Foresight Institute

Foresight Institute
Non-profit · HQ San Francisco, CA, USA · FOUNDED 1986 · 42 ATTENDEES REACHED

Foresight Institute is a research organization founded in 1986 by Christine Peterson and Eric Drexler, and its team page lists Allison Duettmann as CEO, Karolina Eklöw as COO, and Boston Nyer as CFO (fractional). It supports science and technology through grants, prizes, fellowships, conferences, workshops, seminars, and two physical AI Nodes, with focus areas including secure AI, neurotechnology, longevity biotechnology, nanotechnology, space, and existential hope. Its website says the AI Nodes are planned for San Francisco and Berlin, and its contact page lists 50 California Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111. The institute’s site also names a Fellowship program for early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators, and it runs Vision Weekend conferences and technical workshops.

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