A community in Barcelona working on making advanced AI safe.

AI Safety Barcelona has met at the city’s universities since 2024. We run workshops, hackathons and open events, and connect people here with the organisations working on this abroad.

Team

David Bravo on LinkedIn

Director

David oversees strategy, management, and career support as Director. He also conducts independent research on AI verification and has a background in industrial engineering.

Marc Serrano on LinkedIn

Expansion Lead

Marc leads expansion, focusing on growth and funding as the community scales up nationally and across Europe. He has a background in biomedical engineering and researches machine learning for biology.

Anton Tugushev on LinkedIn

AI Governance & Institutional Affairs Lead

Anton leads institutional affairs, focusing on AI Governance, policy and institutional partnerships. He has a background in international law (PhD) and consulting with experience at the World Bank and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona.

Elena Tairova on LinkedIn

Partnerships & Ecosystem Lead

Deep tech founder & operator with a background in data governance & regulation, leading partnerships with start-ups, corporates, funders, and community initiatives.

Elias Krasny on LinkedIn

Career Support Lead

As Career Support Lead, Elias helps members find their way into AI safety and brings experience from organising the Virginia AI Security Initiative to planning future semesters. He’s also a SPAR fellow working on AI risk communication.

Niamh Maher on LinkedIn

Technical Programmes Lead

Involved with hackathons at AI Safety Barcelona and supporting members with technical skill-building and career transitions into AI safety. SPAR fellow working on alignment evaluations, with a PhD in theoretical particle physics.

Mariam Ibrahim on LinkedIn

Education & Research Programmes Lead

Mariam oversees fellowships and research activities, creating opportunities for people to learn about AI safety and contribute to projects. Previously, she was Education Lead at SAIN Groningen, and she has a background in technology law.

Founding team and advisors

Martín Soto on LinkedIn

Co-founder

Research scientist on AI alignment at UK’s AISI, with a background in mathematics and logic.

Melanie Brennan on LinkedIn

Co-founder

Program manager at TARA, building AI safety capacity across Asia-Pacific. Previously she ran Effective Altruism Barcelona.

Marcel Mir on LinkedIn

Advisor

AI governance researcher at the AI Standards Lab and adjunct professor at Esade, with expertise on the EU AI framework.

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