Information for Cooperative AI Foundation

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Basic information

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Other names CAIF
Country United Kingdom
YouTube username @CooperativeAIFoundation
Twitter username @coop_ai
Website https://www.cooperativeai.com/
Team page https://www.cooperativeai.com/foundation#Staff
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2025-12-30
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2021 6 Jesse Clifton Allan Dafoe, Dario Amodei, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Ruairi Donnelly
2022 9 Jesse Clifton Allan Dafoe, Dario Amodei, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Lewis Hammond, Ruairi Donnelly Amrit Sidhu-Brar Vincent Conitzer
2023 13 Akbir Khan, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond Allan Dafoe, Cecilia Elena Tilli, Dario Amodei, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Lewis Hammond, Michelle Virgo, Ruairi Donnelly Vincent Conitzer
2024 23 Akbir Khan, Chandler Smith, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond Allan Dafoe, Cecilia Elena Tilli, Dario Amodei, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Michelle Virgo, Rebecca Eddington, Rebecca Eddington, Ruairi Donnelly Edward Hughes, Jakob Foerster, Joel Leibo, Joel Leibo, Kate Larson, Natasha Jaques, Noam Brown, Vincent Conitzer
2025 28 Chandler Smith, Jesse Clifton, Joss Oliver, Lewis Hammond, Usman Anwar Allan Dafoe, Cecilia Elena Tilli, Dario Amodei, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Goda Mockute, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Michelle Virgo, Natalia Fernandez Ashman, Rebecca Eddington, Ruairi Donnelly, Thore Graepel Cecilia Elena Tilli Audrey Tang Edward Hughes, Jakob Foerster, Joel Leibo, Joel Leibo, Kate Larson, Natasha Jaques, Noam Brown, Vincent Conitzer
2026 25 Chandler Smith, Jesse Clifton, Joss Oliver, Lewis Hammond, Usman Anwar Allan Dafoe, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Goda Mockute, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Michelle Virgo, Natalia Fernandez Ashman, Rebecca Eddington, Thore Graepel Cecilia Elena Tilli Audrey Tang Edward Hughes, Jakob Foerster, Joel Leibo, Joel Leibo, Kate Larson, Natasha Jaques, Noam Brown, Vincent Conitzer

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2022-01-01 7 Allan Dafoe, Dario Amodei, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond, Ruairi Donnelly
2023-01-01 8 Akbir Khan, Allan Dafoe, Dario Amodei, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond, Ruairi Donnelly
2024-01-01 11 Akbir Khan, Allan Dafoe, Cecilia Elena Tilli, Dario Amodei, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond, Michelle Virgo, Ruairi Donnelly
2025-01-01 13 Allan Dafoe, Cecilia Elena Tilli, Chandler Smith, Dario Amodei, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Jesse Clifton, Lewis Hammond, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Michelle Virgo, Rebecca Eddington, Ruairi Donnelly
2026-01-01 15 Allan Dafoe, Chandler Smith, David Norman, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Goda Mockute, Jesse Clifton, Joss Oliver, Lewis Hammond, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Michelle Virgo, Natalia Fernandez Ashman, Rebecca Eddington, Thore Graepel, Usman Anwar

