FAR AI
Non-profit research institute making advanced AI systems trustworthy and secure.
About the company
FAR.AI conducts empirical AI alignment and safety research, focusing on adversarial robustness, mechanistic interpretability, and deception detection in frontier AI models. They develop automated red-teaming pipelines, conduct pre-deployment evaluations for frontier AI labs like OpenAI, and collaborate with regulatory bodies like the EU AI Office. Additionally, they maintain experiment-scaling infrastructure and run targeted grantmaking programs to expand the AI safety ecosystem.
Customers: Frontier AI labs (e.g., OpenAI), government safety institutes (e.g., EU AI Office), and the broader AI research community.
- Stage
- Non-profit (501(c)(3))
- Funding
- Philanthropic Commitments / Grants · $30M+ · 2026-01
- Team size
- 40-50 employees
- Based in
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Founded
- 2022
Funding
- Philanthropic Commitments / Grants · $30M+ · 2026-01 · Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), Schmidt Sciences, Survival and Flourishing Fund, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), AI Safety Fund (AISF)far.ai
People
- Adam Gleave · Co-founder & CEOPhD in Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley advised by Stuart Russell; former research intern at Google DeepMind working with Jan Leike and Geoffrey Irving; co-creator of Stable-Baselines3; board member at METR, LISA, and SAIF.gleave.me
- Karl Berzins · Co-founder & PresidentCo-founder of FAR.AI leading organizational development and strategic operations.far.ai
- Jenn Thom · Head of EngineeringEngineering leadership background managing technical infrastructure and computing clusters.far.ai
- Boston Nyer · Chief Operating OfficerOperations leadership overseeing organizational growth, finance, and talent.far.ai
Open roles · 1
Funding filings
Our research
What we found
- FAR.AI is an AI safety research 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2022 by UC Berkeley AI PhD Adam Gleave and Karl Berzins.far.ai
- In January 2026, FAR.AI announced over $30 million in funding commitments from Coefficient Giving, Schmidt Sciences, Survival and Flourishing Fund, CSET, and the AI Safety Fund.far.ai
- According to IRS Form 990 / ProPublica records, FAR.AI brought in $24.3M in revenue in 2024 against $8.6M in expenses, providing exceptional runway.projects.propublica.org
- The organization works directly with frontier AI labs (including OpenAI) and government institutions (such as the EU AI Office) on pre- and post-deployment safety evaluations.far.ai
- As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, all positions are cash-compensated with no stock options or equity grants.far.ai
Our read
- Stage
- Non-profit Growth / Series A-B Equivalent ScaleBased on: Founded in 2022, >$30M in multi-year philanthropic commitments, 40-50 team members.
- Team size
- 40–50 employeesBased on: Listed as 21-50 on 80,000 Hours and job boards cite scaling from 40 people.
- Salary range
- $150,000 – $350,000 USDBased on: Explicitly published job posting salary ranges on 80,000 Hours and FAR.AI careers pages ($150k-$275k for Infra, $225k-$350k for Senior RE).
- Equity range
- 0%Based on: FAR.AI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity; equity compensation is legally not available.
- Runway signal
- 3+ years (Extremely strong)Based on: Secured $30M+ in committed funding in 2025/2026 with 2024 revenues of $24.3M against $8.6M expenses.
Estimates from public information, not confirmed by the company.
Worth asking the founder
- Which engineering track has the most urgent hiring need right now (GPU Cluster Infrastructure vs. Red Team Engineering vs. Empirical Alignment Research)?
- How are compute resources partitioned between exploratory internal research projects and contracted external evaluations for frontier labs?
- What is the day-to-day balance between hands-on engineering work and co-authoring academic safety papers?