EventBusinessAugust 15, 2026

METR raises $71M in commitments for AI risk assessment work

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METR raised around $71 million in commitments over the last six months. Funds back projects evaluating autonomous capabilities, recursive self-improvement, monitoring systems, risk assessments, and AI incidents. METR says it maintains independence from frontier AI labs, declining their funding while accepting free tokens.

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