Sustainable AI Lab
SAIL is a nonprofit deploying AI to address the climate crisis, while ensuring AI itself doesn't make it worse.
Pillar I
We deploy AI tools and research to accelerate conservation, clean energy, and climate adaptation, putting the technology's capabilities to work on the problems that matter most.
Pillar II
We research and publish on AI's energy and carbon impact, and work with the AI industry to develop practical frameworks for measuring and reducing it.
AI is the most powerful general-purpose technology in a generation. Its potential to model climate systems, optimize energy grids, and accelerate clean tech R&D is real and growing fast.
So is its footprint. Data center energy use is projected to double by 2030. Training a single large model can emit more CO₂ than a transatlantic flight. The same technology that could help solve the climate crisis risks compounding it.
SAIL exists to close that gap: directing AI's power toward sustainability, and holding the industry accountable for its environmental impact.
SAIL is forming its founding partnerships now. We're looking for AI companies, research institutions, and mission-aligned funders who want to shape how this technology evolves.
Co-develop methodologies for AI energy measurement, carbon accounting, and efficiency benchmarking.
Participate in voluntary disclosure frameworks and gain access to SAIL's research before public release.
Deploy AI tools alongside SAIL in conservation, climate adaptation, and clean energy contexts.
Support foundational research and infrastructure as a founding philanthropic or institutional funder.
About SAIL
SAIL is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded to sit at the intersection of AI capability and environmental accountability. We work with the AI industry, not just at it, to develop research, tools, and frameworks that practitioners actually use.
SAIL's founding team brings experience in impact investing, climate strategy, and technology research. We are currently building our inaugural program and research agenda in partnership with founding collaborators.