LawZero says Canada and Germany have jointly committed up to C$300 million to support its nonprofit AI-safety research, including a Berlin office, international hiring and access to sovereign compute in Canada.
The commitment spans two governments
LawZero describes a Canadian commitment of up to C$150 million and a German commitment of roughly €100 million. Germany's digital ministry separately announced the joint initiative, while Heise reports that German funding remains subject to notification to the European Commission.
The research centers on Scientist AI
The nonprofit proposes Scientist AI as a research architecture intended to generate explanations and probabilistic predictions without pursuing open-ended goals. That is a stated design objective, not evidence of a deployed system or independently proven safety.
Commitment is not the same as disbursement
The announcements describe funding commitments and planned capacity. They do not establish that the full amount has been disbursed, that the research architecture has achieved its safety aims or that a production system is available.