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
1 1 0 Amrit Sidhu-Brar
2021-05-05 6 5 0 Allan Dafoe, Dario Amodei, Eric Horvitz, Gillian Hadfield, Ruairi Donnelly
2021-06-01 7 1 0 Jesse Clifton
2022-01-01 8 1 0 Lewis Hammond
2022-04-17 9 1 0 Vincent Conitzer
2022-05-09 8 0 -1 Amrit Sidhu-Brar
2022-06-16 9 1 0 Amrit Sidhu-Brar
2022-11-15 8 0 -1 Amrit Sidhu-Brar
2023-01-01 9 1 0 Akbir Khan
2023-03-01 10 1 0 Michelle Virgo
2023-05-01 11 1 0 Cecilia Elena Tilli
2023-11-01 12 2 -1 David Norman, Lewis Hammond Lewis Hammond
2024-02-01 13 1 0 Rebecca Eddington
2024-05-01 14 1 0 Marta Bieńkiewicz
2024-06-01 15 1 0 Chandler Smith
2024-07-01 14 0 -1 Akbir Khan
2024-09-01 19 6 -1 Edward Hughes, Jakob Foerster, Joel Leibo, Kate Larson, Natasha Jaques, Noam Brown Rebecca Eddington
2024-10-01 20 1 0 Rebecca Eddington
2024-12-01 21 1 0 Joel Leibo
2025-03-01 22 2 -1 Cecilia Elena Tilli, Goda Mockute Cecilia Elena Tilli
2025-04-01 23 1 0 Natalia Fernandez Ashman
2025-05-01 24 1 0 Audrey Tang
2025-08-01 25 1 0 Joss Oliver
2025-09-01 26 1 0 Usman Anwar
2025-10-01 27 1 0 Thore Graepel
2025-12-01 26 0 -1 Goda Mockute
2025-12-30 24 0 -2 Dario Amodei, Ruairi Donnelly
2026-01-01 25 1 0 Goda Mockute

List of people (34 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Cecilia Elena Tilli Associate Director (Research & Grants) 2025-03-01 [1], [2]
Usman Anwar Research Analyst 2025-09-01 part-time [3], [2]
Lewis Hammond Research Director 2023-11-01 [4], [5]
Joss Oliver Research Analyst 2025-08-01 full-time [6], [2]
David Norman Managing Director 2023-11-01 [7], [2]
Michelle Virgo People and Operations Manager 2023-03-01 full-time [8], [2]
Natalia Fernandez Ashman Communications Officer 2025-04-01 full-time [9], [2]
Marta Bieńkiewicz Policy and Partnerships Manager 2024-05-01 [10], [2]
Chandler Smith Research Engineer 2024-06-01 full-time [11], [2]
Goda Mockute Programme Manager 2026-01-01 [12], [2]
Rebecca Eddington Grants and Events Officer 2024-10-01 full-time [13], [2] Remote
Allan Dafoe Trustee 2021-05-05 board member [14], [2]
Eric Horvitz Trustee 2021-05-05 board member [2]
Gillian Hadfield Trustee 2021-05-05 board member [14], [2]
Thore Graepel Trustee 2025-10-01 board member [15], [2]
Jesse Clifton Research Analyst 2021-06-01 part-time [16]
Audrey Tang Trustee (Board of Trustees) 2025-05-01 board member [17], [2]
Joel Leibo Advisor 2024-12-01 advisor [18], [2]
Noam Brown Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Jakob Foerster Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Edward Hughes Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Natasha Jaques Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Kate Larson Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Joel Leibo Advisor 2024-09-01 advisor [19], [2]
Cecilia Elena Tilli Program Manager 2023-05-01 2025-03-01 [5], [1]
Goda Mockute Community Manager 2025-03-01 2025-12-01 [12], [2]
Rebecca Eddington Program Administrator 2024-02-01 2024-09-01 full-time [13], [2] Remote
Lewis Hammond Acting Executive Director 2022-01-01 2023-11-01 part-time [4], [20]
Amrit Sidhu-Brar Operations Associate 2022-06-16 2022-11-15 [21], [22]
Amrit Sidhu-Brar Operations Manager 2022-05-09 [23]
Akbir Khan Research Analyst 2023-01-01 2024-07-01 full-time [24], [5]
Dario Amodei Trustee 2021-05-05 2025-12-30 board member [14], [25]
Vincent Conitzer Advisor 2022-04-17 advisor [20], [5] Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Professor at University of Oxford
Ruairi Donnelly Trustee 2021-05-05 2025-12-30 board member [14], [25]

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