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Basic information

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Country United States
YouTube username @apartresearch
Twitter username apartresearch
Website https://apartresearch.com/
Launch date 2022-01-01
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2025-06-03
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
2022 9 Fazl Barez, Jonathan Rystrøm, Maris Sala, Sabrina Zaki Esben Kran, Lasse Hyldig Hansen, Sabrina Zaki, Thomas Steinthal Nick Fitz
2023 10 Clement Neo, Fazl Barez, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier Aitana Pardo, Alejandro González, Esben Kran, Esben Kran, Finn Metz, Sabrina Zaki Nick Fitz
2024 56 Cameron Tice, Clement Neo, Connor Axiotes, Fedor Ryzhenkov, Jacob Haimes, Jaime Raldua Veuthey, Jasper Timm, Jord Nguyen, Matthew Lutz, Mayowa Osibodu, Natalia Pérez-Campanero Antolín, Nora Petrova, Nyasha Duri, Prithviraj Singh Shahani Épiphanie Gédéon, Akash Kundu, Alessandro Minisini, Alex Foote, Alexandra Abbas, Alice Rigg, Amir Abdullahs, Archana Vaidheeswaran, Avyay M Casheekar, Cam Tice, Cenny Wenner, Clement Neo, Esben Kran, Evan Anders, Felix Michalak, Finn Metz, Jacob Haimes, Jacy Reese Anthis, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier, Jeremias Ferrao, Kanishk Rath, Kaushik Sanjay Prabhakar, Keenan Pepper, Kunvar Thaman, Lam Le, Luhan Mikaelson, Michael Andrzejewski, Michelle Lo, Nathan Helm-Burger, Neel Jay, Nyasha Duri, Philip Quirke, Philipp Alexander Kreer, Siddharth Reddy Bakkireddy, Sienka Dounia, Simon Lermen, Tanush Chopra, Tinuade Adeleke, Trung-Dung Hoang Christian Schroeder de Witt, Fazl Barez, Nick Fitz
2025 64 Cameron Tice, Clement Neo, Connor Axiotes, Fedor Ryzhenkov, Jacob Haimes, Jaime Raldua Veuthey, Jasper Timm, Jord Nguyen, Markela Z., Matthew Lutz, May Reese, Mayowa Osibodu, Natalia Pérez-Campanero Antolín, Nora Petrova, Nyasha Duri, Prithviraj Singh Shahani Épiphanie Gédéon, Akash Kundu, Alessandro Minisini, Alex Foote, Alexandra Abbas, Alice Rigg, Amir Abdullahs, Archana Vaidheeswaran, Avyay M Casheekar, Cam Tice, Cenny Wenner, Clement Neo, Connor Axiotes, Esben Kran, Evan Anders, Felix Michalak, Finn Metz, Jacob Haimes, Jacy Reese Anthis, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier, Jeremias Ferrao, Kanishk Rath, Kaushik Sanjay Prabhakar, Keenan Pepper, Kunvar Thaman, Lam Le, Luhan Mikaelson, Maria K., Matthew Nguyen, Michael Andrzejewski, Michelle Lo, Nathan Helm-Burger, Neel Jay, Nyasha Duri, Philip Quirke, Philipp Alexander Kreer, Siddharth Reddy Bakkireddy, Sienka Dounia, Simon Lermen, Siya S., Tanush Chopra, Tinuade Adeleke, Trung-Dung Hoang, Zainab Ali Majid Esben Kran Christian Schroeder de Witt, Finn Metz, 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
2023-01-01 3 Esben Kran, Fazl Barez, Sabrina Zaki
2024-01-01 7 Cenny Wenner, Clement Neo, Esben Kran, Finn Metz, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier, Jord Nguyen, Nyasha Duri
