The Alliance for Secure AI Action

The Alliance for Secure AI Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., founded in 2025 by Brendan Steinhauser, a longtime political strategist and communications professional. The organization launched publicly on May 26, 2025, with the stated mission of defending humanity in the age of advanced artificial intelligence by educating the public, guiding discourse, and building bipartisan political support for enforceable AI safeguards. The Alliance operates on the premise that artificial general intelligence is likely to emerge within a short timeframe and that society, policymakers, and the public are insufficiently prepared for its consequences. Its work spans national security concerns, frontier lab accountability, international competitiveness, and the economic impacts of AI-driven job displacement. Politico has described the Alliance as a 'bipartisan nonprofit trying to push a middle-ground approach to AI guardrails.' The organization employs a mix of communications, policy, and creative staff totaling approximately ten people. Its activities include running media and advertising campaigns, hosting educational events in Washington, D.C., producing original content, engaging journalists, and organizing coalitions. Shortly after launch, it rolled out a six-figure advertising campaign featuring bipartisan warnings about advanced AI. It also launched JobLoss.AI, a real-time tracker of AI-driven layoffs in the United States. The Alliance opposed the inclusion of a moratorium on state AI laws in the July 2025 budget bill, as well as President Trump's December 2025 executive order on AI. Its policy team, led by Policy Director Riki Parikh (former Senior Counselor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) and Senior Policy Manager Caleb Knapp, focuses on advancing bipartisan AI safety legislation and coalition-building on Capitol Hill.