Even if we’re not currently hiring for a role that matches your background, we’re always excited to connect with talented people who are passionate about our mission.
About Kairos
Kairos is a nonprofit accelerating talent into AI safety and policy. In just under two years, we’ve trained over 1000+ people through our flagship programs:
SPAR: The largest AI safety research fellowship, with 400+ mentees per round mentored by researchers from Anthropic, Redwood Research, RAND, MIT, the UK AI Security Institute, and others.
Generator Residency: In partnership with Constellation, a platform for generalist talent to pitch, build, and ship projects that build capacity and infrastructure across the AI safety ecosystem, with advisors from OpenAI, AI Futures Project, METR, and more.
Global Challenges Project: A workshop series introducing promising students to careers in AI safety and biosecurity, run several times a year across Oxford, Boston, and Berkeley.
Pathfinder Fellowship: Helping grow the global network of AI safety university groups from a few dozen to nearly 100, with $1.4M+ in funding to support their work.
We see ourselves as a portfolio of highly impactful projects in a fast-evolving field. By the end of 2027, we expect to double in size and launch several new initiatives addressing critical gaps in the ecosystem.
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What We Do
Kairos is a US nonprofit focused on finding and supporting top talent working to address risks from advanced AI. They accelerate talent into the fields of AI safety and policy by building a robust ecosystem of researchers, policymakers, and technical professionals. Their strategy involves scalable research mentorship through SPAR, supporting university clubs via Pathfinder, and expanding the ecosystem's operational capacity through the Generator Residency.
