I'm EtG and would love to connect with others. My DMs are open! A bit about me: I'm a SWE based in Europe, and my preferred cause area is animal welfare.

It seems like they haven't accepted any non-profit since 2022, around the time Garry Tan became YC's CEO. Garry has been very vocal against EA (specially AI Safety) on Twitter.

Would you consider applying to YC?

I imagine it only makes sense for certain types of non-profits, like OWID.

"Dwarkesh's fundraiser to fight factory farming has now raised over $1M!" - https://x.com/Lewis_Bollard/status/1954962845994819719

Lewis Bollard on Dwarkesh's podcast: 

Bill Gates: "My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth" - https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/n20-years-to-give-away-virtually-all-my-wealth

I'd love to see Joey Savoie on Dwarkesh’s podcast. Can someone make it happen?

Joey with Spencer Greenberg: https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/154/joey-savoie-should-you-become-a-charity-entrepreneur/

I think the pledge hits a sweet spot. It's not legally binding, so it's not really a lifelong decision, but being a public commitment helps push people to stick to their altruistic values.

https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/faq/is-a-giving-pledge-legally-binding 

Holden Karnofsky has joined Anthropic (LinkedIn profile). I haven't been able to find more information.

Anthropic's Twitter account was hacked. It's "just" a social media account, but it raises some concerns.

Update: the post has just been deleted. They keep the updates on their status page: https://status.anthropic.com/