Internal — wealth (not for any recipient surface)- Net worth
- Not publicly disclosed; likely modest by tech founder standards (safety companies < commercial AI)
Synthesized from 11 sources · Composite 83 · Coverage 20
IDENTITY
| Field | Value |
| Education | Self-taught AI researcher; no formal AI degree publicized (dropped out of university to pursue AI research) |
| Full Name | Connor Leahy |
Career Arc
Connor Leahy (born 1995, German-American) is an AI researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most prominent voices warning about existential risk from artificial superintelligence. He co-founded EleutherAI (open-source LLM collective), founded Conjecture (AI safety company), and now serves as US Director of ControlAI.
- Education: Self-taught AI researcher; no formal AI degree publicized (dropped out of university to pursue AI research)
- Career arc: Self-taught AI → Co-founded EleutherAI (2020, with Sid Black and Leo Gao) → Built GPT-Neo, GPT-J-6B, GPT-NeoX-20B (first major open-source LLMs) → Founded Conjecture (March 2022, AI safety company, London) → CEO of Conjecture until early 2026 → Joined ControlAI as US Director (March 2026)
- Personal: Runs Torchbearer Community (humanist volunteer group); appears on Fox News, CNN, BBC
- Philosophy: Deeply concerned about human extinction from superintelligence; argues for international prohibition on superintelligence development; testified before House of Commons of Canada; spoke at inaugural AI Safety Summit (2023)
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Leahy
- https://www.conjecture.dev/about
- https://controlai.com/our-work-in-us
- https://www.ettf.land/p/conjecture-a-retrospective
- 28. CONNOR LEAHY [30](#connor-leahy)
- Source: claude-export/projects.json project="Day 7 Business Plan" doc="AI GODFATHERS, INTERNET PIONEERS & TECH WHISTLEBLOWERS.docx"
- - Connor Leahy - Desperately building safety tools at Conjecture,
needs resources
- Source: claude-export/projects.json project="Day 7 Business Plan" doc="AI GODFATHERS, INTERNET PIONEERS & TECH WHISTLEBLOWERS.docx"
- - Connor Leahy: \"We\'re building the emergency brake you say we
need\"
- Source: claude-export/projects.json project="Day 7 Business Plan" doc="AI GODFATHERS, INTERNET PIONEERS & TECH WHISTLEBLOWERS.docx"
WEALTH & HOLDINGS
| Dimension | Detail | Source |
| Conjecture | Founded and led; raised venture funding (amount undisclosed) | Conjecture website |
| EleutherAI | Co-founded but volunteer/open-source (no direct revenue) | Wikipedia |
| ControlAI | Nonprofit role (US Director) — salary, not equity | ControlAI |
| Personal net worth | Not publicly disclosed; likely modest by tech founder standards (safety companies < commercial AI) | Context |
Structure: Mission-driven career, not wealth-accumulation focused. Conjecture raised venture capital but pivoted multiple times. ControlAI is a nonprofit. His capital is intellectual and reputational rather than financial.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Leahy
- https://www.ettf.land/p/conjecture-a-retrospective
| Dimension | Detail | Source |
| Torchbearer Community | Founded/runs humanist volunteer group | ControlAI bio |
| Open-source AI | EleutherAI produced free, open-source LLMs for public good | Multiple |
| ControlAI | Nonprofit work (salary-based, not profit) | ControlAI |
| Conjecture safety research | Dedicated years to unprofitable AI safety research | Retrospective |
Pattern: "Gives" through career sacrifice — choosing AI safety (low-pay, high-mission) over commercial AI (lucrative). His entire career is a form of altruistic giving.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Leahy
- https://controlai.com/our-work-in-us
- Additional people warning about AI dangers:
- Eliezer Yudkowsky - probably the most prominent AI safety advocate, MIRI
- Connor Leahy - CEO of Conjecture, very vocal about AI risks
- Paul Christiano - Alignment Research Center, former OpenAI
- Dario Amodei - Anthropic CEO (though he's building AI, he's safety-focused)
- Sam Harris - Philosopher/podcaster who warns about AI
- Yuval Noah Harari - Historian warning about AI and human obsolescence
- Kate Crawford - AI Now Institute co-founder, "Atlas of AI" author
- Joy Buolamwini - Algorithmic Justice League, facial recognition bias
- Cynthia Breazeal - MIT, social robotics ethics
