Holtman Systems Research
Holtman Systems Research is a Dutch single-person company founded by Koen Holtman in November 2022, based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Its mission is to benefit society through research and applied innovation on improving the safety of AI systems and improving interactions between AI systems and society. The company's primary activity is participating in the CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 committee, which is writing European AI safety standards in support of the EU AI Act. Holtman also co-founded and co-leads the AI Standards Lab, which works to accelerate the writing of AI safety standards and risk management frameworks worldwide.
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- $781,000
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- Players Philanthropy Fund
Theory of Change
Holtman Systems Research operates on the theory that robust, well-designed technical standards for AI systems are critical to reducing risks from both current and future AI. By bringing deep standards-writing expertise and independent AI safety research into the European AI standards process (CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 and the EU AI Act), Holtman works to ensure that mandatory safety standards are technically sound and genuinely reduce risks rather than becoming box-ticking exercises. The AI Standards Lab extends this by building capacity for more independent experts to participate in standards development. This approach aims to create enforceable regulatory infrastructure that shapes the behavior of AI developers across Europe and potentially globally, thereby reducing systemic risks from AI systems including potential existential risks.
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from Survival and Flourishing Fund
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- Last Updated
- Mar 19, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC
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- Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC