Information for AI Objectives Institute

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Basic information

Item Value
Other names AOI
Country United States
Facebook username AIObjectivesInstitute
Twitter username @AIObjectives
Website https://ai.objectives.institute/
Team page https://ai.objectives.institute/team
Launch date 2021-09-01
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2025-03-27
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 17 Amanda Schochet, Brittney Gallagher, Cat Mooney, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Max Shron, Peter Eckersley Anders Sandberg, Timothy Telleen-Lawton Alex Newman, Brian Christian, Caroline Jeanmaire, Jake Levin, Keyun Ruan, Max Wainwright, Philip Adu, Rosie Campbell, Sabrina Chwalek
2022 21 Amanda Schochet, Brittney Gallagher, Cat Mooney, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Max Shron, Orowa Sikder, Peter Eckersley Anders Sandberg, Tasha McCauley, Timothy Telleen-Lawton Alex Newman, Brian Christian, Caroline Jeanmaire, Jake Levin, Keyun Ruan, Max Wainwright, Nick Fitz, Philip Adu, Rosie Campbell, Sharon Zhou
2023 31 Philip Moreira Tomei, Tushant Jha Alek Chakroff, Amanda Schochet, Anna Leshinskaya, Brittney Gallagher, Bruno Marnette, Cat Mooney, Colleen McKenzie, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Joel Lehman, Matija Franklin, Max Shron, Orowa Sikder, Peter Eckersley, Zoey Tseng Anders Sandberg, Tasha McCauley, Timothy Telleen-Lawton Alex Newman, Aviv Ovadya, Brian Christian, Caroline Jeanmaire, Jake Levin, Keyun Ruan, Max Wainwright, Nick Fitz, Philip Adu, Rosie Campbell, Sharon Zhou
2024 49 Philip Moreira Tomei, Portia Murray, Tushant Jha Alek Chakroff, Amanda Schochet, Anna Leshinskaya, Brandon Perry, Brittney Gallagher, Bruno Marnette, Bruno Marnette, Cat Mooney, Colleen McKenzie, Colleen McKenzie, Darko Stojilović, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Edmund Zagorin, Emre Turan, Ethan Reeder, Jessica Taylor, Joel Lehman, Julia M. Jerome, Justin Stimatze, Matija Franklin, Max Shron, Michael McCoy, Natasha Jensen, Orowa Sikder, Pawel Sysiak, Peli Grietzer, Shu Yang Lin, Shyal Beardsley, Shyal Beardsley, Stacey Svetlichnaya, Stacey Svetlichnaya, Tantum Collins, Zoey Tseng, Zoey Tseng Anders Sandberg, Brittney Gallagher, Değer Turan, Tasha McCauley, Timothy Telleen-Lawton Aviv Ovadya, Brian Christian, David Dalrymple, Gaia Dempsey, Max Wainwright, Nick Fitz
2025 38 Philip Moreira Tomei, Portia Murray, Tushant Jha Amanda Schochet, Anna Leshinskaya, Brandon Perry, Brittney Gallagher, Bruno Marnette, Cat Mooney, Colleen McKenzie, Darko Stojilović, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Edmund Zagorin, Emre Turan, Ethan Reeder, Julia M. Jerome, Justin Stimatze, Matija Franklin, Max Shron, Michael McCoy, Natasha Jensen, Orowa Sikder, Pawel Sysiak, Peli Grietzer, Shu Yang Lin, Stacey Svetlichnaya, Zoey Tseng Anders Sandberg, Brittney Gallagher, Değer Turan, Tasha McCauley, Timothy Telleen-Lawton Aviv Ovadya, Brian Christian, David Dalrymple, Max Wainwright, Nick Fitz

