About us
Securing humanity’s AI future
Society faces an urgent challenge. If tech labs achieve their goal of creating transformative, human-level AI, an enormous windfall of wealth and productivity will be created, bringing both extraordinary potential and significant disruption — including mass joblessness.
Vast resources and funding are being channeled into building these systems. But without a plan for their economic impact, the consequences for humanity could be devastating.
We are a network of independent researchers, innovators, communicators and strategists, working to prepare society for the economic disruption that transformative AI will bring, and to shape a future where the windfall that it generates benefits all of humanity.
Unlike academic centres, we go beyond analysis. Unlike advocacy groups, we go beyond rhetoric. And unlike governments, we are free to explore bold, long-range policy ideas unconstrained by election cycles or legacy structures. Windfall is not a think tank. We are a policy accelerator for the age of Artificial Intelligence.
We approach this work through three interconnected pillars:
Society faces an urgent challenge. If tech labs achieve their goal of creating transformative, human-level AI, an enormous windfall of wealth and productivity will be created, bringing both extraordinary potential and significant disruption — including mass joblessness.
Vast resources and funding are being channeled into building these systems. But without a plan for their economic impact, the consequences for humanity could be devastating.
We are a network of independent researchers, innovators, communicators and strategists, working to prepare society for the economic disruption that transformative AI will bring, and to shape a future where the windfall that it generates benefits all of humanity.
Unlike academic centres, we go beyond analysis. Unlike advocacy groups, we go beyond rhetoric. And unlike governments, we are free to explore bold, long-range policy ideas unconstrained by election cycles or legacy structures. Windfall is not a think tank. We are a policy accelerator for the age of Artificial Intelligence.
We approach this work through three interconnected pillars:
Inspire
We’re here to spark and amplify a global conversation about the economic impact of transformative AI — ensuring widespread understanding of possible futures and the immediate need for action.
Unite
We’re bringing together diverse stakeholders — including tech labs, economists, policymakers and international organisations — to build global commitment to a future where no one is left behind.
Build
Together, we will conduct research and design fair, transparent global frameworks that ensure the immense wealth generated by transformative AI is fairly distributed.
Our values
Shared prosperity
We are dedicated to creating a world where the economic windfall generated by transformative AI is shared equitably. Our work is guided by the principle that global wealth redistribution is essential for a fair and sustainable future.
Inclusive advancement
We’re committed to ensuring that technological progress uplifts humanity. By prioritizing ethical innovation, we strive to complement human potential, address systemic inequalities, and build resilience for all.
Global perspective
We recognise that the economic consequences of transformative AI will be felt across the globe. We’re working to ensure that low- and middle-income nations have a voice in AI governance and access to its economic benefits.
Ethical leadership
We take decisive and forward-thinking action, holding ourselves accountable to the highest standards of integrity. Our work is driven by a commitment to inspire trust and lead with responsibility in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Collective action
We believe in the power of bringing people together to achieve transformative change. By building a global coalition of stakeholders, we aim to inspire and mobilize collaboration for shared prosperity.
Our team
Adrian Brown
Former founding Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact, ex-UK civil servant and McKinsey consultant. Adrian is a globally recognised strategist working at the intersection of public policy and AI.
Adrian Brown
Former founding Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact, ex-UK civil servant and McKinsey consultant. Adrian is a globally recognised strategist working at the intersection of public policy and AI.
Adrian Brown
Former founding Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact, ex-UK civil servant and McKinsey consultant. Adrian is a globally recognised strategist working at the intersection of public policy and AI.
Deric Cheng
Former AI Governance Lead for Convergence Analysis and architect of the AGI Social Contract program. A Princeton-trained researcher previously at Google X & an early-stage team member at Alchemy (now valued at $10 billion).
Deric Cheng
Former AI Governance Lead for Convergence Analysis and architect of the AGI Social Contract program. A Princeton-trained researcher previously at Google X & an early-stage team member at Alchemy (now valued at $10 billion).
Deric Cheng
Former AI Governance Lead for Convergence Analysis and architect of the AGI Social Contract program. A Princeton-trained researcher previously at Google X & an early-stage team member at Alchemy (now valued at $10 billion).
Danny Buerkli
Co-founder of staatslabor and former public sector strategist at BCG. Danny is a leading voice on agile governance and digital-era statecraft, with experience advising governments across three continents. Danny leads partnerships
Danny Buerkli
Co-founder of staatslabor and former public sector strategist at BCG. Danny is a leading voice on agile governance and digital-era statecraft, with experience advising governments across three continents. Danny leads partnerships
Danny Buerkli
Co-founder of staatslabor and former public sector strategist at BCG. Danny is a leading voice on agile governance and digital-era statecraft, with experience advising governments across three continents. Danny leads partnerships
Yolanda Lannquist
Specialist in global AI governance and public policy (Harvard Kennedy School) and former Director at The Future Society, having shaped National AI Strategies across four African governments with GIZ and advised multilateral institutions including the OECD, UN and World Bank. Yolanda leads Global Engagement at Windfall.