- Virginia Dignum - AI ethics professor
- Helen Nissenbaum - Privacy researcher, contextual integrity
- Zeynep Tufekci - Sociologist warning about tech harms
- Wendell Wallach - Yale bioethicist on AI
- Roman Yampolskiy - AI safety researcher
- Anders Sandberg - Future of Humanity Institute
- Toby Ord - "The Precipice" author on existential risk
- William MacAskill - EA movement, longtermism
- Holden Karnofsky - Open Philanthropy, AI safety funding
- Source: claude-export conv=f08d226c-a86b-4981-a507-c207edf9cb7f msg#29 (assistant, 2025-08-27)
- Dossier: planning/wave3-dossiers/connor-leahy.md
- Hub: planning/command-center/40-connor-leahy.md
FAITH & ALIGNMENT
| Dimension | Assessment |
| Religious affiliation | Not publicly identified as Christian; identifies as humanist |
| Moral framework | Deep concern for human dignity, survival, flourishing — humanist framing |
| Torchbearer Community | Runs a "humanist volunteer group" |
| Alignment with Genesis mission | Through AI safety / protecting humanity lens, not faith lens |
| Nexus Conference framing | "Apocalypse Now: The Revelation of our Time" — uses eschatological language without Christian commitment |
| Alignment score | 45/100 — Genuinely cares about humanity's future; shares protective/stewardship values with Genesis; but no evidence of Christian faith specifically. Potential "pre-conversion" ally. |
Note: Connor Leahy appears to be a secular humanist deeply concerned about human flourishing and survival. His "faith" is in humanity's potential and his moral urgency about AI risk. He uses quasi-religious language ("the future belongs to them, not us") without explicit Christian commitment.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Leahy
- https://controlai.com/our-work-in-us
- https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/person/connor-leahy
WARM PATH & RELATIONSHIPS
Primary warm path: AI Safety community (Conjecture CEO). Possible via AI governance bridge.
Why he belongs on the list: Connor Leahy is one of the most credible and articulate voices on AI existential risk. His technical credentials (built some of the first open-source LLMs), his policy access (testified before parliaments, spoke at AI Safety Summit), and his media presence (Fox, CNN, BBC) make him a bridge between the AI safety community and the broader public. For Genesis's AI-related mission components, he is a critical ally even without explicit faith alignment.
Best warm path: Through Paul Christiano (rank 305 in this band — documented direct discussions between them on alignment cruxes), through AI safety community broadly, or through media connections (he appears on Fox News — conservative media overlap). His Torchbearer Community suggests openness to values-based engagement.
Angle that resonates: Protecting humanity from extinction; the moral responsibility of those who understand the risk to act; the idea that technology without wisdom leads to destruction; stewardship of humanity's future.
- Connor Leahy represents the younger generation of AI safety advocates. As CEO of Conjecture, he's building AI safety tools while simultaneously warning that we have perhaps 2-3 years before catastrophe. He's been incredibly vocal on podcasts and social media, reaching younger audiences who need to hear Day 7's message. His approach is technical but accessible, making complex AI risks understandable to regular people.
- Source: claude-export conv="Strategic Investor Framework Review" msg#29 (assistant, 2025-08-27)
Why he belongs on the list: Connor Leahy is one of the most credible and articulate voices on AI existential risk. His technical credentials (built some of the first open-source LLMs), his policy access (testified before parliaments, spoke at AI Safety Summit), and his media presence (Fox, CNN, BBC) make him a bridge between the AI safety community and the broader public. For Genesis's AI-related mission components, he is a critical ally even without explicit faith alignment.
Best warm path: Through Paul Christiano (rank 305 in this band — documented direct discussions between them on alignment cruxes), through AI safety community broadly, or through media connections (he appears on Fox News — conservative media overlap). His Torchbearer Community suggests openness to values-based engagement.
