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On 2026-05-04 @tetsuoai asked the public to fund his open, tax-deductible…
Brief
Tetsuoai presents a cautionary account: on 2026-05-04 he solicited tax-deductible donations to an open non-profit AGI lab whose researchers took pay cuts for a 'moral mission.' He alleges that after ten years it flipped to a $500 billion for-profit (Microsoft 27% ≈ $135B), he owns tens of billions, the non-profit became a foundation, and society still lacks safe AGI—'the dogs are dead, the kids never got fed'—which he defends by claiming an evil actor would have been worse.
Why it matters
On 2026-05-04 @tetsuoai asked the public to fund his open, tax-deductible non-profit AGI lab, saying researchers take pay cuts for a 'moral mission'.
Key details
- He claims that ten years later the non-profit became a for-profit valued at $500 billion, with Microsoft owning 27% (~$135 billion) and he personally holding equity worth 'tens of billions', while the original non-profit was demoted to a foundation holding some stock.
- He asserts catastrophic outcomes—'the dogs are dead, the kids never got fed, humanity never got safe AGI'—and defends the trajectory by arguing it would have been worse if an 'evil' actor had built AGI first.