“Preparing for a flush future: work, giving, and conduct” by Sam Anschell
EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)17 Feb

“Preparing for a flush future: work, giving, and conduct” by Sam Anschell

Note: opinions are all my own.

Following Jeff Kaufman's Front-Load Giving Because of Anthropic Donors and Jenn's Funding Conversation We Left Unfinished, I think there is a real likelihood that impactful causes will receive significantly more funding in the near future. As background on where this new funding could come from:

  • Coefficient Giving announced:
  • A recent NYT piece covered rumors of an Anthropic valuation at $350 billion. Many of Anthropic's cofounders and early employees have pledged to donate significant amounts of their equity, and it seems likely that an outsized share of these donations would go to effective causes.
  • A handful of other sources have the potential to grow their giving:
    • Founders Pledge has secured $12.8 billion in pledged funding, and significantly scaled the amount it directs.[1]
    • The Gates Foundation has increased its giving following Bill Gates’ announcement to spend down $200 billion by 2045.
    • Other aligned funders such as Longview, Macroscopic, the Flourishing Fund, the Navigation Fund, GiveWell, Project Resource Optimization, Schmidt Futures/Renaissance Philanthropy, and the Livelihood Impacts Fund have increased their staffing and dollars directed in recent years.
    • The OpenAI Foundation controls a 26% equity stake in the for-profit OpenAI Group PB. This stake is currently valued at $130 billion [...]

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Outline:

(02:39) Work

(03:50) Giving

(04:53) Conduct

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First published:
February 2nd, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/H8SqwbLxKkiJur3c4/preparing-for-a-flush-future-work-giving-and-conduct

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