AI billionaires have a plan to save the world

As the AI boom continues, and more companies prepare for IPOs, a new class of tech entrepreneurs is about to get even richer, and their growing wealth might well transform global philanthropy forever. In a new feature on the topic, Sara Herschander explores what this charitable windfall might mean, tracing some of the intellectual currents that guide these would-be humanitarians, as well as the downstream effects that their contributions might have on existing charities. They will, in all likelihood, reshape the work of many non-profits in their own hyper-optimized image, but they may also have to change the way they think about their own giving along the way.

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—Jacob Brogan, deputy editor, Future Perfect

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