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Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention

  • Focus Area: Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
  • Organization Name: Altruistic Technology Labs
  • Amount: $440,525

  • Award Date: May 2019

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    Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel

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

    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a project grant of $440,525 to Altruistic Technology Labs (“AltLabs”) to support its activities related to global catastrophic biological risk prevention. AltLabs, a new organization, intends to use these funds to hire initial staff and pursue various research projects related to catastrophic risk reduction, including machine-learning-based attribution of engineered DNA and broad-spectrum infectious disease diagnostics.

    This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

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