Meet the Humans Behind AI Safety

Engineers and executives united in preventing AI failures before they cascade into catastrophe.

Tiarne Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer

7 years building training pipelines for Amazon, Google, Meta, OpenAI. $500M+ in programs.

The insight: training data can’t capture human chaos.

Nick Reese
Chief Operations Officer

Former DHS Director of Emerging Tech Policy, authored the federal AI strategy.

Saw how untested systems create regulatory crises.

Chris Luckenbill
Chief Design Officer

Decade driving automation and AI adoption through partnerships with Apple, IBM, Netradyne.

Watched the gap between lab success and production failure kill enterprise deals.

Jawad Ahsan
Chief Financial Officer

Former GE CFO, Axon CFO and 10mK Founder scaling tech companies from startup to public markets.

Saw how user behavior and brand evolve together.

Tiarne Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer

7 years building training pipelines for Amazon, Google, Meta, OpenAI. $500M+ in programs.

The insight: training data can’t capture human chaos.

Nick Reese
Chief Operations Officer

Former DHS Director of Emerging Tech Policy, authored the federal AI strategy.

Saw how untested systems create regulatory crises.

Chris Luckenbill
Chief Design Officer

Decade driving automation and AI adoption through partnerships with Apple, IBM, Netradyne.

Watched the gap between lab success and production failure kill enterprise deals.

Justin Davis
Chief Product Officer

3x founder defining industry-wide brand safety standards through products that rebuild trust and drive accountability.

Saw how user behavior and brand evolve together.

Jawad Ahsan
Chief Financial Officer

Former GE CFO, Axon CFO and 10mK Founder scaling tech companies from startup to public markets.

Saw how user behavior and brand evolve together.

We’ve seen AI fail around the world and across sectors. 

Our team combines decades of experience across government intelligence, AI research, policy creation, and product development dedicated to making AI safety the foundation of faster, safer innovation.