Meet our team
We're a group of researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs working to make AI systems safer through formal verification and market-based incentives.
Jonas Kgomo
Equiano Institute
Founder and Director
AI governance researcher focused on responsible development and alignment of AI, especially in under-represented regions. Senior researcher collaborating with Cohere for AI, OpenAI, and the Alan Turing Institute. Degrees in Computer Science (University of Sussex) and Mathematics (Istanbul University).
Joel Christoph
European University Institute
PhD Student in Economics
Bretton Woods 2.0 Fellow at Atlantic Council, Dahrendorf Fellow at Oxford University. Previously at World Bank, Swiss Existential Risk Initiative, Future of Humanity Institute. Research on arms control, nuclear diplomacy, and AI risk governance. Multilingual (French, Japanese, Dutch, English, German, Spanish).
Elsie Jang
Mercatus Center (incoming)
Former Pivotal Research Fellow
Former AI Governance Research Fellow at Pivotal Research. MPhil History and Philosophy of Science from University of Cambridge, BA Liberal Arts from St. John's College. Former research intern at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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We're always looking for talented individuals who share our vision of making AI safer through formal methods and market mechanisms.
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