Nitarshan R
International Policy
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNitarshan R is an international AI policy leader and former software engineer with 13 years of experience bridging cutting-edge research, government strategy, and industry implementation. Currently leading sovereign AI efforts at Anthropic, he previously served as Vice-Chair for the EU’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice and co-founded the AI Safety Institute to accelerate responsible AI governance. His background mixes hands-on engineering roles at Airbnb and Yelp with deep academic training—a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Cambridge and an MSc from Université de Montréal—giving him rare fluency across technical, research, and policy domains. While advising the UK Secretary of State, he helped create initiatives like the AI Safety Summit and talent programs, demonstrating an ability to turn policy into operational programs. Based in San Francisco, he combines startup grit with public-sector experience to tackle global AI safety and sovereignty challenges. Notably, he has transitioned from building production systems to shaping international norms, making him equally comfortable with codebases and multilateral negotiations.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma UTS Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma UTS Diploma at University of Toronto SchoolsPhD Artificial Intelligence, PhD Artificial Intelligence at University of CambridgeMSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Artificial Intelligence at Université de MontréalHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)BSc Honours Computer Science, BSc Honours Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Tamil, French, English
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Github Skills (19)
bayesian-deep-learning10
prompt10
zsh9
uncertainty9
variational-inference8
pytorch7
trajectory-optimization7
testbed7
deep-learning6
jquery6
javascript6
optimization5
generalization5
machine-learning4
data-science2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nitarshan/bayes-by-backprop
Jun 2018 - Dec 2020
PyTorch implementation of "Weight Uncertainty in Neural Networks"
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 6 months
pytorchdeep-learningneural-networksbayesian-neural-networksbayesian-deep-learning
nitarshan/deep-learning-notes
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 days
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