AUGUR

A research consultancy focused on providing foresight and strategy as AI development progresses.

We do original research to inform how leading public and private institutions navigate a rapidly evolving landscape of AI development. We monitor and forecast changes to the hardware and software supply chains that underpin state-of-the-art AI development, explore design options for highly strategic AI use cases, and analyze the current state of control and ownership over key assets related to AI development.

Deliberate strategy for an uncertain time.

Founder

Nikhil Mulani has advised the U.S. and U.K. governments on AI policy, and built and deployed AI products at Fortune 50 companies.

Collaborators

We work with researchers and subject-matter experts from a wide variety of backgrounds. Drop us a note if you would like to explore working together.

Prior Experience

  • Leading AI projects while at the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Proposing an information-sharing regime between leading AI companies and the U.K. government
  • Briefing U.K. leaders on risks and opportunities in AI, in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute
  • Building data infrastructure and AI/ML applications at Disney Streaming, VMware, and other companies

Reach out

We are always interested in discussing prospective new projects. Please fill out this form to inquire about working together. Below are just a few of the topics we work on:

  • Monitoring and analyzing the hardware and software supply chains for frontier AI model development
  • Analyzing future trajectories in model development and their implications for governance, the economy, or international security
  • Policy recommendation and consultation related to security risk mitigation
  • Understanding control and ownership over AI systems and other key assets
  • Exploring proof-of-concept design related to highly strategic use-cases

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