Dr. Zach Freitas-Groff

Zach conducts and oversees grant investigations in AI, with focuses on digital minds, middle-power AI governance, and promoting a better future after the development of transformative AI. He completed his PhD in economics at Stanford University, where he received support from the National Science Foundation, the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research, and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Zach has conducted research covered by the New York Times, Reuters, Marginal Revolution, and Vox. Before that, he was a Research Analyst at Innovations for Poverty Action and the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University.