2025-06-10T09:21:51-05:00 2024-12-31 334797859 BLACKSMITH CPA 2629 S BLUEGRASS DR NAMPA ID 83686 990 2024-01-01 920861538 Lightcone Infrastructure Inc LIGH 5105427915 2740 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley CA 94705 Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg Finance Lead 5105427915 2025-06-09 1 1 BRYCE MORRISON P02154746 5128256667 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg 2740 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley CA 94705 1577534 0 X https://www.lightconeinfrastructure.com/ X 2022 CA We conduct cross-disciplinary research, and build the technical, organizational, and community infrastructure that lets that research matter, so humanity can navigate the decisive technological and societal challenges of the 21st century and secure a flourishing long-term future. 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1572534 0 5000 0 0 0 0 0 1577534 0 328765 0 0 0 134626 0 0 3525 0 354826 0 818217 0 759317 50 792451 0 33084 50 759367 X We conduct cross-disciplinary research, and build the technical, organizational, and community infrastructure that lets that research matter, so humanity can navigate the decisive technological and societal challenges of the 21st century and secure a flourishing long-term future. 1 0 714105 328765 5000 Lightcone Research: Our primary activity is applied research aimed at safeguarding humanity's long-run prospects. Staff and collaborators investigate questions at the intersection of artificial-intelligence alignment, institutional decision-making, economics, and long-term risk. We:Generate original scholarship through theoretical and empirical projects published as working papers, technical blog posts, and research reports. Operate shared research infrastructure, including the LessWrong and Alignment Forum online platforms, that enables thousands of external scholars to exchange ideas, vet results, and launch joint projects.Host intensive workshops and targeted experiments that pressure-test promising approaches and translate abstract insights into tools groups and individuals can apply immediately.Collaborate with outside laboratories, universities, and think tanks to refine methods, replicate findings, and accelerate the flow of useful knowledge across disciplines.Through this combination of research and infrastructure-building, we equip the people working on humanity's "crucial century" problems with the insights and tools they need to steer civilization toward a broad, flourishing future. FlexHEG Builders: During 2024 we received a grant of $54,060 to design and organize a two-day research workshop (scheduled for early 2025 at FAR Labs, Berkeley) that will convene ~30 investigators (eight funded R & D teams plus external AI-policy, chip-design, and verification specialists) to accelerate hardware-enabled governance (FlexHEG) research for safe, advanced AI. Pre-event work included setting shared IP terms, curating breakout research agendas, and coordinating preliminary design-choice studies so that, at the workshop, participants can refine experimental road-maps, prototype priorities, and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Outputs will include openly licensed technical breakouts, draft design documents, and a networked research community positioned to pursue empirical validation of FlexHEG mechanisms. 714105 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 CA X MIRANDA DIXON-LUINENBURG 5105427915 570 57TH ST OAKLAND CA 94609 OLIVER HABRYKA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 12.00 X 3000 0 0 3000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1572534 190217 1572534 CORPORATE METASTRATEGY 561499 5000 5000 5000 1577534 5000 0 0 X 158765 158765 170000 170000 122769 110000 12769 1730 1730 10127 8905 1222 65825 65825 6323 6323 220439 220439 589 589 11699 11699 44266 44266 271 271 PROCESSING FEES AND SER 5414 2478 2936 818217 714105 100587 3525 50 648048 144403 50 792451 33084 0 33084 X 50 705307 54060 50 759367 50 792451 759317 0 X 0 0 0 X 1572534 1572534 5000 5000 1577534 1577534 158765 158765 0 158765 158765 1418769 1577534 1577534 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EUROPE CONDUCTING RESEARCH 170000 WIRE TRANSFER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 LIGHTCONE ROSE GARDEN LLC 884056757 158765 0 CHARITABLE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLIVER HABRYKA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3000 0 0 0 FORM 990, SCHEDULE J PART II Oliver Habryka, Director of Lightcone Infrastructure Inc., was formally employed by the Center for Applied Rationality, which invoiced Lightcone Infrastructure Inc. for staff time. Oliver Habryka was voluntarily foregoing salary for most of 2024 until December, at which point the Center for Applied Rationality invoiced $3000 of his total wages to Lightcone Infrastructure. X 2 190217 SALE VALUE 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, line 2 Both the main Lightcone Research program activities and the FlexHEG Builders event project began in the 2024 financial year. The Lightcone research program activities had previously been operating as a fiscally sponsored project under the Center for Applied Rationality, a 501(c)3 entity. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a Oliver Habryka was the sole voting member in 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Oliver Habryka was the only voting member of hte board in 2024. Additional board members were voted on to the board in January of 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a A board of independent trustees was selected and approved by Oliver Habryka in January 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The form 990 was reviewed by Oliver Habryka, Director, and made available to the current independent board members (Matthew Gray and Daniel Kokotajlo, elected in January 2025) for review by email before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The conflict of interest policy in the bylaws mostly did not apply in 2024 since only a few staff were employed by the organization, and the other staff (including the Director, Oliver Habryka) were still employed by the Center for Applied Rationality and covered under that organization's policies. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Per the bylaws, the Board is required to review compensation for the President or Executive Director as well as the Treasurer or chief financial officer and determine that it is just and reasonable. This was non-applicable in 2024, as the Executive Director, Oliver Habryka, was employed by a different organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 During 2024, the organization's governing documents were not listed publically on the website, but the website includes an Intercom contact method and members of the public can easily contact the team for queries, including to request viewing documents. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g research consulting work: Program service expenses 220,439. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 220,439.