Macroscopic Ventures is a Swiss nonprofit founded in 2019. We make grants and investments to projects and people helping to build a future guided by reason and compassion, and carry out research into what our priorities should be.
You can get in touch with us at info@macroscopic.org.
Check out our open roles.
We’re always excited to connect with exceptional talent. If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you can make a meaningful contribution to our work, we want to hear from you. We’re particularly interested in people who have thought carefully about the potential effects of developments in AI. You can get in touch with us here.
Most of our funding is done through proactive research. However, if you’re looking for a grant or investment, you can send us a proposal. We receive far more requests than we have capacity to evaluate, so by default we may not respond to unsolicited proposals. Some factors we look for include:
We’re not currently seeking donations. However, if you’re interested in donating >$100,000 to our focus areas, please reach out and we may be able to advise you. We’re also interested in connecting and collaborating with foundations or philanthropists with overlapping interests.
Investor
Arden works on investments. He has a background in economics and previously worked on investigating the trajectory of AI.
Operations Manager
Clark manages our operational systems. He has previously held various leadership roles at other nonprofits and for-profit startups, and was a practicing attorney.
Co-founder, COO
Daniel oversees our operational infrastructure. Previously, he served in similar roles at other nonprofits. He also worked in civil engineering and as an executive coach.
Co-founder, Strategic Advisor
David helps shape our research and grantmaking strategy. Previously, he was a researcher at the Center on Long-Term Risk.
Principal Researcher
Jesse works on research, strategy, and special projects. He previously worked on cooperative AI research and strategy.
Co-founder, Director
Jonas provides oversight for our investments and grantmaking programs. He works as the Director of Strategy at the Polaris Research Institute. He previously held executive and managerial roles at several organizations in AI research, philanthropy, and forecasting.
Operations Manager
Lisa works on finance and compliance operations. Her prior experience cuts across family offices, a scaling tech startup, quantitative finance and management consulting.
Grants Associate (Animal Welfare)
Michael works on grantmaking and strategy for animal welfare. He has a background in animal welfare prioritization and intervention research.
Research Fellow
Nathaniel consults with the grantmaking team on strategy. He is also a CS PhD student at UT Austin and was previously a research fellow at the Center on Long-Term Risk.
Grants Associate
Nick works on grantmaking and strategy. He has a background in AI policy development and AI safety field-building.
Grants Director, AI Governance
Oscar leads our AI policy and governance grantmaking. Previously, he worked at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy.
Co-founder, President
Ruairí provides oversight of Macroscopic's leadership and strategy. He is also a member of the board of the Center for AI Safety.
Grants Associate
Will works on grant evaluations and grantmaking strategy. He has a background in technological forecasting.
In addition, we rely on a large number of external advisors with domain expertise to help us evaluate potential grants and investments, such as Longview Philanthropy.