FAR.Labs

Advancing AI Safety Together

About us

FAR.Labs is a collaborative AI safety research hub based in Berkeley. We support AI safety researchers and organizations through a co-working space and in-person programs and events.

FAR Seminar

The FAR.AI Seminar is a weekly events series hosted at FAR.Labs where leading AI safety researchers and founders present their latest work for feedback and discussion with the FAR.Labs community. Previous speakers include Yoshua Bengio, Owain Evans, and Daniel Kokotajlo.

Watch select past seminars

Our Offerings

Facilities and Equipment

Workstations with height-adjustable desks and 4K monitors. Bookable meeting rooms ranging from call booths to a 50-person event space.

Food

Daily catered lunches and dinners. The strongest coffee we're legally allowed to serve.

Events

Seminars, domain specific workshops, and social events for the AI safety community.

Programs

Team in Residence

We offer 1-3 month residencies for teams to work from FAR.Labs free of charge, receiving mentorship from experienced members of our community. Past teams in residence have included founders, early-stage organizations and collaborative research teams. Interested? Please email us for more information.

Community Collaboration

We invite select Bay Area researchers and technologists to work part-time from FAR.Labs and attend events and programs at our offices. To be considered, please apply via our Community Collaborators form.

Our members

Some of our members include:

Join Us

We accept applications for both long-term membership and short-term visits.

Apply here

Our pricing structure

FAR.Labs aims to run at cost. We host a limited number of short-term visitors for free, but charge long-term members in order to cover our costs. We believe a market for office space both produces healthier incentives and enables us to operate sustainably.

Our pricing model involves two components:

Space: We have limited space and need to cover rent. We charge private office space at around $16 psf, a dedicated desk in an open-plan at $600, and a hot desk at $350 per month. Prices for private office space may vary depending on the desirability of the space and current supply and demand.
Membership & food costs: This covers costs incurred from a member working from the office that we would not incur if it were empty, such as staff time, utilities, and janitorial. This is $400/month per person, and we also offer an optional twice a day meal plan, as well as snacks, drinks, and cereals for $800.

We do not wish financial constraints to be an impediment for great work, and may be able to provide financial assistance for a limited number of individuals who could not otherwise be part of the space. We are also experimenting with reduced cost, part time memberships. Contact us for more information on both.