Building Germany’s Infrastructure for Safer AI

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Hear from people who have engaged with us so far

I believe that the SAIGE incubator gave me the experience and skills I needed to transition into the field full-time. My mentor provided invaluable ideas and challenges throughout the project, and helped us to grow our AI safety community network. Many thanks to Jessica and the whole SAIGE team for their passion, commitment and skills, without which none of this would be possible!
Sophia Gore
Analyst, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (UK Civil Service)
I’ve been very impressed by the mentees I’ve worked with through SAIGE. Together, we’ve developed a benchmark for exploration-hacking propensity and stress-tested RL-based capability elicitation against randomized underperformance. Both submissions were accepted to NeurIPS workshops, with one selected for an oral presentation. We’re now submitting a paper to ICLR 2027.
Joschka Braun
Research Scientist, Apollo Research; SAIGE Mentor
The first SAIGE incubator was a great experience for me. Coaching a team of talented and committed people was very rewarding and fun, I also learned a lot from the work of the other teams. Thanks to all who organized and participated in it!
Dr. Karl von Wendt
Writer, Influencer
SAIGE was the main reason why I have decided to pivot to AI Safety two years earlier than I had originally planned: It was the perfect part-time experiment to test whether I might enjoy working in AI safety. I loved working in an interdisciplinary team and found my legal input to be very useful. In my project, I learned how to write policy memos and found a niche I want to explore further.
Aleksandra Shcherbakova
SAIGE Mentee, Pathfinder Fellow
SAIGE is doing the long-overdue work of connecting talented people across AI safety and governance in Germany. Counterfactually to it not existing, a project I think is important would not have gotten done, and the two talented policy analysts I mentor would have had a much harder time pivoting into the field.
Chris Schmitz
Research Associate, Hertie School (ex-GovAI Fellow)
Before SAIGE, almost every AI safety opportunity I found was in the US or UK and expected a background I didn't have yet. SAIGE gave me a mentor, a community, and a clear path for what to do next. If SAIGE hadn't launched when it did, I probably wouldn't be working on AI safety at all.
Melanie
SAIGE Mentee
The SAIGE event “Talent Needs in AI Safety” was my entry point into the field. Since then, we’ve received guidance for kickstarting AI Safety Hamburg, and been welcomed into a supportive network of peers across Germany’s AI safety ecosystem. Just ten weeks after our first call with SAIGE, AI Safety Hamburg had its biggest meeting to date.
Nikolai Reinke
Organiser, AI Safety Hamburg
The SAIGE Incubator allowed me to turn my concerns about AI risks into action. My team and mentor shared my motivation to make AI risks tangible for a general audience. It feels empowering to go from "worried" to "working on it."
Dr. Michael Bonfert
SAIGE Mentee
Seeing the team I was lucky to be allowed mentoring ramping up efforts towards the AAAI submission deadline and submitting a decent paper there was very gratifying.
Jobst Heitzig
Senior Scientist and Group Lead, Complexity Science Dept., Potsdam Inst. for Climate Impact Research

SAIGE Calendar

Open to everyone worldwide.

We host regular online and in-person events. Topics span technical AI safety, AI governance/policy, career transition support and AI safety communications.

Speakers come from institutions globally, including MIRI, GovAI, Columbia SIPA, Stanford, Arq Foundation, KIRA Center, Atlas Computing, etc.

Open to everyone worldwide.

We host regular online and in-person events. Topics span technical AI safety, AI governance/policy, career transition support and AI safety communications.

Speakers come from institutions globally, including MIRI, GovAI, Columbia SIPA, Stanford, Arq Foundation, KIRA Center, Atlas Computing, etc.

Join one here!

Past recordings

The SAIGE Timeline

Idea

Where we began.

Founder Jessica Wang had the idea, spoke with many people to red-team her plans, and started SAIGE with her own savings. Strategy, logo and homepage followed.

Launch

SAIGE officially launches

Safe AI Germany officially launched on 19 January 2026, with a mission to help talented people in Germany work on reducing catastrophic AI risk.

Events & Funding

Event series and first institutional grant

Our online launch on 4th March started a regular talk series. Mid-month, the AI Safety Tactical Opportunities Fund awarded our first institutional grant.

Explore our events

Incubator

First incubator launches

Our first research incubator launched with 73 mentees working on 22 projects across technical AI safety, AI governance and fieldbuilding.

Explore our incubator

1st cohort & team

First cohort completes and first hire

Our first incubator cohort wrapped up with final presentations, and many teams continued into an extension phase. Johannes Koch joined as our first full-time hire.

Community

First fieldbuilders' gathering

Germany now has 11 local AI safety groups, up from 4 before SAIGE. We gathered group leaders for the first time to share lessons.

Explore local hubs

EFAIS Day

The 2026 European Frontier AI Safety Day

Co-hosted with Foresight Institute, EFAIS Day brought 250 researchers, policymakers and fieldbuilders to Berlin, closing with a panel on European AI Security Institutes.

EFAIS Details

Workshop

Maths for AI Safety workshop

Our first workshop for mathematicians runs in Bonn, 30 October–1 November, helping postdocs and PhD students see where their expertise fits in AI safety.

Applications are open!

Upcoming tour

Introducing AI Safety to local universities

As the new semester begins, we will have introductory AI safety talks at top universities to help students find a way into the field.

More details soon!

Workshop

Maths for AI Safety workshop

Our first workshop for mathematicians runs in Bonn, 30 October–1 November, helping postdocs and PhD students see where their expertise fits in AI safety.

Applications are open!

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The SAIGE Incubator Program

A 3-month, part-time project on AI Safety.

Real-World Impact

In this cohort, you will work in small teams (1 to 5 people) directly under the guidance of established AI Safety researchers and policy experts.

Build Your Track Record

The hardest part of entering this field is getting that first credible project on your CV. We provide the mentorship, structure, and platform to help you build a public track record of rigorous work.

A Career Launchpad

Designed to run alongside your studies or full-time job (10-20 hours/week). Accelerate your entry into the field through exclusive workshops, global speaker Q&As, and direct access to the German AI Safety ecosystem.

Check our incubator page to know more!