MIRI is an AI safety nonprofit research institute co-founded by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Brian Atkins, and Sabine Atkins to reduce existential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. MIRI's Twitter Score is 33 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #28,934 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
MIRI was originally established as the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence before adopting its current name in 2013. The organization was formerly affiliated with Singularity University and the Singularity Summit. Its stated mission is to maximize the probability that smarter-than-human artificial intelligence has a positive outcome for humanity.
MIRI has a notable connection to the cryptocurrency ecosystem through its fundraising history. During its 2017 fundraiser, 66% of all donations received were in cryptocurrency, primarily Bitcoin and Ethereum. The single largest contribution in that campaign was an Ethereum donation valued at $763,970 from Vitalik Buterin. MIRI previously received backing from Open Philanthropy, which provided a two-year grant of $7,703,750 in 2020, the largest grant in the organization's history at that time. It was also previously backed by the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative and the Effective Altruism Funds Long-Term Future Fund.
MIRI has published 1,742 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 28 accounts a total of 67 times, reflecting sustained attention from the AI safety and crypto communities.
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The accounts that follow MIRI include 122 founders, 26 angel investors, 23 influencers and 4 VCs, among them vitalik.eth, Kyle Samani, David Hoffman, Vance Spencer, H.E. Justin Sun and Matthew Graham.