Brendan McCord

Brendan McCord is founder and Chair of the Cosmos Institute, an academy developing philosopher-builders to guide AI toward human flourishing. He was founding CEO of two AI startups acquired for $400 million and founded the first applied AI organization for the U.S. Department of Defense, authoring its first AI strategy. His career spans from 610 days underwater as a submarine officer to the Pentagon, where he developed AI ethical principles and authored the first prototype for the CHIPS and Science Act. McCord teaches AI and philosophy at Oxford, holds degrees from MIT and Harvard Business School, and serves on boards including the Mercatus Center and Harvard Data Science Review.

Education

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Notes

Brendan McCord holds degrees from MIT and Harvard Business School, and was a Visiting Fellow at St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford.

Notable Achievements

• Founding CEO of two AI startups acquired for $400 million
• Founded the first applied AI organization for the U.S. Department of Defense
• Authored the U.S. Department of Defense's first AI strategy
• Established the Human-Centered AI Lab at the University of Oxford
• Visiting Fellow at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford
• Board member of the Mercatus Center
• Advisory Board member of the Harvard Data Science Review
• Authored the first prototype for the CHIPS and Science Act