Grant · Leo Gao
Leo Gao — Make AGI Go Well Microgrants
- Monitor
- Possible now
- Monitor
Assessment & status
- Recommendation
- Monitor
- Priority
- Monitor
- Fit for Current Stage
- Possible now
- Preference Alignment
- Unknown
- External Status
- Closed
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- $10,000 experimental microgrants for ambitious projects that reduce AGI existential risk.
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Unknown
- Funding Timing
- Unclear
- Funding Before Full-time
- Unclear
- Economic Caveats
- Do not use a grant as an endorsement or credential in later funding, job, or resume applications. Review the unusual information-sharing provisions before applying.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Unclear
- Sector or Thesis
- AI
- Format
- Unknown
- Solo Eligibility
- Yes
- Company Required
- No
Application
- Application Timing Notes
- Official document says the program is temporarily on hiatus; applications received after July 30 may not be considered. No reopening date stated.
- Application Requirements
- Read the full official document. Around one hour, up to 1,000 words; application must be written entirely by the applicant without AI writing or editing.
- Primary Value
- Funding
- Next Action
- Monitor the official document for reopening; the application form is https://tally.so/r/D4WlbR.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Portfolio assessment: relevant only for a credible project or career plan that addresses AI risk; general SaaS development is not sufficient eligibility.
- Original Inventory
- Owner-supplied grant list: $10k; individual, nonprofit or company. The supplied non-disclosure shorthand is corrected here to the official restriction on citing the grant as endorsement.
- Newly Discovered
- Yes
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-10-24
Appears in decision views
00 — All Opportunities · 03 — Credits & Grants · 07 — Solo & Super Early · 10 — Application Tracker · 14 — Deadline Calendar · 15 — Priority Board
Imported 2026-09-26 from the Funding & Accelerators workspace (rebuilt 2026-08-02). Assessments are this portfolio's judgment, not the program's claims; verify against the official source before relying on them.