Yolanda Lannquist
Specialist in global AI governance and public policy (Harvard Kennedy School) and former Director at The Future Society, having shaped National AI Strategies across four African governments with GIZ and advised multilateral institutions including the OECD, UN and World Bank. Yolanda leads Global Engagement at Windfall.
Yolanda Lannquist
Specialist in global AI governance and public policy (Harvard Kennedy School) and former Director at The Future Society, having shaped National AI Strategies across four African governments with GIZ and advised multilateral institutions including the OECD, UN and World Bank. Yolanda leads Global Engagement at Windfall.
Louise Doherty
Louise brings experience driving systems-level change at multiple AI civil society non profits backed by Omidiyar, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, Oak Foundation, and more. She contributes to scaling Windfall’s mission with her expertise in strategy, communications and executive hiring.
Louise Doherty
Louise brings experience driving systems-level change at multiple AI civil society non profits backed by Omidiyar, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, Oak Foundation, and more. She contributes to scaling Windfall’s mission with her expertise in strategy, communications and executive hiring.
Louise Doherty
Louise brings experience driving systems-level change at multiple AI civil society non profits backed by Omidiyar, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, Oak Foundation, and more. She contributes to scaling Windfall’s mission with her expertise in strategy, communications and executive hiring.
Affiliates
Sumaya Nur Adan
Sumaya is currently pursuing a DPhil in Computer Science at University of Oxford and brings expertise in benefit-sharing in AI, Global Majority access, and inclusive participation in global AI governance. She previously served as an AI Risk Analyst at the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology working on AI risk assessment and contributed to the African Commission’s first study on AI and human rights. She is supporting the Global Case Studies workstream at Windfall.
Sumaya Nur Adan
Sumaya is currently pursuing a DPhil in Computer Science at University of Oxford and brings expertise in benefit-sharing in AI, Global Majority access, and inclusive participation in global AI governance. She previously served as an AI Risk Analyst at the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology working on AI risk assessment and contributed to the African Commission’s first study on AI and human rights. She is supporting the Global Case Studies workstream at Windfall.
Sumaya Nur Adan
Sumaya is currently pursuing a DPhil in Computer Science at University of Oxford and brings expertise in benefit-sharing in AI, Global Majority access, and inclusive participation in global AI governance. She previously served as an AI Risk Analyst at the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology working on AI risk assessment and contributed to the African Commission’s first study on AI and human rights. She is supporting the Global Case Studies workstream at Windfall.
Brandon Jackson
Founding member of the Public AI Network. Brandon combines training in the history of technology at Cambridge with more than a decade of mission-driven startup experience to explore how transformative AI can raise standards of living and strengthen the social contract. At Windfall, he supports the Scenarios workstream as well as Global Dialogues surveys.
Brandon Jackson
Founding member of the Public AI Network. Brandon combines training in the history of technology at Cambridge with more than a decade of mission-driven startup experience to explore how transformative AI can raise standards of living and strengthen the social contract. At Windfall, he supports the Scenarios workstream as well as Global Dialogues surveys.
Brandon Jackson
Founding member of the Public AI Network. Brandon combines training in the history of technology at Cambridge with more than a decade of mission-driven startup experience to explore how transformative AI can raise standards of living and strengthen the social contract. At Windfall, he supports the Scenarios workstream as well as Global Dialogues surveys.
Frank Ryan
A former data scientist turned AI policy strategist, Frank has advised governments and international organizations including the UN, OECD, EU, and U.S. Government, most recently developing Togo's national AI strategy with GIZ, and previously worked as a researcher at the MIT Work of the Future Taskforce. Frank provides support as a Policy Analyst at Windfall Trust.
Frank Ryan
A former data scientist turned AI policy strategist, Frank has advised governments and international organizations including the UN, OECD, EU, and U.S. Government, most recently developing Togo's national AI strategy with GIZ, and previously worked as a researcher at the MIT Work of the Future Taskforce. Frank provides support as a Policy Analyst at Windfall Trust.
Frank Ryan
A former data scientist turned AI policy strategist, Frank has advised governments and international organizations including the UN, OECD, EU, and U.S. Government, most recently developing Togo's national AI strategy with GIZ, and previously worked as a researcher at the MIT Work of the Future Taskforce. Frank provides support as a Policy Analyst at Windfall Trust.
