Lens Academy is a nonprofit dedicated to helping you reduce the existential risks of advanced AI. We have an optimistic outlook on life, but as the world is racing towards superintelligence, it is taking unprecedented and unnecessary risks. In the worst case, this could lead to AI killing everyone on Earth.
We believe more people should be working on preventing such worst-case outcomes. We also believe the future could be wonderful, and every human could flourish.
We're here to help you create a better future. We're here to help you take ownership of your future, and to give you the skills you need to make a difference.
Builders, operators and researchers who pivoted toward what matters most.
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.
Alex previously founded a sports-science company that served hundreds of elite athletes, with a newsletter reaching thousands of monthly readers. He'd been involved with effective altruism for several years before joining Lens Academy, and facilitates for the Centre for Reducing Suffering (CRS) and Sentient Futures.
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.
Chris is a leader and co-founder of AI Safety Quest, where volunteer coaches make the AI safety space more approachable for newcomers. At Quest, he saw the need for highly scalable AI safety education. At Lens Academy, he contributed to early stage vision, course creation, and management before the team scaled up.
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