project ideas that excite us below; if you’re working on a safety project that could be accelerated by additional Tinker credits, we want to hear from you!
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Thinking Machines Lab Launches Tinker Grants for Open-Weight Safety
Startup offers up to $50,000 in credits to researchers working on AI safety for open-weight models.
Thinking Machines posted on X that it is launching Tinker grants of up to $50,000 in credits for safety research on open-weight models. The company said it would share project ideas and invited researchers whose safety work could use extra credits to apply. Engineer Clare Birch described the effort as funding safety research to aid adaptation to AI. Anthropic researcher Ethan Perez called the opportunity promising for open-weights safety. EleutherAI director Stella Biderman noted the listed focus areas matched her research agenda. Co-founder Luke Drago highlighted the need to reduce openness versus safety tradeoffs.
Today, we are launching Tinker grants of up to $50,000 in credits for safety research on open-weight models. We share some project ideas that excite us below; if you’re working on a safety project that could be accelerated by additional Tinker credits, we want to hear from you!
