Oliver Zhang
Bio
Oliver Zhang is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco focused on technical AI safety research, policy advocacy, and growing the AI safety field. He co-founded CAIS in 2022 alongside Dan Hendrycks. Prior to CAIS, Zhang co-founded the ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program through the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI), which provided mentorship, funding, and community support to emerging alignment researchers under the guidance of Evan Hubinger. He was also involved in launching the ML Safety Scholars Program and organized a $20K AI Safety Arguments Competition. Zhang is active on the AI Alignment Forum and LessWrong under the handle 'ozhang', where he has written about alignment theory programs and AI safety community building.
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from Long-Term Future Fund
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- Last Updated
- Mar 23, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC
- Created
- Mar 20, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC