# Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI Commit $15 Million in Funding and Resources for Mathematicians in the AI Era

Times of AI Desk · 2026-10-15 · Research

[https://timesof.ai/2026/10/simons-anthropic-openai-15m-mathematics-ai](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/simons-anthropic-openai-15m-mathematics-ai)

> 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](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/openai-mathematics-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)](https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2110846112152105136)
- [Simons Foundation: Simons Foundation Launches $15M Effort To Help Mathematicians Navigate AI Era (October 15, 2026)](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/news/simons-foundation-launches-15m-effort-to-help-mathematicians-navigate-ai-era/)
- [OpenAI on X: contribution to the Simons Foundation initiative (October 15, 2026)](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2110741355739963884)
- [Times of AI: OpenAI backs a top-mathematician advisory group (September 21, 2026)](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/openai-mathematics-advisory-group)