“Caroline Ellison has joined Manifund” by Austin Chen, Carol N

<p> Austin: I’m happy to announce that Caroline Ellison has accepted a role at Manifund, to develop our funding platform and research how to effectively direct philanthropic dollars.</p><p> In fact, she started a work trial on July 13, which converted to a fulltime role on Aug 10. Over the past two months, she's been publishing her work and supporting Manifund users under the pseudonym “Carol”.</p><p> How did I come to consider this at all?</p><ul> <li value="1">I specifically enjoyed&nbsp;Caroline's tumblr&nbsp;and&nbsp;other writings, which I found thoughtful and relatable. I invited her to Manifest 2026, just because I wanted to meet her. During the festival, she came to my night market booth, and asked about joining our team, which I was interested to explore.</li><li value="2">I felt a keen debt to the FTX Future Fund. They provided seed funding for Manifold. They funded&nbsp;the retreat&nbsp;which drew me into the EA community, and the&nbsp;conference&nbsp;where I met my wife. Much of Manifund's work today is directly inspired by the&nbsp;Future Fund's approach.</li><li value="3">On FTX itself, I remain conflicted. It was their money and spirit that enabled the Future Fund, and I still admire many aspects of FTX and the individuals who worked there. But also: FTX did wrong. [...]</li></ul> <p>---</p>

<p><b>First published:</b><br/>

September 11th, 2026 </p>

<p><b>Source:</b><br/>

<a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/W3zn5jQa8fhmiBsPG/caroline-ellison-has-joined-manifund?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/W3zn5jQa8fhmiBsPG/caroline-ellison-has-joined-manifund</a> </p>

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<p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=lesswrong&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p>