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.
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.
Clients + Collaborators
We take on projects from civil society partners, government partners, and industry clients, as long as they align with our focus areas. 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.
Reach out
We are always interested in discussing prospective new projects. Drop us a note to share your ideas and discuss further. 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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