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Tl;dr:
Lightcone Commons’ first funding round is complete! 17 evaluators made funding recommendations, including Zvi Mowshowitz, Scott Siskind and Eliezer Yudkowsky. 23 funders coordinated to grant 45.1 million dollars, and 147 projects received funding.
Round two is open. Applications for round two close on November 15th and funders confirm their grants by December 14th. Funders can join anytime before December 7th.
In 2027, we will be hosting funding rounds monthly. Yes. Every month.
You can join as a funder, express interest in joining as an evaluator, and apply for funding at lightconecommons.com.
Lightcone Commons staff do not decide what grants get made. Pls stop saying that "Lightcone Commons funded us", that's a bit like saying "PayPal funded me".
Lightcone Commons is an end-to-end philanthropic coordination platform.
We host an open funding application, and invite evaluators to make ordered funding recommendations. Participating funders then decide how much they want to give, and to whom – either by following the recommendations of evaluators or choosing specific projects to fund. When multiple funders want to fund the same project they ‘split the bill’.
Lightcone Commons is not a foundation. We don’t decide to make specific grants. Funders decide [...]
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Outline:
(02:16) Round One Overview
(02:22) Funders
(03:08) Evaluators
(03:50) Next Round
The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
November 10th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3ASLq8ePNqkbeGqdj/lightcone-commons-round-1-complete-round-2-underway
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Lightcone Commons’ first funding round is complete! 17 evaluators made funding recommendations, including Zvi Mowshowitz, Scott Siskind and Eliezer Yudkowsky. 23 funders coordinated to grant 45.1 million dollars, and 147 projects received funding.
Round two is open. Applications for round two close on November 15th and funders confirm their grants by December 14th. Funders can join anytime before December 7th.
In 2027, we will be hosting funding rounds monthly. Yes. Every month.
You can join as a funder, express interest in joining as an evaluator, and apply for funding at lightconecommons.com.
Lightcone Commons staff do not decide what grants get made. Pls stop saying that "Lightcone Commons funded us", that's a bit like saying "PayPal funded me".
Lightcone Commons is an end-to-end philanthropic coordination platform.
We host an open funding application, and invite evaluators to make ordered funding recommendations. Participating funders then decide how much they want to give, and to whom – either by following the recommendations of evaluators or choosing specific projects to fund. When multiple funders want to fund the same project they ‘split the bill’.
Lightcone Commons is not a foundation. We don’t decide to make specific grants. Funders decide [...]
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Outline:
(02:16) Round One Overview
(02:22) Funders
(03:08) Evaluators
(03:50) Next Round
The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
November 10th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3ASLq8ePNqkbeGqdj/lightcone-commons-round-1-complete-round-2-underway
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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