2025-01-01 53 Épiphanie Gédéon, Akash Kundu, Alessandro Minisini, Alex Foote, Alexandra Abbas, Alice Rigg, Amir Abdullahs, Archana Vaidheeswaran, Avyay M Casheekar, Cam Tice, Cameron Tice, Cenny Wenner, Clement Neo, Clement Neo, Connor Axiotes, Esben Kran, Evan Anders, Fedor Ryzhenkov, Felix Michalak, Finn Metz, Jacob Haimes, Jacob Haimes, Jacy Reese Anthis, Jaime Raldua Veuthey, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier, Jasper Timm, Jeremias Ferrao, Jord Nguyen, Kanishk Rath, Kaushik Sanjay Prabhakar, Keenan Pepper, Kunvar Thaman, Lam Le, Luhan Mikaelson, Matthew Lutz, Mayowa Osibodu, Michael Andrzejewski, Michelle Lo, Natalia Pérez-Campanero Antolín, Nathan Helm-Burger, Neel Jay, Nora Petrova, Nyasha Duri, Philip Quirke, Philipp Alexander Kreer, Prithviraj Singh Shahani, Siddharth Reddy Bakkireddy, Sienka Dounia, Simon Lermen, Tanush Chopra, Tinuade Adeleke, Trung-Dung Hoang, Zainab Ali Majid

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
2022-01-01 1 1 0 Nick Fitz
2022-02-01 2 1 0 Esben Kran
2022-03-01 3 1 0 Jonathan Rystrøm
2022-06-01 4 1 0 Fazl Barez
2022-07-01 5 1 0 Lasse Hyldig Hansen
2022-09-01 8 3 0 Maris Sala, Sabrina Zaki, Thomas Steinthal
2022-10-01 6 0 -2 Jonathan Rystrøm, Maris Sala
2022-12-01 4 0 -2 Lasse Hyldig Hansen, Sabrina Zaki
2022-12-02 5 1 0 Sabrina Zaki
2023-01-01 4 0 -1 Thomas Steinthal
2023-03-01 3 0 -1 Esben Kran
2023-03-02 4 1 0 Esben Kran
2023-04-01 5 2 -1 Aitana Pardo, Alejandro González Sabrina Zaki
2023-05-01 3 0 -2 Aitana Pardo, Alejandro González
2023-10-01 4 1 0 Jason Hoelscher Obermaier
2023-11-01 6 2 0 Clement Neo, Finn Metz
2023-12-01 5 0 -1 Jason Hoelscher Obermaier
2024-01-01 9 5 -1 Cenny Wenner, Fazl Barez, Jason Hoelscher Obermaier, Jord Nguyen, Nyasha Duri Fazl Barez
2024-02-01 11 2 0 Jacob Haimes, Jacob Haimes
2024-03-01 12 2 -1 Jasper Timm, Nyasha Duri Nyasha Duri
2024-05-01 15 3 0 Christian Schroeder de Witt, Matthew Lutz, Nora Petrova
2024-06-01 17 2 0 Archana Vaidheeswaran, Natalia Pérez-Campanero Antolín
2024-07-01 19 2 0 Kaushik Sanjay Prabhakar, Mayowa Osibodu
2024-08-01 24 5 0 Cameron Tice, Connor Axiotes, Fedor Ryzhenkov, Neel Jay, Prithviraj Singh Shahani
2024-10-01 54 30 0 Akash Kundu, Alessandro Minisini, Alex Foote, Alexandra Abbas, Alice Rigg, Amir Abdullahs, Avyay M Casheekar, Cam Tice, Clement Neo, Evan Anders, Felix Michalak, Jacy Reese Anthis, Jaime Raldua Veuthey, Jeremias Ferrao, Kanishk Rath, Keenan Pepper, Kunvar Thaman, Lam Le, Luhan Mikaelson, Michelle Lo, Nathan Helm-Burger, Philip Quirke, Philipp Alexander Kreer, Siddharth Reddy Bakkireddy, Sienka Dounia, Simon Lermen, Tanush Chopra, Tinuade Adeleke, Trung-Dung Hoang, Épiphanie Gédéon
2024-11-01 53 0 -1 Fazl Barez
2024-12-01 54 1 0 Michael Andrzejewski
2025-01-01 55 1 0 Zainab Ali Majid
2025-02-01 53 0 -2 Connor Axiotes, Nyasha Duri
2025-02-02 55 2 0 Connor Axiotes, Nyasha Duri
2025-04-01 57 2 0 Maria K., Siya S.
