# apollo-research

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/apollo-research
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/apollo-research.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/apollo-research/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://apolloresearch.ai
- **Slug:** apollo-research
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, developer-tools, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Their explicit focus on 'scheming AI' as a specific, advanced threat, combined with a comprehensive approach that integrates fundamental scientific research, policy development, and practical, deployable safety tools like Watcher.
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Apollo Research is a dedicated organization focused on reducing risks from 'scheming' frontier AI systems. They achieve this through fundamental scientific research into AI deception, developing technical AI governance regimes, and building practical AGI safety tools like 'Watcher' for real-time AI agent monitoring.
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Fundamental research (Science of Scheming
  - pre-deployment evaluations)
  - AI governance frameworks
  - and AGI safety tools (e.g.
  - Watcher
  - an AI agent monitoring tool).
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Likely a B2B SaaS/subscription model for products like Watcher; research and governance efforts may be funded through grants, partnerships, or consulting fees.
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Developers and deployers of frontier AI systems, governments, international organizations, AI research institutions, and the broader AI safety community.
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
  - Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
  - Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
  - Anthropic
  - AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance (ARC Evals)
Source: Brand's website (https://apolloresearch.ai) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.