{"slug": "yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to", "title": "Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero receives $300 million backing from Canada and Germany to pursue safer AI ambitions", "summary": "LawZero, the non-profit AI safety startup founded by Yoshua Bengio, has received $300 million in backing from Canada and Germany. LawZero will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership.", "body_md": "Non-profit startup will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership.\n\nThe post [Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero receives $300 million backing from Canada and Germany to pursue safer AI ambitions](https://betakit.com/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to-pursue-safer-ai-ambitions/) first appeared on [BetaKit](https://betakit.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to", "canonical_source": "https://betakit.com/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to-pursue-safer-ai-ambitions/", "published_at": "2026-09-16 15:13:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 15:45:42.625687+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-startups", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["LawZero", "Yoshua Bengio", "Canada", "Germany", "Berlin"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/yoshua-bengios-lawzero-receives-300-million-backing-from-canada-and-germany-to.jsonld"}}