2025-05-01 56 0 -1 Finn Metz
2025-05-02 58 2 0 Esben Kran, Finn Metz
2025-06-01 61 3 0 Markela Z., Matthew Nguyen, May Reese

List of people (77 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Esben Kran Co-Director 2023-03-02 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Jason Hoelscher Obermaier Co-Director 2024-01-01 full-time [4], [5], [3]
Archana Vaidheeswaran Community Program Manager 2024-06-01 full-time [6], [7], [3]
Natalia Pérez-Campanero Antolín Research Program Manager 2024-06-01 full-time [6], [8], [3]
Finn Metz Advisor 2025-05-02 advisor [9], [3]
Connor Axiotes Head of Communications 2025-02-02 full-time [10], [11], [3]
Clement Neo Research Assistant 2023-11-01 [6], [12], [3]
Jacob Haimes Research Assistant 2024-02-01 part-time [6], [13], [3]
Jaime Raldua Veuthey AI Safety Research Acceleration Engineer 2024-10-01 part-time [14], [15], [3]
Nick Fitz Strategic Advisor 2022-01-01 advisor [6], [16], [3]
Alexandra Abbas Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Philip Quirke Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Akash Kundu Lab Member 2024-10-01 part-time [14], [18], [17]
Michelle Lo Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Alex Foote Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Amir Abdullahs Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Evan Anders Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Clement Neo Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Jacob Haimes Lab Member 2024-02-01 part-time [14], [13], [17]
Zainab Ali Majid Lab Member 2025-01-01 [19], [17]
Felix Michalak Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Luhan Mikaelson Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Épiphanie Gédéon Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Avyay M Casheekar Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Kaushik Sanjay Prabhakar Lab Member 2024-07-01 [14], [20], [17]
Kanishk Rath Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Sienka Dounia Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Philipp Alexander Kreer Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Nathan Helm-Burger Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Neel Jay Lab Member 2024-08-01 [14], [21], [17]
Tinuade Adeleke Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Siddharth Reddy Bakkireddy Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Tanush Chopra Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Jeremias Ferrao Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Keenan Pepper Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Lam Le Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Trung-Dung Hoang Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Alice Rigg Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Alessandro Minisini Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Jacy Reese Anthis Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Simon Lermen Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Cam Tice Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Kunvar Thaman Lab Member 2024-10-01 [14], [17]
Christian Schroeder de Witt Research Advisor 2024-05-01 advisor [22], [3]
Prithviraj Singh Shahani Research Fellow 2024-08-01 part-time [23]
Fedor Ryzhenkov Research Scholar in AI Safety & Interpretability 2024-08-01 contractor [24]
Maria K. Lab Member 2025-04-01 contractor [25]
Jasper Timm AI Researcher 2024-03-01 [26]
Michael Andrzejewski Lab Fellow 2024-12-01 [27]
Markela Z. Research Fellow 2025-06-01 [28]
Mayowa Osibodu AI Safety Research Fellow 2024-07-01 part-time [29]
Nora Petrova AI Researcher 2024-05-01 contractor [30]
Esben Kran Board Member 2025-05-02 board member [2]
Cenny Wenner Lab Fellow 2024-01-01 part-time [31]
Nyasha Duri AI Security Researcher 2025-02-02 [32]
Jord Nguyen Research Fellow 2024-01-01 [33]
Matthew Lutz Research Fellow 2024-05-01 [34]
Matthew Nguyen Studio Fellow 2025-06-01 [35]
Siya S. Studio Member 2025-04-01 [36]
Cameron Tice Research Fellow 2024-08-01 part-time [37]
May Reese Research Fellow 2025-06-01 part-time [38]
Jason Hoelscher Obermaier Research Lead 2023-10-01 2023-12-01 [39], [5]
Esben Kran Director 2022-02-01 2023-03-01 full-time [40], [2], [22]
Nyasha Duri AI Alignment Fellow: Multi-Agent Systems 2024-03-01 2025-02-01 [32]
Nyasha Duri AI Safety Researcher: Governance 2024-01-01 2024-03-01 [32]
Finn Metz Funding & Operations 2023-11-01 2025-05-01 [6], [9]
Jonathan Rystrøm Co-lead & AI governance researcher 2022-03-01 2022-10-01 [40], [41], [42]
Lasse Hyldig Hansen Data Science Consultant 2022-07-01 2022-12-01 part-time [40], [43], [42]
Thomas Steinthal Head of operations 2022-09-01 2023-01-01 part-time [40], [44], [42]
Fazl Barez Research Advisor 2024-01-01 2024-11-01 advisor [4], [45], [46]
Fazl Barez Head of Research & Co-Director 2022-06-01 2024-01-01 [40], [45], [39]
Maris Sala Researcher 2022-09-01 2022-10-01 [40]
Sabrina Zaki Research Assistant 2022-09-01 2022-12-01 [47], [48], [42]
Sabrina Zaki Community Manager 2022-12-02 2023-04-01 part-time [49], [48], [50]
Aitana Pardo Volunteer 2023-04-01 2023-05-01 volunteer [51]
Alejandro González Volunteer 2023-04-01 2023-05-01 volunteer [51]
Connor Axiotes Research Communications Specialist 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [11], [52]

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