Certes Institute provides research infrastructure for AI safety in Australia — grant administration, researcher employment, and logistical support enabling researchers and partners to work effectively.
Infrastructure and operations for catastrophic and existential risk research
Certes supports research across AI safety and alignment, superalignment and long-horizon safety, and civilisational robustness. We provide the institutional stability that lets researchers pursue work on the timescales it demands — including work with no guaranteed near-term payoff.
Certes is completing its establishment phase. Our board has been appointed and charitable registration is in progress. We are building relationships with Australian AI safety organisations, government bodies, and international research groups.
Our comparative advantage is speed and low overhead — we can move in days where universities take months and government takes years. Tasmania offers affordable operations, state government interest in research talent, and an environment suited to focused work.
About the InstituteCertes is complementary to existing organisations in the Australian AI safety landscape — we provide infrastructure and operational support, not competing research programs.