Caleb Watney Shifts to AI Public Policy
sebkrier · x · 2026-07-11
This post mainly shares personnel and project updates related to AI governance:
- Caleb Watney is leaving IFP to join coeff giving as the Public Policy Managing Director.
- He will be responsible for building a new US AI policy team.
- Simultaneously, he will oversee the Abundance and Growth Fund and manage CG's government affairs.
- A comment in the thread emphasizes that AI governance, societal adaptation, and "abundance" initiatives are becoming increasingly intertwined.
- It also mentions that a 3-week AGI governance fellowship is closing its application window in a few days.
Related event: Caleb Watney Joins CG to Lead AI Policy(3 posts)→
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