FTX
A bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange that once held naming-rights partnerships with sports leagues such as the NBA, and later collapsed amid a fraud scandal.
Timeline (last 90 days)
EA was badly hit by the 2022 FTX collapse, but its influence in the field of AI governance continues to this day, and Anthropic's "Responsible Scaling Policy" carries a clear EA imprint.
The NBA's previous naming partnership with FTX ended with the collapse of the FTX exchange.
Of Cursor's initial $400,000 seed funding, $200,000 came from Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research, and those funds were only recovered at cost during the FTX bankruptcy liquidation.
Meter was incubated out of ARK, which was founded by Paul Cristiano, and has received funding from ARK, the Survival and Flourishing Fund, Open Philanthropy, and FTX.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is an early investor in Anthropic, and FTX provided over one million dollars in funding to Meter.
Sam Bankman-Fried, before the FTX collapse, was a major financial backer of AI safety research
The collapse of FTX in 2022, which resulted in the loss of billions of dollars in user assets, is a classic case study of the risks associated with the custodial model.
Sam Bankman-Fried was a prominent supporter of the effective altruism movement and an early investor in Anthropic; the 2022 FTX collapse exposed the moral hazards within the EA community.
Cases such as FTX and Luna/UST have repeatedly validated the pattern of early investors cashing out at the top while retail investors bear the cost of the bubble bursting.
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EA was badly hit by the 2022 FTX collapse, but its influence in the field of AI governance continues to this day, and Anthropic's "Responsible Scaling Policy" carries a clear EA imprint.
50%UnverifiedThe NBA's previous naming partnership with FTX ended with the collapse of the FTX exchange.
50%UnverifiedOf Cursor's initial $400,000 seed funding, $200,000 came from Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research, and those funds were only recovered at cost during the FTX bankruptcy liquidation.
50%UnverifiedMeter was incubated out of ARK, which was founded by Paul Cristiano, and has received funding from ARK, the Survival and Flourishing Fund, Open Philanthropy, and FTX.
50%UnverifiedFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is an early investor in Anthropic, and FTX provided over one million dollars in funding to Meter.
50%UnverifiedSam Bankman-Fried, before the FTX collapse, was a major financial backer of AI safety research
50%UnverifiedCases such as FTX and Luna/UST have repeatedly validated the pattern of early investors cashing out at the top while retail investors bear the cost of the bubble bursting.
50%UnverifiedThe collapse of FTX in 2022, which resulted in the loss of billions of dollars in user assets, is a classic case study of the risks associated with the custodial model.
50%UnverifiedSam Bankman-Fried was a prominent supporter of the effective altruism movement and an early investor in Anthropic; the 2022 FTX collapse exposed the moral hazards within the EA community.
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