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 6 Amanda Schochet, Brittney Gallagher, Cat Mooney, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Max Shron, Peter Eckersley
2023-01-01 8 Amanda Schochet, Brittney Gallagher, Cat Mooney, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Max Shron, Orowa Sikder, Peter Eckersley
2024-01-01 16 Alek Chakroff, Amanda Schochet, Anna Leshinskaya, Brittney Gallagher, Bruno Marnette, Cat Mooney, Colleen McKenzie, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Joel Lehman, Matija Franklin, Max Shron, Orowa Sikder, Philip Moreira Tomei, Tushant Jha, Zoey Tseng
2025-01-01 28 Amanda Schochet, Anna Leshinskaya, Brandon Perry, Brittney Gallagher, Bruno Marnette, Cat Mooney, Colleen McKenzie, Darko Stojilović, Değer Turan, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Edmund Zagorin, Emre Turan, Ethan Reeder, Julia M. Jerome, Justin Stimatze, Matija Franklin, Max Shron, Michael McCoy, Natasha Jensen, Orowa Sikder, Pawel Sysiak, Peli Grietzer, Philip Moreira Tomei, Portia Murray, Shu Yang Lin, Stacey Svetlichnaya, Tushant Jha, Zoey Tseng

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
2021-02-01 1 1 0 Amanda Schochet
2021-06-01 14 13 0 Alex Newman, Anders Sandberg, Brian Christian, Caroline Jeanmaire, Cat Mooney, Jake Levin, Keyun Ruan, Max Shron, Max Wainwright, Peter Eckersley, Rosie Campbell, Sabrina Chwalek, Timothy Telleen-Lawton
2021-09-01 15 1 0 Brittney Gallagher
2021-12-01 16 2 -1 Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Philip Adu Sabrina Chwalek
2022-01-01 17 1 0 Nick Fitz
2022-02-01 18 1 0 Değer Turan
2022-06-01 19 1 0 Orowa Sikder
2022-09-01 21 2 0 Sharon Zhou, Tasha McCauley
2023-02-01 17 4 -8 Aviv Ovadya, Colleen McKenzie, Joel Lehman, Tushant Jha Alex Newman, Caroline Jeanmaire, Jake Levin, Keyun Ruan, Peter Eckersley, Philip Adu, Rosie Campbell, Sharon Zhou
2023-06-01 20 3 0 Anna Leshinskaya, Bruno Marnette, Matija Franklin
2023-07-01 21 1 0 Alek Chakroff
2023-11-01 23 2 0 Philip Moreira Tomei, Zoey Tseng
2024-02-01 35 12 0 Brittney Gallagher, Darko Stojilović, David Dalrymple, Edmund Zagorin, Gaia Dempsey, Jessica Taylor, Justin Stimatze, Natasha Jensen, Peli Grietzer, Portia Murray, Shyal Beardsley, Tantum Collins
2024-04-01 35 2 -2 Colleen McKenzie, Stacey Svetlichnaya Alek Chakroff, Colleen McKenzie
2024-05-01 36 2 -1 Değer Turan, Pawel Sysiak Bruno Marnette
2024-06-01 31 1 -6 Shu Yang Lin Gaia Dempsey, Jessica Taylor, Joel Lehman, Shyal Beardsley, Tantum Collins, Zoey Tseng
2024-06-02 32 1 0 Zoey Tseng
2024-07-01 35 3 0 Brandon Perry, Bruno Marnette, Shyal Beardsley
2024-09-01 36 1 0 Emre Turan
2024-10-01 36 1 -1 Michael McCoy Shyal Beardsley
2024-11-01 38 3 -1 Ethan Reeder, Julia M. Jerome, Stacey Svetlichnaya Stacey Svetlichnaya

