Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI Commit $15 Million in Funding and Resources for Mathematicians in the AI Era
The Simons Foundation said on Oct. 15 it, Anthropic and OpenAI will commit $15 million in combined funding and resources, awarded by the foundation, to help mathematicians evaluate AI-assisted results and set standards. OpenAI and Anthropic each said on X that they have committed $5 million.
Updated October 16, 2026: Anthropic said on X that it has committed $5 million. The new section directly below covers it; the earlier report follows, unchanged except that its headings now sit under a dated section.
October 16 update: Anthropic says it has committed $5 million#
Anthropic said on X on Thursday, October 15 that it has "committed $5 million of funding" to the initiative, matching the figure OpenAI gave for its share.
Limits of the October 16 update#
- The rest of Anthropic's post was truncated in the text we retrieved, so how its $5 million splits between cash and in-kind resources is not stated here. The earlier line that Anthropic's share was not disclosed predates its post.
Earlier report#
The foundation, not the labs, will decide who gets the money, it says. The Simons Foundation announced on Thursday, October 15 that it, Anthropic and OpenAI will commit $15 million in combined funding and resources. The foundation will manage and award the funding, including through an open call for proposals, for workshops and initiatives that help researchers evaluate recent AI-assisted results, learn new tools and "shape collective standards for AI use."
Anthropic and OpenAI will also provide AI tools and computing resources to foundation-supported researchers, extending beyond mathematics to basic science, the foundation says. OpenAI said on X that it is contributing $5 million; Anthropic's share was not disclosed.
"The community should be driving discussions of how these tools are evaluated, adopted and used, not any single company or institution," said foundation president David Spergel. OpenAI separately backs an independent mathematicians' advisory group.
Limits#
- The $15 million combines funding and in-kind resources; the cash portion was not specified.
Sources#
- Anthropic on X: $5 million commitment to the Simons Foundation initiative (October 15, 2026)
- Simons Foundation: Simons Foundation Launches $15M Effort To Help Mathematicians Navigate AI Era (October 15, 2026)
- OpenAI on X: contribution to the Simons Foundation initiative (October 15, 2026)
- Times of AI: OpenAI backs a top-mathematician advisory group (September 21, 2026)