Funding

Funding: Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World

Submit your application by 9 August 2026 (AOE)

We are a partnering with Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, the Cooperative AI Foundation and Google.org in a new joint funding call.

The call is inspired by our programme thesis, Google DeepMind’s paper Distributional AGI Safety, and the Cooperative AI Foundation’s Multi-Agent Risks from Advanced AI report. It aims to catalyse the foundational research needed to understand, evaluate and enable large-scale ecosystems of AI agents to interact safely. This funding also advances Schmidt Sciences’ AI research through its Science of Trustworthy AI and AI Agents programs.

For more information and details on how to apply visit the application portal.

This call was for a partner to co-design, build and maintain the Scaling Trust Arena, which we plan to launch in Q3 2026. Acting as an extension of the Scaling Trust programme team, this partner will be capable of operating at pace, to deliver a robust, modular testing ground that can move from prototype to public operation over the course of the programme.

We will announce our new partner in the coming months – sign up to get the latest programme updates.
Read the request for proposals
The programme’s goal is to create the capability for AI agents to securely coordinate, negotiate, and verify with one another on our behalf. To kickstart Phase 1 of this programme, we will be funding teams to develop open-source coordination infrastructure and perform fundamental research that moves us from empirical to theory-driven guarantees in agentic coordination.

We will announce the successful Creators in the coming months, sign up to get the latest programme updates.
Read the call for proposals

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