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Altruistic Technology Labs — Planning Grant

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  • Focus Area: Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
  • Organization Name: Altruistic Technology Labs
  • Amount: $250,000

  • Award Date: December 2020

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    Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Altruistic Technology Labs staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to altLabs to support a strategic planning process as part of its work on developing and promoting technologies for biosecurity risk reduction.

    This follows our May 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

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