Deadline: October 12, 2026
Applications are open for the Liftoff Founders Week 2026. Spend five days in London with at least 30 founders, research leads and operators. Find co-founders, turn an idea into a plan and pitch it to funders.
Project Tailwind is Coefficient Giving’s call for founders to start ambitious AI safety projects on problems that no one owns yet. Its pre-seed grants range from $200k to $2m. Liftoff Founders Week helps you start one of these projects. In five days, you shape an idea, test it with funders and leave with a clear plan for what to build next.
Benefits
- Co-founders: They introduce you to people who want to build in the same area. You can form a team of 2–4 or work on your own idea.
- Time with founders and funders: Experienced founders, researchers and grantmakers join you during the week. They hold office hours and give feedback on your pitch. Submitted funding applications will get a reply within 2 weeks of Liftoff.
- £1,000 stipend, costs covered: They pay you a £1,000 stipend. They also pay for your travel to London and your hotel for the week.
- Support after the week: Promising teams get up to 4 weeks of support from LISA to write a full proposal. Everyone leaves with a clearer view of what to build and a network of founders and funders in AI safety.
Eligibility
You don’t need a finished idea or a co-founder to apply. They invite:
- Founders: You have built or run something before: an organisation, a programme, or a product.
- Research leads: You have a track record in AI safety or a related field. You could lead a larger research effort on your ideas.
- Operators: You are excellent at something a new organisation needs, such as operations, comms or fieldbuilding. You could be part of a founding team.
They are looking for:
- A track record: Work in AI safety or a related field, such as research, policy or fieldbuilding.
- Things you have built: An organisation, programme, product or research agenda that you started or ran. Founder and operations experience count for a lot.
- A reason to build: A clear answer to why you want to start something new instead of joining an existing lab or organisation.
Application
For more information, visit LiftOff Accelerator.
