Summary
Ash Frsa is an entrepreneur, author and impact-focused AI founder with a decade of experience building organizations at the intersection of AI, democracy and social change. He leads Electric Sheep, a global learning platform for ethical AI, co-founded high-impact initiatives like Civic AI and CERUA, and serves as Treasurer at Rethink Priorities, blending policy, strategy and governance across London, Berlin and the Bay Area. A former Director of Economy at the RSA, he helped pioneer democratic deliberation in AI policy (co-founding the Forum for Ethical AI with DeepMind) and has a track record of launching accelerators and dual-use innovation programmes. His writing and broadcast work, plus a PhD in AI and applied economics, reflect a rare mix of narrative craft and technical-economic thinking; one telling aphorism from his GitHub bio—“More you know, more you hesitate”—hints at a reflective, precautionary approach to tech.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Law, Law at University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, AI and applied economics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, AI and applied economics at University of London
Master's Degree, Creative Writing and Literary Modernism, Master's Degree, Creative Writing and Literary Modernism at University of East Anglia