Hi there! I'm Oliver.

I'm a researcher at the Meaning Alignment Institute, which I co-founded in 2023 with early support from OpenAI. We study how to align AI and institutions with what people actually value—a problem we call full-stack alignment.

Before that, I worked on AI-assisted democracy at the AI Objectives Institute and co-founded a startup called Potential. I have a background in software engineering.

I'm interested in a variety of subjects—philosophy, economics, history, questions around integrity in individuals and society—and like to write, read, fight, run and meditate.