Reducing the existential risks of advanced AI.

When he was a student, Luc founded SOLID, a renewable-energy nonprofit that's still thriving after nine years and has produced a commercial spinoff that raised over €100M. After years focused on climate change, he turned to the risks of advanced AI and founded Lens Academy.

Hamza previously cofounded a startup bringing AI Automations to the logistics sector. He's a seasoned software engineer with a FinTech background who loves building things. He shifted to AI Safety after the birth of his first daughter because he wanted to help create a better world for her to grow up in.

Elias has a sharp strategic eye and gravitates to whatever is most impactful. He previously hosted a podcast on Philosophy and Longevity before pivoting to AI Safety. Having built his own Claude Code manager, he was recruited straight out of university, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor's in AI in just two years.

Turner previously cofounded an impact-driven company, which gave him a taste for doing good. A Wharton graduate with excellent operational skills, he keeps everything running smoothly and builds the automations to make things scale.

Before moving into AI safety, Lauren cofounded an AI-capabilities startup. Besides being an excellent developer with taste, she uses her deep understanding of alignment to watch over the theory of change behind our program. As our LLM whisperer, she keeps the AI Tutor and Lens Coach at their best.

At 19 Mark joined Onramper and established SMB subscription responsible for >20% of monthly revenue, 9 months later MoonPay acquired Onramper for $15m. He then quit and wrote in 4 months two handbooks (≈200p each) explaining David Deutsch’s books, which were endorsed by David, Naval Ravikant, and others. Inspired by Scott Young finishing MIT CS bachelor in one year, he afterwards spent 1.5 years on similar self-study in CS, ML, and TAIS. Finally landing on strategy and fieldbuilding as main focus areas.