Jason Matheny
- HQ / base
- Santa Monica
The network's premier inside-government careerist: Open Phil-adjacent x-risk researcher (FHI affiliations) → IARPA director → founded CSET → Biden NSC/OSTP tech director → RAND CEO (2022–). Under him RAND took Open Phil money for AI/bio policy and staffed the Biden EO's technical core. To critics: the proof of institutional capture; to admirers: competence compounding.
Connections
- Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)founded (2019)
- RAND Corporation (AI wing)CEO (2022–)
- Future of Humanity Institute (closed)early affiliations
- RAND Corporation (AI wing)president & CEO of
- Ben Buchananrecruited him into the Biden administration under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act
- Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT)founding trustee