List of people (58 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Brittney Gallagher Co-founder & Vice President 2021-09-01 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Shu Yang Lin Interaction Designer 2024-06-01 [4], [5], [3]
Tushant Jha Affiliate Researcher 2023-02-01 part-time [1], [6], [3]
Anna Leshinskaya Program Lead, Moral Learning 2023-06-01 full-time [7], [8], [3]
Colleen McKenzie Executive Director 2024-04-01 full-time [9], [10], [3]
Portia Murray Program Director, Transformative Simulations Research 2024-02-01 [9], [11], [3]
Brandon Perry Software Engineer 2024-07-01 [4], [3]
Amanda Schochet Program Co-Lead, AI Supply Chain Observatory 2021-02-01 [1], [12], [3]
Philip Moreira Tomei Research & Policy Lead 2023-11-01 [7], [13], [3]
Emre Turan Data Scientist 2024-09-01 full-time [4], [14], [3]
Stacey Svetlichnaya Chief Technology Officer 2024-11-01 full-time [15], [16], [3]
Pawel Sysiak Design 2024-05-01 [4], [17], [3]
Zoey Tseng APAC Partnerships 2024-06-02 part-time [4], [18], [3]
Edmund Zagorin Program Co-Lead, AI Supply Chain Observatory 2024-02-01 [7], [3]
Değer Turan President 2022-02-01 [19], [20], [3]
Brittney Gallagher Board Member 2024-02-01 board member [7], [3]
Tasha McCauley Board Member 2022-09-01 board member [21], [3]
Anders Sandberg Board Member 2021-06-01 board member [1], [3]
Timothy Telleen-Lawton Board Member 2021-06-01 board member [1], [3]
Değer Turan Board Member 2024-05-01 board member [9], [3]
Brian Christian Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [1], [3]
David Dalrymple Advisor 2024-02-01 advisor [7], [3]
Aviv Ovadya Advisor 2023-02-01 advisor [19], [3]
Max Wainwright Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [1], [3]
Matija Franklin Collaborator 2023-06-01 [7], [22], [3]
Peli Grietzer Collaborator 2024-02-01 [7], [3]
Dylan Hadfield-Menell Collaborator 2021-12-01 [23], [3]
Natasha Jensen Collaborator 2024-02-01 [7], [3]
Bruno Marnette Collaborator 2024-07-01 [4], [3]
Michael McCoy Collaborator 2024-10-01 [24], [3]
Cat Mooney Collaborator 2021-06-01 [1], [3]
Max Shron Collaborator 2021-06-01 [1], [25], [3]
Orowa Sikder Collaborator 2022-06-01 [19], [26], [3]
Justin Stimatze Collaborator 2024-02-01 [7], [3]
Darko Stojilović Collaborator 2024-02-01 [7], [3]
Nick Fitz Advisor 2022-01-01 advisor [27]
Ethan Reeder Product Strategy 2024-11-01 part-time [28]
Julia M. Jerome Head of Operations 2024-11-01 full-time [29]
Colleen McKenzie Director of Strategy 2023-02-01 2024-04-01 full-time [7], [10]
Zoey Tseng Project Manager 2023-11-01 2024-06-01 [9], [18], [30]
Stacey Svetlichnaya AI Ecosystem Engineer 2024-04-01 2024-11-01 part-time [1], [16], [24]
Peter Eckersley Co-founder 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 [1], [19]
Rosie Campbell Advisor 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 advisor [1], [19]
Keyun Ruan Advisor 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 advisor [1], [19]
Sabrina Chwalek Advisor 2021-06-01 2021-12-01 advisor [1], [23]
Caroline Jeanmaire Advisor 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 advisor [1], [19]
Alex Newman Advisor 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 advisor [1], [19]
Jake Levin Advisor 2021-06-01 2023-02-01 advisor [1], [21]
Philip Adu Advisor 2021-12-01 2023-02-01 advisor [23], [19]
Sharon Zhou Advisor 2022-09-01 2023-02-01 advisor [21], [19]
Joel Lehman Technical Lead 2023-02-01 2024-06-01 [19], [30]
Shyal Beardsley Senior Software Engineer 2024-02-01 2024-06-01 [7], [30]
Shyal Beardsley Collaborator 2024-07-01 2024-10-01 [4], [24]
Alek Chakroff Technical Lead, Moral Learning 2023-07-01 2024-04-01 [7], [31], [7]
Bruno Marnette Chief Technology Officer 2023-06-01 2024-05-01 [7], [32], [30]
Gaia Dempsey Advisor 2024-02-01 2024-06-01 advisor [7], [30]
Tantum Collins Collaborator 2024-02-01 2024-06-01 [7], [30]
Jessica Taylor Collaborator 2024-02-01 2024-06-01 [7], [30]

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