Jacob Schaal
Jacob is responsible for co-writing the AI Economics Brief. LSE-trained economist researching AI's labor market impacts at King's College London and ERA Cambridge, where he serves as Research Manager. Jacob has contributed to EU AI Act implementation at Pour Demain, research on AI safety information-sharing under competition law presented to UK AISI, and commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Jacob Schaal
Jacob is responsible for co-writing the AI Economics Brief. LSE-trained economist researching AI's labor market impacts at King's College London and ERA Cambridge, where he serves as Research Manager. Jacob has contributed to EU AI Act implementation at Pour Demain, research on AI safety information-sharing under competition law presented to UK AISI, and commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Jacob Schaal
Jacob is responsible for co-writing the AI Economics Brief. LSE-trained economist researching AI's labor market impacts at King's College London and ERA Cambridge, where he serves as Research Manager. Jacob has contributed to EU AI Act implementation at Pour Demain, research on AI safety information-sharing under competition law presented to UK AISI, and commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Raphael Gregorian
Senior economist with public and private sector experience across the economics of AI, regional and national industrial strategy and labour markets. He has advised UK government at senior levels, contributed to OECD work on regional and technological transitions and brings deep expertise in economic modelling and policy design. Raphael is supporting Windfall’s work on Welfare in the age of the AI transition.
Raphael Gregorian
Senior economist with public and private sector experience across the economics of AI, regional and national industrial strategy and labour markets. He has advised UK government at senior levels, contributed to OECD work on regional and technological transitions and brings deep expertise in economic modelling and policy design. Raphael is supporting Windfall’s work on Welfare in the age of the AI transition.
Raphael Gregorian
Senior economist with public and private sector experience across the economics of AI, regional and national industrial strategy and labour markets. He has advised UK government at senior levels, contributed to OECD work on regional and technological transitions and brings deep expertise in economic modelling and policy design. Raphael is supporting Windfall’s work on Welfare in the age of the AI transition.
Advisors
Anton Korinek
Anton is a Professor at the University of Virginia, Department of Economics and Darden School of Business, and Faculty Director of the Economics of Transformative AI (EconTAI) Initiative. His current research examines the economic and financial implications of artificial intelligence and the transition towards transformative AI. For his work in the field, he was named to TIME's 2025 TIME100 AI list, Vox's 2024 Future Perfect 50, and serves on the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council.
Anton Korinek
Anton is a Professor at the University of Virginia, Department of Economics and Darden School of Business, and Faculty Director of the Economics of Transformative AI (EconTAI) Initiative. His current research examines the economic and financial implications of artificial intelligence and the transition towards transformative AI. For his work in the field, he was named to TIME's 2025 TIME100 AI list, Vox's 2024 Future Perfect 50, and serves on the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council.
Anton Korinek
Anton is a Professor at the University of Virginia, Department of Economics and Darden School of Business, and Faculty Director of the Economics of Transformative AI (EconTAI) Initiative. His current research examines the economic and financial implications of artificial intelligence and the transition towards transformative AI. For his work in the field, he was named to TIME's 2025 TIME100 AI list, Vox's 2024 Future Perfect 50, and serves on the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council.
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford Professor, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to reshape the economy—developing frameworks to help ensure it benefits society.
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford Professor, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to reshape the economy—developing frameworks to help ensure it benefits society.
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford Professor, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to reshape the economy—developing frameworks to help ensure it benefits society.
Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal is the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management where he conducts research on the economics of artificial intelligence, science policy, entrepreneurial finance, and geography of innovation. Professor Agrawal is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, co-founder of The Next 36 and NextAI, and founder of the Creative Destruction Lab.
Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal is the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management where he conducts research on the economics of artificial intelligence, science policy, entrepreneurial finance, and geography of innovation. Professor Agrawal is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, co-founder of The Next 36 and NextAI, and founder of the Creative Destruction Lab.
Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal is the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management where he conducts research on the economics of artificial intelligence, science policy, entrepreneurial finance, and geography of innovation. Professor Agrawal is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, co-founder of The Next 36 and NextAI, and founder of the Creative Destruction Lab.
Natalie Foster
Natalie Foster is a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy. She’s President and co-founder of Economic Security Project, a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, and the author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight For America’s Next Economy.”
Natalie Foster
Natalie Foster is a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy. She’s President and co-founder of Economic Security Project, a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, and the author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight For America’s Next Economy.”
Natalie Foster
Natalie Foster is a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy. She’s President and co-founder of Economic Security Project, a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, and the author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight For America’s Next Economy.”
Katya Klinova
Katya Klinova is the Head of AI for Humanitarian and Development Action at the UN Secretary-General's Innovation Lab and the founder of the Partnership on AI's AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative. She works on building enabling infrastructure for accelerating beneficial AI the market is failing to deliver.
Katya Klinova
Katya Klinova is the Head of AI for Humanitarian and Development Action at the UN Secretary-General's Innovation Lab and the founder of the Partnership on AI's AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative. She works on building enabling infrastructure for accelerating beneficial AI the market is failing to deliver.
Katya Klinova
Katya Klinova is the Head of AI for Humanitarian and Development Action at the UN Secretary-General's Innovation Lab and the founder of the Partnership on AI's AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative. She works on building enabling infrastructure for accelerating beneficial AI the market is failing to deliver.
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Windfall Trust is an independent organisation. We received seed funding from Future of Life Institute, and are seeking further support to ensure we achieve our vision for a future where the gains from transformative AI benefit all of humanity.
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