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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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