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Alexis Carlier is a cofounder of GovAI, a prominent AI policy think tank that he helped spin out of an Oxford research institute, and he later directed AI security programs at RAND. Outside of his professional work, he won three national cycling championships.
Cofounder at Asymmetric Security
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Co-founders at Asymmetric Security
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Zainab Ali MajidCofounder
Experience
- Asymmetric SecurityCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- RANDAI Security Fellow2023 — 2024
- Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)Affiliate2022
- Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)Head of Strategy2021 — 2022Oxford
- University of OxfordAI Program Manager (GovAI)2020 — 2021Oxford
- Sensyne HealthAI and Software Engineer2018
Education
- Toulouse School of EconomicsMaster's degree, Economics
- Makers
- Toulouse School of EconomicsBachelor's degree, Economics
Skills & more
Microeconomics1Game Theory3Python3R3Ruby1Javascript
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