Survival and Flourishing

What Survival and Flourishing does

Survival and Flourishing Corp (SFC) is a Public Benefit Corporation (legal entity: Survival and Flourishing .Com PBC) engaged in philanthropy to support organizations, projects, and for-profit companies with positive externalities for the survival and flourishing of humanity and other sentient beings. Its primary client is philanthropist Jaan Tallinn. SFC operates a hybrid model in which it functions as the grant execution vehicle for a wider EA/x-risk ecosystem, distributing non-dilutive grants to for-profit companies recommended through the closely-linked Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF) and operating selected philanthropic projects directly, including OpenLetter.net.

SFC's core product is the S-Process grant evaluation platform — a software application that allows philanthropists to delegate grant-making discussions and decisions to trusted advisors via an information-dense, structured evaluation interface. The platform implements proprietary mathematical formulas for combined decision-making (utility theory, calculus, numerical computing via Numpy/PyTorch) and provides visual interfaces for manipulating utility functions and collective decision-making algorithms. The underlying stack uses TypeScript/React, Python/Bash, NixOS on GCP, Postgres/Prisma, Express/Socket.IO, Tailwind, Sentry, Elasticsearch, NextJS/Vercel, and GitHub/Linear. OpenLetter.net operates as a second product line for public-advocacy open letter publishing, led by a dedicated engineering owner. SFC maintains a fully remote team of approximately 11 named members plus contractors, distributed across Texas, Louisiana, Utah, Oregon, California, and Pennsylvania, with periodic in-person workweeks in the San Francisco Bay Area.

SFC's business model is philanthropic rather than commercial: revenue derives from grantmaking capital supplied by a small set of high-net-worth philanthropists (Jaan Tallinn as primary client, plus Blake Borgeson and Future of Life Institute), which SFC then deploys as non-dilutive grants to for-profit entities and direct project funding. There are no customer-facing product prices; the sole disclosed compensation benchmark is a $250,000-$350,000 salary band for a Full-Stack Software Engineer role. Distribution occurs through the S-Process platform and SFF's rolling application process. SFC holds a strategic moat through embedded talent from the AI safety/x-risk community and close institutional ties to organizations such as the Center for AI Safety, BERI, CFAR, MIRI alumni networks, and the University of Cambridge AI: Futures and Responsibility programme.

Name

Survival and Flourishing

Legal name

Survival and Flourishing .Com PBC

Website

https://survivalandflourishing.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Survival and Flourishing Corp is a Public Benefit Corporation that distributes non-dilutive philanthropic grants and operates the S-Process grant evaluation software for major existential-risk philanthropists (primary client Jaan Tallinn), alongside the OpenLetter.net public-advocacy platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grant Evaluation

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Existential risk philanthropy
• Grant evaluation software
• Non-dilutive grants
• Philanthropic advisory services
• AI safety funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grant Distribution: SFC is a Public Benefit Corporation engaged in philanthropy to support companies, organizations, and projects with positive externalities for survival and flourishing of humanity. Funded by philanthropist Jaan Tallinn as primary client. Distributes non-dilutive grants to for-profit companies recommended by SFF grant recommendation processes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Survival and Flourishing Corp is a Public Benefit Corporation that distributes non-dilutive grants to for-profit companies with positive externalities through its Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF) and operates proprietary grant evaluation software (S-Process App) to help philanthropists structure and delegate grant-making decisions. The organization also runs OpenLetter.net for online letters and the AI Governance Project for AI policy research.

Product overview

Survival and Flourishing Corp is a Public Benefit Corporation engaged in philanthropy to support companies, organizations, and projects with positive externalities for humanity's survival and flourishing. The company operates a unified product portfolio consisting of the S-Process App for grant evaluation software and OpenLetter.net for open letter facilitation. The S-Process App enables philanthropists to delegate grant-making discussions and decisions to trusted advisors through a structured evaluation platform, while OpenLetter.net serves as a complementary project enabling public advocacy and collective action initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OpenLetter.net: A project of SFC - an open letter platform for public correspondence

Products and services

• S-Process App Proprietary grant evaluation software platform that helps philanthropists delegate and structure grant-making decisions using custom mathematical formulas for evaluating grant proposals. Built and operated internally by SFC engineering.
• Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF) Non-dilutive grant program that distributes funding to for-profit companies with positive externalities. SFF has distributed approximately $11 million to date, funded primarily by philanthropist Jaan Tallinn.
• OpenLetter.net Online letters platform operated by SFC for publishing open letters on topics aligned with the organization's existential risk and flourishing mission.
• AI Governance Project AI governance research and policy project housed within SFC, focused on governance questions related to advanced AI, launched in September 2025.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFF is a closely related philanthropic organization that organizes grant recommendation processes for SFC. SFC makes most grants based on SFF recommendations. SFF developed the S-Process methodology co-developed by Andrew Critch and supported by Jaan Tallinn. SFC and SFF share the S-Process app and grant evaluation workflows.
• Center for AI SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRuairi Donnelly serves on the board of Center for AI Safety while working on special projects at SFC. This creates a strategic connection between the organizations in the AI safety and existential risk space.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Macroscopic Ventures: Philanthropic grantmaking organization focused on safeguarding the long-term future, led by Ruairi Donnelly (who also works on Special Projects at SFC). Operates in the same existential-risk philanthropic niche with overlapping networks and beneficiary sets.
• Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF): Closely affiliated grant recommendation organization that organizes the S-Process grant rounds and from which SFC derives most of its grant recommendations. Shares the S-Process platform and core methodology (co-developed by Andrew Critch with Jaan Tallinn's support), making it the most directly comparable peer.
• GiveWell: Evidence-based philanthropy evaluator that pioneered rigorous, structured assessment of grant opportunities for high-impact giving. While focused on global health and poverty rather than existential risk, it shares SFC's commitment to information-dense, analytical grant evaluation and has influenced the S-Process methodology.
• Open Philanthropy: Large-scale strategic philanthropy funder focused on existential risk and global catastrophic risks, with a similar evidence-based approach to grant evaluation. Operates with significantly more capital and a broader cause portfolio, but shares SFC's mission of directing major philanthropic capital toward high-impact, long-termist causes.
• Longview Philanthropy: Philanthropy advisory and grantmaking organization focused on existential risk and long-term future causes. Closely comparable in mission, donor constituency (HNW existential-risk philanthropists), and methodology, making it a near-direct peer in the strategic longtermist philanthropy space.
• BERI (Biotechnology and Existential Risk Initiative): Philanthropic grantmaking organization co-founded by Andrew Critch (SFC board director) and focused on reducing existential risks from advanced biotechnologies. Operates a similar grantmaking model targeting existential-risk causes with a small, mission-driven team.

Regional players

• Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER): Cambridge-based research centre studying existential risks, founded by SFC advisor Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh. Operates as a research and policy institution rather than a grantmaker, but addresses the same cause area and shares key personnel with SFC.

Broad incumbents

• Future of Life Institute: Established philanthropic and advocacy organization focused on existential risk and AI governance, and an existing SFC client using the S-Process platform. Operates at significantly larger scale as a broader incumbent in the same space.

Emerging players

• 80,000 Hours: Organization that provides evidence-based career advice to maximize positive impact, particularly on existential risk. Shares SFC's long-termist orientation and overlapping talent network, but focuses on individual career decisions rather than grantmaking.
• Center for AI Safety: Mission-driven organization promoting AI safety research, with board overlap via Ruairi Donnelly (SFC Special Projects). Functions as a strategic partner in the AI safety ecosystem rather than a direct grantmaking competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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