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Tantum Collins

Executive at Inherent

London Area, United Kingdom

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Tantum Collins is CEO of Inherent, working at the intersection of AI research, governance, and organizational design. At DeepMind, he served as a research and strategy aide to CEO Demis Hassabis and later led the Meta-Research team, which built AI tools to support scientific, organizational, and strategic decisions. From 2021 to 2025, he worked on AI policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council, contributing to the establishment of the AI Safety Institute (now the Center for AI Standards and Innovation) and co-authoring the United States' first national security memorandum on AI (NSM-25); he also co-authored a New York Times bestselling book with Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal on technological change and organizational structures.

Executive at Inherent

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Inherent's investors · 6

Ex/AnteBrooklyn · since 2026Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks · since 2026Mythos Ventures Management, LlcSeattle · $100K – $2M checks · since 2026Propel Bio PartnersLos Angeles · since 2022Radical VenturesToronto · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026

Founder at Inherent

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Inherent's investors · 6

Ex/AnteBrooklyn · since 2026Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks · since 2026Mythos Ventures Management, LlcSeattle · $100K – $2M checks · since 2026Propel Bio PartnersLos Angeles · since 2022Radical VenturesToronto · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Inherent

LKLouis Kirsch
Louis KirschFounder
EH
Edward HughesFounder
KA
Kaloyan AleksievFounder

Experience

  1. InherentCEOcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. National Security Council, The White HouseDirector for Technology and National Security2023 — 2025Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  3. White House Office of Science and Technology PolicyAssistant Director for Technology Strategy2021 — 2022Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. DeepMindResearch Scientist, Meta-Research Team Lead2019 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
  5. DeepMindPrincipal, Research and Strategy2016 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  6. Gen. Stanley McChrystalWriter/Researcher2013 — 2015

Skills & more

StataResearch15International Relations10Public Speaking7EditingPolicy Analysis2Politics2EconomicsForeign Policy3Political Science1Data Analysis2

Languages Arabic · Chinese

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Who is Tantum Collins?
Tantum Collins is CEO of Inherent, working at the intersection of AI research, governance, and organizational design. At DeepMind, he served as a research and strategy aide to CEO Demis Hassabis and later led the Meta-Research team, which built AI tools to support scientific, organizational, and strategic decisions. From 2021 to 2025, he worked on AI policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council, contributing to the establishment of the AI Safety Institute (now the Center for AI Standards and Innovation) and co-authoring the United States' first national security memorandum on AI (NSM-25); he also co-authored a New York Times bestselling book with Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal on technological change and organizational structures.
Where does Tantum Collins work?
Tantum Collins is Founder at Inherent.
Where did Tantum Collins go to school?
Tantum Collins studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Master of Science - MSc); University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy - MPhil, International Relations and Affairs); Yale University (Bachelor of Arts (BA)).

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