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.

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 Lens Tutor at its best. Lauren keeps her appearance private online, so her portrait is a painting and not a photograph.

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.

At 19, Mark joined Onramper and established the SMB subscription responsible for more than 20% of its monthly revenue. Nine months later, MoonPay acquired Onramper for $15m. He then quit and, in four months, wrote two handbooks (about 200 pages each) explaining David Deutsch’s books, which were endorsed by David, Naval Ravikant, and others. Inspired by Scott Young finishing the MIT computer science bachelor’s in one year, he then spent a year and a half on similar self-study in computer science, machine learning, and technical AI safety. He finally landed on strategy and fieldbuilding as his main focus areas.