Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)

PolicyFounded 2023 · US

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Policy research on frontier AI security, compute governance and US-China dynamics; runs an AI policy fellowship.

IAPS is a small Washington-oriented research group focused on how to secure advanced AI and the chips it runs on. It states it refuses corporate money to protect its independence.

Focus

  • Compute governance
  • Safety evaluations
  • International governance

Funding, as far as we know

Philanthropic organisations and individual donors; declines commercial funding; fiscally sponsored by Rethink Priorities - https://www.iaps.ai/governance-history-independence-funding

What they've actually done

  • Runs the annual AI Policy Fellowship placing researchers in DC policy roles (2026 cohort announced)

    2026

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  • Published research on chip export controls and compute-based thresholds cited in US policy debates

    2023-2025

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Last verified 1 September 2026

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