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Kevin Bass@kevinnbass · Sep 16, 2026

METR, the org promoted by Dario Amodei to promote "AI safety", raised $71M over the past 6 months -- a sudden *5x*…

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A researcher audited public records and found that METR, an AI safety organization promoted by Dario Amodei, raised $71M in six months but the source of 99.5% of the funding is undisclosed, with only $350K tracked to known sources. The organization recently posted a conflict-of-interest policy dated 2026 after the viral investigation, raising transparency concerns.

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    METR, the org promoted by Dario Amodei to promote "AI safety", raised $71M over the past 6 months -- a sudden *5x* jump. I audited all public records. We know only where $350K of $71M came from. We don't know how the premier AI safety org is funded. Figure dump with Github🧵

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    All available structured data can be queried from a chatbot. Just direct your queries at this link: github.com/kevinnbass/met… Great for journalists. You can pull any document. References and links all present. Please credit if you use. It is a research library for you.

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    Another issue. METR linked a seven-page policy, dated August 28, 2026, on their About page on September 15th, after my viral thread. Suffice to say, the conflict policy is paper thin. metr.org/coi-policy.pdf Here is what Claude said:

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    I ran hundreds of agents to do this work overnight. Mostly GROK fwiw. But I haven't had time to put it together into "social media snappy" figures. I may or may not do that over the next few days. I have a ton of other work. It's calling. It's also quite dry. But the real story is the headline: We don't know where the funding comes from. The rest is just the evidence. But if you like evidence, here it is.

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