AI Safety Founders Residency, Berkeley

Constellation Institute runs this six-month residency in Berkeley for founders building AI safety and security organizations. Three to six founding teams get desks inside Constellation's research center, a dedicated Residency Partner, and introductions to the people and funders already working on AI safety. It is free to join and takes no equity, but it provides no direct funding, so teams are expected to bring their own.

What you get:

• Desks for your team inside the Constellation building in Berkeley
• A Residency Partner from the Constellation team who helps with decisions, introductions and problems
• Introductions to funders relevant to your work and stage
• Access to founders and operators across the building who have hired, fundraised and made early institutional decisions in this field
• A cohort of three to six founding teams building alongside you
• Meals, events and happy hours in the building

What you'll do:

• Spend six months in person in Berkeley building your organization, with no set curriculum
• Start with a kickoff week of onboarding and first introductions

• For founders past the exploring stage, with a tested thesis and a reason you are the people to build this organization
• Work on something that could improve AI safety, reduce catastrophic risk from AI, or improve how society handles transformative AI
• Nonprofits and for-profits both welcome; solo founders and teams both welcome
• Up to four people per organization can work from Constellation
• Must be able to be at Constellation at least three days a week on average; no remote participation
• U.S. work authorization required (citizenship, green card, or a work-authorizing visa); Constellation cannot sponsor or arrange visas
• No prior founding experience required, but you must be self-directed