Peter Wildeford
I am hoping to get more help developing policy ideas for future policy windows.
Stream overview
I lead policy development at the AI Policy Network. We do advocacy around AI safety, especially in DC. I am hoping to get more help developing policy ideas for future policy windows.
Mentors
Peter Wildeford is the Head of Policy at The AI Policy Network, an organization building bipartisan support for policies that prepare America for AI superintelligence. He has spoken about AI on Good Morning America, the Daily Show, TIME, Politico, The Information, TechCrunch, and Transformer. Previously, he co-founded the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy and before that he was a data scientist and software engineer for five years. He is also a top-20 forecaster on Metaculus and has placed highly in multiple forecasting tournaments.
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The Winter 2026 cohort offers a wide range of research streams led by experts across AI alignment, interpretability, governance, and safety. Each stream provides its own research agenda, methodology, and mentorship focus.
