Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
About the role
We're looking for a founding policy leader to build and lead Thinking Machines' global public policy function.
What they're looking for
- Experience building and leading a policy or government affairs function, including hiring and managing a team
- Working knowledge of the US state, federal, and international regulatory landscape for AI, including the EU AI Act, and experience engaging on policy issues across multiple jurisdictions
- Excellent judgment translating complex, fast-moving regulatory developments into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to represent the company credibly with government officials, industry counterparts, and internal stakeholders alike
- Preferred qualifications—we encourage you to apply if you meet some but not all of these:
- Experience in a frontier AI company, national security, or export control policy context, with familiarity with issues like deemed exports, compute governance, or model release policy
More about this role
The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and crafting interfaces that broaden human-AI communication. We believe the future worth building is human, and we're hiring people who want to build it.
We're looking for a founding policy leader to build and lead Thinking Machines' global public policy function.
You'll be the company's principal policy strategist and advocate across a wide range of policy issues that shape how Thinking Machines can build and deploy frontier AI responsibly.These could span U.S. federal and state policy, the EU AI Act, international regulatory regimes, export control and national security frameworks. You'll work with leadership to set the company's substantive policy positions, build and lead the team that executes on them, and represent Thinking Machines directly with legislators, regulators, and industry counterparts.
This is a build role that will take ownership of it end-to-end: hiring and developing a team while scaling the company's engagement across every jurisdiction where policy affects its ability to...
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