Information for Epoch

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Basic information

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Other names Epoch AI
Country United States
Twitter username @EpochAIResearch
Website https://epochai.org/
Team page https://epochai.org/team
Launch date 2022-06-23
Hosting organization Rethink Priorities
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2024-07-22

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 18 Anson Ho, Ben Cottier, David Atkinson, Jenny Xiao, Keith Wynroe, Lennart Heim, Marius Hobbhahn, Matthew Barnett, Pablo Villalobos Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Maria da Lama Tamay Besiroglu Daniela Amodei Ege Erdil, Ege Erdil, Neil Thompson, Tom Davidson
2023 22 Anson Ho, Ben Cottier, David Atkinson, Jenny Xiao, Keith Wynroe, Marius Hobbhahn, Matthew Barnett, Pablo Villalobos Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Josh You, Lennart Heim, Maria da Lama, Maria da Lama Tamay Besiroglu Daniela Amodei Ege Erdil, Ege Erdil, Ege Erdil, Neil Thompson, Tom Davidson, Virginia Blanton
2024 15 Anson Ho, Ben Cottier, Ege Erdil, Matthew Barnett, Pablo Villalobos Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Josh You, Lennart Heim, Maria da Lama Tamay Besiroglu Ege Erdil, Neil Thompson, Tom Davidson, Virginia Blanton

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 11 Anson Ho, Ben Cottier, David Atkinson, Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Jenny Xiao, Keith Wynroe, Maria da Lama, Marius Hobbhahn, Matthew Barnett, Pablo Villalobos
2024-01-01 9 Anson Ho, Ben Cottier, Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Josh You, Lennart Heim, Maria da Lama, Matthew Barnett, Pablo Villalobos

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
2022-06-28 9 9 0 Anson Ho, Eduardo Infante-Roldán, Jaime Sevilla, Lennart Heim, Marius Hobbhahn, Neil Thompson, Pablo Villalobos, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom Davidson
2022-09-26 12 3 0 Ege Erdil, Ege Erdil, Matthew Barnett
2022-12-01 13 1 0 Maria da Lama
2022-12-03 17 5 -1 Ben Cottier, Daniela Amodei, David Atkinson, Jenny Xiao, Keith Wynroe Lennart Heim
2023-02-04 14 1 -4 Lennart Heim Ege Erdil, Ege Erdil, Jenny Xiao, Keith Wynroe
2023-05-22 15 1 0 Ege Erdil
2023-06-26 14 0 -1 David Atkinson
2023-09-30 13 0 -1 Daniela Amodei
2023-11-01 14 2 -1 Josh You, Maria da Lama Maria da Lama
2023-11-28 15 1 0 Virginia Blanton
2023-12-11 14 0 -1 Marius Hobbhahn
2024-04-29 13 0 -1 Ege Erdil
2024-07-22 14 1 0 Ege Erdil

List of people (24 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Anson Ho Staff Researcher 2022-06-28 [1], [2]
Ben Cottier Staff Researcher 2022-12-03 [3], [2]
Daniela Amodei Advisory board 2022-12-03 2023-09-30 advisor [3], [4]
David Atkinson Staff Researcher 2022-12-03 2023-06-26 [3], [5]
Eduardo Infante-Roldán Software Engineer 2022-06-28 [1], [2]
Ege Erdil Technical Advisor 2022-09-26 2023-02-04 [6], [7]
Ege Erdil Technical Advisor 2022-09-26 2023-02-04 [6], [7]
Ege Erdil Technical Advisor 2023-05-22 2024-04-29 [8], [9]
Ege Erdil Senior Researcher 2024-07-22 [2]
Jaime Sevilla Director 2022-06-28 [1], [2]
Jenny Xiao Research Fellow 2022-12-03 2023-02-04 [3], [7]
Josh You Data Analyst 2023-11-01 full-time [2], [10]
Keith Wynroe Research manager 2022-12-03 2023-02-04 [3], [7]
Lennart Heim Research Fellow and Strategy Specialist 2022-06-28 2022-12-03 [1], [3]
Lennart Heim Strategy Specialist 2023-02-04 [7], [2]
Maria da Lama Operations Coordinator 2022-12-01 2023-11-01 [11]
Maria da Lama Head of Operations 2023-11-01 [11], [2]
Marius Hobbhahn Research Fellow 2022-06-28 2023-12-11 [1], [12]
Matthew Barnett Staff Researcher 2022-09-26 [6], [2]
Neil Thompson Research Advisor 2022-06-28 advisor [1], [4]
Pablo Villalobos Staff Researcher 2022-06-28 [1], [2]
Tamay Besiroglu Associate director 2022-06-28 [1], [2]
Tom Davidson Research Advisor 2022-06-28 advisor [1], [4]
Virginia Blanton Leadership Advisor 2023-11-28 advisor [13], [2]

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