Sophie Kim

I’m Sophie, trying to figure out how to make the future go well.

Currently, I’m:

• A fellow at MATS, researching the conditions for US-China cooperation on AI; and
• Writing about AI biosecurity and AI policy on my Substack, The Counterfactual (all posts sorted by theme here).

I’m also thinking about the grantmaker bottleneck and how to solve that bottleneck (with, say, an AI safety grantmaking fundamentals course). Right now, I’m on a gap from Stanford University.

Previously, I was a fellow at ERA, researching open-weight model policy options.

Career-wise, I’m most drawn to environments that enable agency—places where I can move quickly and make things, with minimal bureaucracy. I also value paths that are highly leveraged and explicitly non-credentialist. My current plan is to pursue startups that make the world better (social entrepreneurship).¹

Ways you can help me:

• Do you work on AI or biosecurity policy in D.C., or know someone who does? I'm looking for help getting these interventions implemented, and would love recommendations on who to reach out to.
• Are you a grantmaker? I'd love to chat with you about the grantmaking curriculum I'm working on!

Contact me if any of the above interests you! You can also leave me anonymous feedback here.

1. If you're a founder or VC, would love to chat! ↩