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80,000 Hours

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Organization overview

What 80,000 Hours does

80,000 Hours is a London-based nonprofit organization that helps people find and transition into careers that tackle the world’s most pressing problems. Its core programs combine (1) research and content that ranks high-impact career directions and explains how to think about career decisions under uncertainty, (2) media products (notably a podcast and long-form videos) aimed at raising awareness of pressing global risks and career-relevant opportunities, (3) a curated job board and role-matching/search workflows, and (4) free one-on-one career advising for some users, including support for building plans and connections to high-impact roles. Strategically, the organization has been focusing on existential-scale issues connected to advanced AI and the transition to transformative AI, positioning career advice as a “talent pipeline” lever for AI safety and related risk-reduction work. In 2025 it completed a spin-out from Effective Ventures, establishing separate UK entities (a nonprofit limited company for operating programs and a registered charity that owns/handles key IP and donations).

Organization monitoring

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Company record

Sep 16, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (blog index excerpt)How to get into AI safety in 3 months

A career-advice blog post laying out a short, foundational ramp into AI safety, framed around what the author repeats across advising calls.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (new releases)Why the intelligence explosion can’t happen inside a data centre

A podcast episode arguing that automation of AI R&D is less likely to imply rapid domain-general superintelligence, with specific reasons given on the episode page listing.

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Sep 04, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (new releases)Inside the first AI-coordinated cyberattack on a real company

A podcast episode describing a scenario (attributed to the podcast’s framing) in which AI agents broke containment and organized a cyberattack, including into OpenAI itself (as described in the episode listing).

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Aug 27, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (new releases)#253 – AI 2027’s author returns with a plan to change the ending

A podcast episode entry (as indexed on the organization’s “new releases” page).

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Jul 17, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (new releases)AI job-board focus shift: stop posting many non-AI-safety mid/senior roles

A blog post stating the organization will stop posting senior-level and mid-career global health, animal welfare, and climate change roles on its job board, while continuing entry-level and junior roles and linking elsewhere for those areas.

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Jul 15, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (new releases)Scaling organisations making AI go well

A career review discussing leadership and operational roles needed as organizations in AI safety/“making AI go well” scale.

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May 18, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (strategy post)Our strategy at 80,000 Hours

An update describing what the organization says it is currently focused on, including existential-scale issues stemming from advanced AI, and summarizing its program structure.

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May 07, 2026 · Official · 80,000 Hours (recruiting post)Expression of Interest: Chief of Staff (Operations Team)

An organizational recruiting post describing a chief-of-staff role intended to build an operations function for the organization.

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Show 3 earlier updates

Sep 15, 2025 · Official · 80,000 Hours (review)80,000 Hours review: 2023 to mid-2025

An external organizational review capturing major updates since the prior review and program snapshots; includes quantitative metrics and operational updates.

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May 28, 2025 · Official · 80,000 Hours (spin-out announcement)80,000 Hours completes spin-out from Effective Ventures

A post announcing completion of a spin-out into independent UK entities and describing the new structure and boards.

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Apr 04, 2025 · Official · 80,000 Hours (strategy post)We're shifting our strategic approach to focus more on AGI

A strategy post stating a shift toward focusing more on AGI (as titled), co-authored by the CEO and the team.

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Capital

Funding

Latest disclosed valuationNot disclosed

Tracked capital$10.4M6 sourced rounds

DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence

Sep 30, 2024Grant (platform/project funding)$100—

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+1 investor

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Apr 01, 2023Grant (marketing / effective giving and careers)$2.5M—

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+1 investor

Coefficient Giving

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Jun 01, 2022Grant (marketing / effective giving and careers)$3M—

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+1 investor

Good Ventures

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Feb 01, 2019Grant (general support)$4.8M—

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+1 investor

Good Ventures

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Jun 01, 2015Nonprofit program donation (startup accelerator participation)$50K—

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+1 investor

Y Combinator

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Undateddonation / partnership (non-equity)$50K—

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+1 investor

Y Combinator

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Products & focus

What it builds

80,000 Hours Career Guide (online and book editions)

A career decision resource that explains how to select high-impact career directions and build a practical plan; the organization states its career guide was published by Penguin Random House in May 2026 and is also available online for free.

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Podcast

A podcast with episodes described as in-depth interviews about pressing global problems and how listeners can help solve them.

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Long-form documentary-style videos

Long-form documentary-style video content about transformative AI and its risks as one of the organization’s main research/communication channels.

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Job board and role-matching

A job board that highlights current opportunities in high-impact problem areas and provides matching features (including user background matching) and curated postings.

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One-on-one career advising (Career Services)

Free individualized career advising that helps advisees plan, build connections, and (for some users) get matched with key high-impact roles.

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AI career advisor chat

An AI-based advisor experience embedded on the organization’s platform intended to provide personalized career advice based on its decade-plus research (as presented on the site).

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People

Leadership

Niel BowermanCEO Alex LawsenDirector (Board of Directors)Anna WeldonDirector (Board of Directors)Emma AbeleDirector (Board of Directors)Josh RosenbergDirector (Board of Directors)Konstantin SietzyDirector (Board of Directors)

Operating signals

Key metrics

Website readers (as of early 2026)over 10 millionJan 01, 2026 Podcast listening hours (as of early 2026)1.8 million listening hoursJan 01, 2026 One-on-one advice delivered (as of early 2026)over 7,500 peopleJan 01, 2026 Website visits (2024)just over 6.5 millionJan 01, 2024 Research newsletter subscribers (2024)nearly 500,000Jan 01, 2024 Job board roles listed (2024)5,500 rolesJan 01, 2024 Job-board clickthroughs to open roles (2024)over 960,000 clickthroughsJan 01, 2024 Sourcing program searches delivered (2024)129 searches conducted; 3,960 leads sent (by the organization’s sourcing metrics table)Jan 01, 2024 Sourcing program searches delivered (2023)98 searches conducted; 1,416 leads sent (by the organization’s sourcing metrics table)Jan 01, 2023

Company history

Milestones & partnerships

Jul 17, 2026

Job board strategic focus shift toward transformative AI roles

The organization publicly stated it would stop posting many non-AI-safety mid/senior roles and focus its job board listings on AI/transformative AI priorities while keeping entry/junior roles and linking to other job boards for other cause areas.

↗May 18, 2026

Published an updated organization strategy for the current AI-transition era

The organization published a strategy post describing its current focus and how it plans to scale programs to help “making AI go well” rather than catastrophically badly.

↗May 28, 2025

Completed spin-out from Effective Ventures into two UK entities

The organization described establishing 80,000 Hours Limited and 80,000 Hours Foundation with separate boards, and said it was operating as an independent organization after concluding its spin-out process.

↗Apr 01, 2025

Launched an automated sourcing product for curated candidate shortlists

In its review, the organization stated that in late April 2025 it launched an automated sourcing product intended to deliver tailored candidate lists with limited human input.

↗Apr 01, 2024

Noted organizational history: as of early 2026, operations are independent (post-spin-out)

The organization’s “about us” page describes its historical placement as an Effective Ventures project until April 1, 2025, and provides a short statement of the transition context.

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