SeedAI is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit working at the intersection of AI policy and practical application, helping policymakers and communities across the U.S. understand, adopt, and shape AI responsibly.
SeedAI is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit working at the intersection of AI policy and practical application, helping policymakers and communities across the U.S. understand, adopt, and shape AI responsibly.
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Updated 05/18/26Founder & CEO; Executive Chairman of the Board
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Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Senior Fellow, Blockchain and Decentralized Infrastructure
Director of Policy
Funding Details
Updated 05/18/26- Annual Budget
- $2,338,182
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Org Details
Updated 05/18/26SeedAI (Seedai Inc., EIN 87-2823586) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit founded in October 2021 by Austin Carson, a former NVIDIA policy staffer and Congressional aide. The organization's mission is to ensure AI policy reflects the needs of all Americans, not just those in technology hubs, while strengthening U.S. leadership on AI on the world stage. SeedAI's flagship program is Tech Labs, a six-week curriculum originally launched at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2016 that now operates under SeedAI. Tech Labs has trained more than 1,200 government staffers from Capitol Hill and federal agencies, covering topics including computational governance, national security, AI applications, and Chinese AI development. AI Primers is a companion program that holds panel briefings for Members of Congress and their staff on AI's implications across policy jurisdictions. Through its AI Across America initiative, SeedAI brings AI literacy and adoption to communities beyond Washington, hosting events in cities like Miami, Long Beach, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, Austin, and Tulsa. The organization also runs FYSA (For Your Situational Awareness), a newsletter and briefing series for policymakers. In 2024, SeedAI launched Accelerate Science Now, a nonpartisan coalition of industry, academic, and civil society leaders aimed at harnessing AI and other emerging technologies to accelerate scientific discovery and deliver results to the American public. The coalition focuses on AI, data infrastructure, participation, and compute capacity. SeedAI is led by founder and CEO Austin Carson, who is compensated at $190,000 annually. The board includes Shane Tews (American Enterprise Institute) and Tiffany Moore (Consumer Technology Association). The organization had approximately 8 employees as of early 2025. Revenue grew rapidly from $87,000 in 2021 to $2.59 million in fiscal year 2024, entirely from contributions. In March 2026, SeedAI hosted the American AI Festival in Washington, D.C.
Theory of Change
Updated 05/18/26SeedAI believes that better AI outcomes — including safer, more equitable, and more beneficial AI — require informed policymakers and AI-literate communities. By educating Congressional and federal staff through Tech Labs and AI Primers, SeedAI aims to raise the quality of AI legislation and regulation. By engaging communities across the country through AI Across America, it ensures that diverse voices shape how AI is developed and deployed, reducing the risk that AI governance is captured by a narrow set of interests. The causal chain is: educated policymakers make better AI policy, and communities with a stake in AI development hold institutions accountable — together producing governance that is more responsive, robust, and aligned with broad societal interests.
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Updated 05/18/26Projects
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Accelerate Science Now is a SeedAI-led, nonpartisan coalition of leaders from industry, academia, civil society, and the research community working to harness AI and other game‑changing technologies to accelerate scientific discovery and deliver benefits to the American public.
AI Across America is SeedAI’s national initiative that creates high‑trust spaces where community leaders, policymakers, researchers, students, and industry collaborate to build AI literacy, adoption, and infrastructure through local convenings across the United States.
AI Primers is a briefing series designed to strengthen Congressional understanding of artificial intelligence by convening expert panels that explain how AI affects key policy areas and how governments and industry worldwide are responding to its deployment.
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