Work Experience
Transluce
Co-founder and CEO
Position
Co-founder and CEO
Assistant Professor of Statistics and EECS / Co-founder and CEO, Transluce / UC Berkeley
Jacob Steinhardt is an Assistant Professor of Statistics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley, where he is affiliated with the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR). He is also the Co-founder and CEO of Transluce, a company he started in July 2024. Steinhardt's research focuses on machine learning, particularly in areas like robustness, reward specification, and scalable alignment of AI systems. He previously held roles as a Research Scientist at OpenAI and a technical advisor at Open Philanthropy.
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CEO
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Advisor
Research Advisor
Technical advisor
Technical advisor
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
PhD
PhD - Computer Science
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree - Mathematics
High School Diploma
High School Diploma
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Mentoring
Jacob Steinhardt is a leading researcher and entrepreneur focused on making AI systems reliable, robust, and aligned with human values. His work spans academia and industry, contributing significantly to the field of AI safety and alignment.
AI Robustness
AI Alignment
Machine Learning Systems
Out-of-Distribution Generalization
Statistics
EECS
Computer Science
Entrepreneurship
AI Safety
Forecasting