Endangered Developers Foundation
The first people AI displaces are the test of whether AI is aligned.
Developers built the tools that are now replacing them. What happens to them next is the leading indicator for everyone who comes after.
The Endangered Developers Foundation reskills, funds, and incubates displaced developers, and builds the mechanisms a post-AGI economy needs to keep people in it.
Our Mission
To keep the people AI displaces relevant, resourced, and heard — starting with developers — and to build and prove the mechanisms that make a post-AGI economy work for the people inside it.
Read our full mission →Values
The gap is not the danger. The gap is the test.
Every previous wave of automation eventually pulled people back into the economy, because employers still needed them. A post-AGI economy may not. When AI becomes the primary source of value, the incentive to invest in people may weaken for the first time in history.
That is not an argument against AI. It is an argument that human relevance has to be engineered deliberately — and someone has to start with the population it is happening to first.
205,000+
tech layoffs in the first seven months of 2026
Already above all of 2025.
40%
of 2026 cuts attributed to AI
Up from 7% at the start of the year.
80%
collapse in India's IT fresher hiring
600K to 120K, in three years.
Source: EDF Workforce Transition Roadmap data pack, August 2026. Attribution shares are directional.
What We Do
Workforce Transition
A 12-to-16-week program with a stipend while you retrain, and a new role or business within 90 days of completion. Four pathways: upskill in place, trade apprenticeships, founder path, sector redirect.
Capability Floor
Every developer in an EDF program will receive a guaranteed allotment of frontier model access and compute for the length of their transition. Capability should not be the thing you lose when you lose your job.
03Alignment Corps
Training displaced developers to do the work that makes AI systems safer: evaluations, red-teaming, oversight tooling, model-behaviour datasets. The people AI displaced are the people best placed to test it.
Startup Incubation
Twelve weeks, weekly milestones, revenue first. Micro-grants of $5K to $25K for founders who commit to hiring other displaced developers.
Micro-Grants & Bridge Loans
$500 to $5,000 for reskilling expenses, $5,000 to $25,000 for founders. No credit score required.
Research & Policy: the Displacement Data Standard
An open, independent measure of who AI has displaced, when, and what happened next. Any transition insurance or AI dividend needs a trigger. We are building it.
Our Vision
“A world where AI increases prosperity for everyone, not just those who build it — because the incentive to keep people relevant was engineered in, not hoped for.”
Where we stand
We are pro-AI. We are also clear that a post-AGI economy will not keep people relevant on its own. So we take three positions.
Transition should be funded from the productivity gains that cause it.
Access to AI capability should be treated as a floor, not a perk.
The people AI displaces should be the workforce that makes AI safer.
Our Partners
Cohortea
Cohortea partners with EDF to build meaningful connections between displaced developers, mentors, and industry leaders.
Visit →Blockchain & Web3 PartnerBlockcritics
Blockcritics partners with EDF to bridge the gap between displaced developers and emerging opportunities in blockchain and Web3.
Visit →What we are responding to
Stories from across the industry tracking AI's impact on developers, hiring, and the global workforce.
American company Opendoor shuts India operations, says jobs should be closer to US customers
US-listed Opendoor said it was closing its India operations because customer-facing roles belong closer to its US customers — another data point in the wave of reshoring linked to AI-driven restructuring.
economictimes.indiatimes.comRead article →China Inc deploys 'quiet layoffs' as Beijing promotes AI adoption
Reuters reports Chinese employers are using indirect tactics — role reshuffles, demotions and resignation pressure — to shrink headcount as Beijing aggressively pushes AI adoption across the economy.
reuters.comRead article →99% of CEOs are planning AI layoffs in the next 2 years — and entry-level workers will see the biggest hit
A Mercer survey found that nearly all executives expect AI to reduce headcount within two years, with entry-level positions facing the most significant cuts. Employers are increasingly citing AI as the primary reason for recent layoffs across major companies.
finance.yahoo.comRead article →Get Involved
Whether you are a displaced developer, a potential partner, or someone who believes in equitable AI futures — there is a role for you here.
Partner with EDF
Corporations, NGOs, and governments — collaborate with us to design workforce transition programs at scale.
Learn more →Fund Workforce Transition
Direct funding to reskilling programs, micro-grants, and startup incubation for displaced workers.
Learn more →Launch Programs in Your Country
Bring EDF initiatives to your region. We provide the framework — you provide the local context.
Learn more →Sign up and take advantage of EDF benefits
Get AI-powered resume analysis and career guidance, enroll in training cohorts as they open, browse job opportunities, and track your transition progress — all from your EDF dashboard. Subsidised AI credits are coming as provider partnerships are confirmed.
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For Developers & Freshers
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- —AI credits from top providers
- —Resume analysis & career guidance
- —Training cohort enrollment
- —Job board & recommendations
- —Micro-grant applications