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80,000 Hours has completed its spin-out and has new boards

We're pleased to announce that 80,000 Hours has officially completed its spin-out from Effective Ventures and is now operating as an independent organisation.

We've established two entities with the following board members:

80,000 Hours Limited (a nonprofit entity where our core operations live):

• Konstantin Sietzy — Deputy Director of Talent and Operations at UK AISI
• Alex Lawsen — Senior Program Associate at Open Philanthropy and former 80,000 Hours Advising Manager
• Anna Weldon — COO at the Centre for Effective Altruism and former EV board member
• Joshua Rosenberg — CEO of the Forecasting Research Institute
• Emma Abele — Former CEO of METR

80,000 Hours Foundation:

• Susan Shi — General counsel at EV, soon to move to CEA
• Katie Hearsum — COO at Longview Philanthropy
• Anna Weldon — An overlapping member of both boards

Within our mission of helping people use their careers to solve the world's most pressing problems, we've recently sharpened our focus on careers that can help make AI go well. This organizational change won't affect our core work or programs in any significant way, though we're excited about the strategic guidance our new boards will provide and the greater operational flexibility we'll have going forward as we address these crucial challenges.

See our blog post announcing our completed spin-out here.

Relevant to giving season: 80,000 Hours will soon be doing a public fundraising round! If you’d like to be notified when we launch, leave your email here. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact jess@80000hours.org.