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Other names FAR AI
Country United States
Website https://far.ai/
Team page https://far.ai/
Launch date 2024-07-28
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2024-07-28

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2022 22 Ian McKenzie, Jérémy Scheurer, Jun Shern Chan, Kellin Pelrine, Mohammad Taufeeque, Nora Belrose, Tom Tseng Hannah Betts, Ian McKenzie, Jérémy Scheurer, Jun Shern Chan, Karl Berzins, Tomasz Korbak, Tomasz Korbak Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Lawrence Chan, Sawyer Bernath, Scott Emmons, Scott Emmons Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez
2023 19 Adrià Garriga-Alonso, Ian McKenzie, Kellin Pelrine, Mohammad Taufeeque, Niki Howe, Tom Tseng Adam Gleave, Ben Goldhaber, Conor McGurk, Fynn Heide, Hannah Betts, Karl Berzins, Moritz von Knebel Lawrence Chan, Sawyer Bernath, Scott Emmons Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Kellin Pelrine
2024 26 Adrià Garriga-Alonso, Ian McKenzie, Isabella Duan, Mohammad Taufeeque, Niki Howe, Oskar Hollinsworth, Philip Quirke, Saad Siddiqui, Tom Tseng Adam Gleave, Anastasiia Gaidashenko, Ben Goldhaber, Conor McGurk, Fynn Heide, Hannah Betts, Karl Berzins, Lindsay Murachver, Moritz von Knebel, Siao Si Looi, Vael Gates Lawrence Chan, Sawyer Bernath, Scott Emmons Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Kellin Pelrine

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2023-01-01 7 Adam Gleave, Hannah Betts, Ian McKenzie, Karl Berzins, Mohammad Taufeeque, Niki Howe, Tom Tseng
2024-01-01 12 Adam Gleave, Adrià Garriga-Alonso, Ben Goldhaber, Conor McGurk, Fynn Heide, Hannah Betts, Ian McKenzie, Karl Berzins, Mohammad Taufeeque, Moritz von Knebel, Niki Howe, Tom Tseng

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2022-07-01 3 7 -4 Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Ian McKenzie, Jun Shern Chan, Jérémy Scheurer, Scott Emmons, Tomasz Korbak Ian McKenzie, Jun Shern Chan, Jérémy Scheurer, Tomasz Korbak
2022-07-04 8 5 0 Ian McKenzie, Jun Shern Chan, Jérémy Scheurer, Nora Belrose, Tomasz Korbak
2022-08-01 9 1 0 Tom Tseng
2022-10-01 10 1 0 Hannah Betts
2022-10-25 7 1 -4 Mohammad Taufeeque Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Jun Shern Chan, Scott Emmons
2022-11-01 8 1 0 Karl Berzins
2022-12-01 9 1 0 Kellin Pelrine
2022-12-24 11 5 -3 Claudia Shi, Ethan Perez, Lawrence Chan, Sawyer Bernath, Scott Emmons Jérémy Scheurer, Nora Belrose, Tomasz Korbak
2023-01-01 13 2 0 Adam Gleave, Niki Howe
2023-03-01 14 1 0 Adrià Garriga-Alonso
2023-06-01 15 2 -1 Ben Goldhaber, Kellin Pelrine Kellin Pelrine
2023-07-01 16 1 0 Fynn Heide
2023-10-01 17 1 0 Moritz von Knebel
2023-12-02 18 1 0 Conor McGurk
2024-03-01 19 1 0 Isabella Duan
2024-03-05 20 1 0 Siao Si Looi
2024-04-01 21 1 0 Vael Gates
2024-05-01 23 2 0 Anastasiia Gaidashenko, Saad Siddiqui
2024-06-01 25 2 0 Lindsay Murachver, Philip Quirke
2024-07-28 26 1 0 Oskar Hollinsworth

List of people (38 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Adam Gleave CEO 2023-01-01 board member [1], [2]
Adrià Garriga-Alonso Research Scientist 2023-03-01 full-time [3], [2]
Anastasiia Gaidashenko Executive Assistant 2024-05-01 full-time [4], [2]
Ben Goldhaber Director of FAR Labs 2023-06-01 full-time [5], [2]
Claudia Shi Board member 2022-07-01 2022-10-25 board member [6], [7]
Claudia Shi Research advisor 2022-12-24 board member [8], [2]
Conor McGurk Project Coordinator (Safe AI Forum) 2023-12-02 [9], [2]
Ethan Perez Board member 2022-07-01 2022-10-25 board member [6], [7]
Ethan Perez Research advisor 2022-12-24 board member [8], [2]
Fynn Heide Chief Executive Officer (Safe AI Forum) 2023-07-01 full-time [2], [10]
Hannah Betts Special Projects Lead 2022-10-01 full-time [11], [2]
Ian McKenzie Collaborator 2022-07-01 2022-07-01 board member [6]
Ian McKenzie Technical Staff (Research Engineer) 2022-07-04 board member [12], [2]
Isabella Duan AI Policy Researcher (Safe AI Forum) 2024-03-01 full-time [13], [2]
Jérémy Scheurer Collaborator 2022-07-01 2022-07-01 board member [6]
Jérémy Scheurer Technical Staff (Research Scientist) 2022-07-04 2022-12-24 board member [12], [8]
Jun Shern Chan Collaborator 2022-07-01 2022-07-01 board member [6]
Jun Shern Chan Technical Staff (Research Scientist) 2022-07-04 2022-10-25 board member [12], [7]
Karl Berzins Chief Operating Officer 2022-11-01 [14], [2]
Kellin Pelrine Research Scientist Intern 2022-12-01 2023-06-01 intern [15]
Kellin Pelrine Research Advisor 2023-06-01 advisor [15], [2]
Lawrence Chan Secretary of the Board 2022-12-24 board member [8], [2]
Lindsay Murachver Head of Programs 2024-06-01 full-time [2], [16]
Mohammad Taufeeque Technical Staff (Research Engineer) 2022-10-25 [7], [2]
Moritz von Knebel Project Manager 2023-10-01 full-time [2], [17]
Nora Belrose Technical Staff (Research Engineer) 2022-07-04 2022-12-24 board member [12], [8]
Niki Howe Research Collaborator 2023-01-01 [18]
Oskar Hollinsworth Research Resident 2024-07-28 [2]
Philip Quirke Research Project Manager 2024-06-01 part-time [19], [2]
Saad Siddiqui AI Policy Researcher (Safe AI Forum) 2024-05-01 full-time [20], [2]
Sawyer Bernath Treasurer of the Board 2022-12-24 board member [8], [2]
Scott Emmons Board member 2022-07-01 2022-10-25 board member [6], [7]
Scott Emmons President of the Board 2022-12-24 board member [8], [2]
Siao Si Looi Communications Specialist 2024-03-05 [21], [2]
Tom Tseng Research Engineer 2022-08-01 full-time [22], [2]
Tomasz Korbak Collaborator 2022-07-01 2022-07-01 board member [6]
Tomasz Korbak Technical Staff 2022-07-04 2022-12-24 board member [12], [8]
Vael Gates Head of Community 2024-04-01 [23], [2]

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