Allison Duettmann
CEO
Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute, a leading San Francisco non-profit founded in 1986 to advance frontier technology for the benefit of life. She directs the institute’s biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, and AI grants, fellowships, prizes, and technology trees. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-initiated Foresight’s AI Safety Grant Program, The Norm Hardy Prize for Computer Security, and The Longevity Prize. She advises companies and projects, such as Lionheart, Cosmica, and The Roots of Progress Fellowship, and is on the Biomarker of Aging Consortium Steering Committee. She co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and holds an MS in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics, focusing on AI.
