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Our Mission

AI systems will soon be deeply integrated into the global economy and everyday life. While this brings personal and societal benefits, it also introduces serious risks. We believe some of the most dangerous risks come from scheming frontier AI: advanced AI systems covertly pursuing misaligned objectives.

We believe that robustly mitigating scheming risks will require a deep scientific understanding of the emergence of scheming. Our goal is to secure frontier AI systems from development, to deployment and governance.

Our Journey

2023

First movers on frontier risks

We identified scheming AI as a serious risk early and built our research around it. We:

presented at the inaugral AI Safety Summit in the UK.
shared policy recommendations with the UK’s Frontier AI Taskforce.
established ourselves as leaders in AI evaluations.

Our work was covered by the BBC, Bloomberg, and presented before the US Senate.

2024

Detecting scheming at the frontier

Scheming moves from theory to evidence. We:

partnered with OpenAI to test their o1 model before public deployment
published the first evidence that frontier models can scheme in context
engaged with policymakers at the EU AI Office, UN Advisory Body and US Congress.

Our findings shifted the field and were covered by TIME and MIT Technology Review. Our research entered into the US Congressional record.

2025

Shaping research agendas

We moved from identifying risks to shaping how the world addresses them. We ran evaluations for all major labs as well as:

partnered with OpenAI to study anti-scheming interventions on frontier models
published the first analysis of internal AI deployment risks
created a loss of control playbook to help governments prepare for advanced AI threats.

Our work was featured in NY Times, Nature and The Economist.

2026

Scaling for what’s ahead

We are now a Public Benefit Corporation to achieve our mission of safe and secure AI development and deployment. We are:

building a science of scheming to predict and prevent scheming risks
advising governments and developing policy recommendations on scheming AI
building AGI safety tools to monitor and secure frontier AI agents.

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Directors & Advisors

Marius Hobbhahn

CEO / CO- FOUNDER

Chris Akin

COO

Dr. Charlotte Stix

HEAD OF AI GOVERNANCE

Alexander Meinke

Member of Technical Staff

Jérémy Scheurer

Member of Technical Staff

Rusheb Shah

Member of Technical Staff

Matteo Pistillo

SENIOR AI GOVERNANCE RESEARCHER

Alejandro Ortega

POLICY RESEARCHER

Bronson Schoen

Member of Technical Staff

Axel Højmark

Member of Technical Staff

Andrei Matveiakin

Member of Technical Staff

Felix Hofstätter

Member of Technical Staff

Joping Chai

PEOPLE & OPERATIONS MANAGER

Annika Hallensleben

AI POLICY RESEARCHER

Alex Lloyd

Member of Technical Staff

Teun van der Weij

Member of Technical Staff

Alex Kedryk

Member of Technical Staff

Glen Rodgers

Member of Technical Staff

Jeremy Neiman

Member of Technical Staff

Umar Akhtar

Senior Finance Manager

Jasvin Kaur

OPERATIONS GENERALIST

Mia Hopman

Member of Technical Staff

Zak Walters

Member of Technical Staff

Theodore Ehrenborg

Member of Technical Staff

Kyle Dai

Member of Technical Staff

Herbert Tanujaya

Member of Technical Staff

Dylan Bowman

Member of Technical Staff

Jannes Elstner

Member of Technical Staff

Victor Gillioz

Member of Technical Staff

Ezra Newman

Member of Technical Staff

Srdjan Miletic

Member of Technical Staff

Zen van Riel

Member of Technical Staff

Daniel Kokotajlo

Board of Directors

David Duvenaud

Board of Advisors

Yan-David Erlich

Board of Advisors

Owain Evans

Board of Advisors

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See our current open positions on our careers page.

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Apollo Research is becoming a PBC

Apollo is spinning off from our fiscal sponsor into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). We think this is the best way for us to achieve our mission of reducing extreme risks from frontier AI systems.

20/01/2026

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Our Norms on Security, Science Communication and Conflicts of Interest

We outline Apollo Research’s norms on security, science communication, and conflicts of interest, detailing how we maintain scientific integrity, manage sensitive information, and communicate our work responsibly.

26/11/2025