WSJ profiles Anthropic early investor Jaan Tallinn, AI safety advocate with ~$170M in donations
The Wall Street Journal published a profile of Jaan Tallinn, an early Anthropic investor who led the company's $124M Series A in 2021 and has advocated for AI safety for over a decade. Tallinn has donated approximately $170 million to safety initiatives and warns about 'racing to build a technology that could end humanity.'
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Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal : A profile of Jaan Tallinn, who led Anthropic's $124M Series A in 2021, has advocated for AI safety for over a decade, and donated ~$170M to safety initiatives — One of Anthropic's earliest investors, Jaan Tallinn dances hip-hop and warns about ‘racing to build a technology that could end humanity’
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