Austin Chen

Karma: 2,009

Hey there~ I’m Austin, currently building https://manifund.org. Always happy to meet LessWrong people; reach out at akrolsmir@gmail.com!

Manifund 2025 Regrants

Austin ChenApr 22, 2025, 5:36 PM

21 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(manifund.substack.com)

Fundraising for Mox: coworking & events in SF

Austin ChenMar 31, 2025, 6:25 PM

27 points

0 comments LW link

(manifund.org)

San Francisco – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2025

Austin Chen and Nate Sternberg

Mar 25, 2025, 11:48 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

AI for Epistemics Hackathon

Austin ChenMar 14, 2025, 8:46 PM

77 points

10 comments10 min readLW link

(manifund.substack.com)

minifest

Austin ChenDec 7, 2024, 3:50 AM

19 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

5 homegrown EA projects, seeking small donors

Austin ChenOct 28, 2024, 11:24 PM

85 points

4 comments LW link

If far-UV is so great, why isn’t it everywhere?

Austin ChenOct 19, 2024, 6:56 PM

70 points

23 comments LW link

(strainhardening.substack.com)

Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice

Austin ChenAug 14, 2024, 12:39 AM

58 points

8 comments LW link

(manifund.substack.com)

What are you getting paid in?

Austin ChenJul 17, 2024, 7:23 PM

92 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

(www.approachwithalacrity.com)

Podcast: Elizabeth & Austin on “What Manifold was allowed to do”

Austin ChenJun 28, 2024, 10:10 PM

20 points

0 comments LW link

(share.descript.com)

Episode: Austin vs Linch on OpenAI

Austin ChenMay 25, 2024, 4:15 PM

20 points

25 comments LW link

(manifund.substack.com)

Manifund Q1 Retro: Learnings from impact certs

Austin ChenMay 1, 2024, 4:48 PM

40 points

1 comment LW link

Manifund: 2023 in Review

Austin ChenJan 18, 2024, 11:50 PM

32 points

0 comments LW link

(manifund.substack.com)

Manifold Halloween Hackathon

Austin ChenOct 23, 2023, 10:47 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Prediction markets covered in the NYT podcast “Hard Fork”

Austin ChenOct 13, 2023, 6:43 PM

56 points

6 comments LW link

(www.nytimes.com)

NYT on the Manifest forecasting conference

Austin ChenOct 9, 2023, 9:40 PM

45 points

14 comments LW link

(www.nytimes.com)

Manifest 2023

Saul Munn and Austin Chen

Sep 6, 2023, 11:24 AM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Last Chance: Get tickets to Manifest 2023! (Sep 22-24 in Berkeley)

Saul Munn and Austin Chen

Sep 6, 2023, 10:35 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing Manifest 2023 (Sep 22-24 in Berkeley)

Saul Munn and Austin Chen

Aug 14, 2023, 5:13 AM

31 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Manifund: What we’re funding (weeks 2-4)

Austin ChenAug 4, 2023, 4:00 PM

44 points

2 comments LW link

(manifund.substack.com)

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