Co-Director

Agus is a generalist and software engineer who has been involved in the AI safety space for the past 3.5 years. He led digital projects for a transparency nonprofit, América Transparente, built models for cost-effectiveness evaluations for Rethink Priorities, and kickstarted support for AI safety groups at the Centre for Effective Altruism. Agus has worked across a wide range of projects and organizations, spanning areas such as public policy and cybersecurity.

Co-Director

Neav is a generalist and builder with a strong passion for entrepreneurship and AI safety. Before co-founding Kairos, Neav worked at large tech companies such as Akamai Technologies as well as at small startups, taking on roles across marketing, analytics, talent, and operations. In addition to his professional roles, Neav has been involved in building several long-lasting communities.

Head of Global Challenges Project

Sam is a generalist with a background in the UK government, political campaigns, and non-profit leadership. Before becoming the Head of the Global Challenges Project, he was Strategy & Delivery Advisor on the Chem/Bio workstream at the UK AI Security Institute, where he supported work to test the safety of advanced AI models and evaluate their impacts on people and society. Before AISI, he organised parliamentary campaigns for Labour candidates and founded Arcadia Impact, an AI safety fieldbuilding organization in London. Sam holds a First Class BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics with Quantitative Data Science from UCL.

Founding Generalist

Rebecca leads internal operations and grantmaking logistics at Kairos. Previously, she worked in operations at METR and Open Philanthropy, handling nonprofit and grantmaking compliance, HR, and other administrative functions. She also has a background in community building and event planning.

Operations Associate

Antonia handles operations for SPAR and Pathfinder and is leading the transition for Kairos's takeover of the Global Challenges Project. Before joining Kairos, she spent over three years on the groups team at the Centre for Effective Altruism and worked in grants administration at Effective Ventures. Antonia studied Hispanic Literature and Linguistics at UC Chile.

Generalist

Jeremy is a software engineer and fieldbuilder with a background in AI safety community building. Before joining Kairos, he directed the Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative, where he led a team of 22 organizers coordinating technical programming and outreach at UW-Madison, and he has mentored organizers through Kairos's Pathfinder program since 2024. He has also worked as a software engineer at Arrows, and is finishing a BS in Computer Science and Data Science at UW-Madison.

Founding Generalist

Jesse is a generalist with an engineering background and experience in AI safety fieldbuilding. Before joining Kairos, he was a member of technical staff at CivAI, where he worked on demonstrations of AI risks, and he mentored AI Risk Demos streams through SPAR and the Cambridge AI Safety Hub's MARS program. Earlier, he interned at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Advent Technologies, and Cleo Robotics across mechanical R&D and automation engineering. Jesse holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from Tufts University.

Events and Operations Associate

Shiela has been contracting with the Global Challenges Project since April 2023, where she works as an executive assistant and events associate. Prior to this, she was dedicated to primary school education as a licensed professional teacher in the Philippines. She graduated in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Education from Cebu Normal University.

Events and Operations Associate

Sab has been contracting with Global Challenges Project since April 2023. She completed her bachelor’s degree in the Philippines in 2017 and has since been actively involved in organizing events.

Currently, Sab works full-time as an Executive Assistant and Events Associate for Global Challenges Project, while also supporting other EA-aligned organizations on a part-time basis as an Executive Assistant. In addition, she is heavily involved in volunteering initiatives, with a particular focus on animal welfare.