Building AI, Fearing AI: The Movements, Money and Personal Rivalries Behind AI's Power Networks
Techstrong.ai, Monday, October 5th, 2026
Techstrong.ai special report maps the donors, institutions and rivalries shaping AI safety, and asks who can hold AI builders accountable.
In this 27-page special report, Techstrong.ai editor-in-chief Alan Shimel asks why AI leaders who warn of catastrophic risk keep racing to build more powerful systems.
It traces the Musk-Altman split, Amodei's move from OpenAI to Anthropic and LeCun's case for openness, then follows the donors, career programs, evaluators and governance bodies behind them.
Drawing only on public records through October 3, 2026, it finds a network of consequential relationships but no hidden command center, and calls for funding disclosures, transparent appointment rights, evaluator conflict disclosures and testable safety commitments.