TL;DR: The first round of the Generator Residency went very well.

Our residents created and ran several large-scale fieldbuilding, talent infrastructure, and operational projects that have already had important impacts on the ecosystem.

Six weeks after the program ended, 12 of our 27 residents have been hired to full-time roles at core AI safety orgs, and most have received several offers.

Kairos and Constellation are running a second round from January to April 2027. Apply to the next round of the Generator Residency by November 1st.

Introduction

In April, we wrote AI Safety's Biggest Talent Gap Isn't Researchers. It's Generalists.

We wrote this because we noticed that organizations across the ecosystem were struggling to hire for key non-research roles. While these roles were often getting many applicants, candidates didn’t meet basic requirements.

The original memo we wrote (that became the post above) inspired us to create the Generator Residency as an intervention to support more generalists trying to break into AI safety.

The program concluded six weeks ago, and this post details the successes we’ve seen from the first round of Generator, which have inspired us to launch a second round of the program.

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Outline:

(00:46) Introduction

(01:30) Programs and projects from Generator

(04:10) Resident Outcomes

(05:28) Reflections

(09:17) Generator 2.0

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First published:
October 14th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rDxysQs3houn6Ke8L/why-we-re-launching-the-next-cohort-of-generator-1

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“Why we’re launching the next cohort of Generator” by Aris, Topaz

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“Why we’re launching the next cohort of Generator” by Aris, Topaz