Angle that resonates: Protecting humanity from extinction; the moral responsibility of those who understand the risk to act; the idea that technology without wisdom leads to destruction; stewardship of humanity's future.
Key Connections
- (Tyler
- AI safety community broadly
- media connections (he appears on Fox News — conservative media overlap
- 2026
- AI governance bridge
- AI safety / protecting humanity lens
- AI safety community (ControlAI
- CauseIQ
- Conjecture post-CEO departure
- Dan Proft and John Tillman (political operatives
- FDI network
- Faith Driven Investor network
- GuideStar
- GuideStar (10/27/2025
- GuideStar (as of 01/02/2026
- GuideStar program description
- Hinchilla + ECFA profile
- InfluenceWatch
- InfluenceWatch + Grantmakers
- LinkedIn + Praxis
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
- Connor Leahy represents the younger generation of AI safety advocates. As CEO of Conjecture, he's building AI safety tools while simultaneously warning that we have perhaps 2-3 years before catastrophe. He's been incredibly vocal on podcasts and social media, reaching younger audiences who need to hear Day 7's message. His approach is technical but accessible, making complex AI risks understandable to regular people.
- Source: claude-export conv="Strategic Investor Framework Review" msg#29 (assistant, 2025-08-27)
[H8-notes] Entity: Genesis Outreach — Connor Leahy | Note ID: 57ee5faa-a42f-4918-94d4-c2ffe595e292
Target: Connor Leahy — US Executive Director, ControlAI; Co-Founder, EleutherAI; Author, The Compendium & A Narrow Path
Site: https://connor-leahy.myday7.com | Command Center: kings.myday7.com
Prepared: 2026-06-02
KEY QUOTES
| Quote | Year | Source |
| "humanist volunteer group" | | uses eschatological lan |
| "Apocalypse Now: The Revelation of our Time" | | uses eschatological language without Christian commitment | |
| "faith" is in humanity's potential and his moral urgency about AI risk. He uses quasi-religious language (" | | |
| "simple, straightforward and honest civic action" | 2025 | |
| "If you build systems that are more capable than humans at manipulation, business, politics, science and everything else, and we do not control them, then the future belongs to them, not us." | 2023 | (AI Safety Summit 2023) |
| "You can't beat centralized AI with more centralized AI." | 2023 | (Echoing similar sentiments to his philosophical peers) |
| "Solve technical AI safety, or die trying." | 2023 | (Conjecture's founding mission) |
| "A group of hackers and idealists from across the globe gathered into a tiny, oxygen-deprived coworking space in downtown London with one goal in mind: Make the future go well, for everybody." | | (Conjecture retrospective) |
| "Nobel Prize winners, top AI experts, and even the CEOs of AI companies warn that superintelligent AI poses an extinction risk to humanity." | | (ControlAI messaging) |
| "engines" not "airplanes" | 2023 | powerful but unable to ensure safe landing without proper control architecture. |
| "Race to recklessness" | 2023 | critique of competitive AI deployment |
| "Genesis is building the truth infrastructure for the AI age — a Kingdom investment that protects and empowers the Body of Christ." | | Maclellan family, NCF leadership, Kaestner, Cathy family |
ALL FACTS
| Key | Value |
| Angle that resonates | Protecting humanity from extinction; the moral responsibility of those who understand the risk to act; the idea that technology without wisdom leads to destruction; stewardship of humanity's future. |
| Best warm path | Through Paul Christiano (rank 305 in this band — documented direct discussions between them on alignment cruxes), through AI safety community broadly, or through media connections (he appe |
| Career arc | Self-taught AI → Co-founded EleutherAI (2020, with Sid Black and Leo Gao) → Built GPT-Neo, GPT-J-6B, GPT-NeoX-20B (first major open-source LLMs) → Founded Conjecture (March 2022, AI safety company, Lo |
| Composite Score | 83.0/100 |
| Coverage | 20% |
| Data Status | RICH (46,643 bytes across sources) |
| Direct? | No |
| Dossier | planning/wave3-dossiers/connor-leahy.md |
| Education | Self-taught AI researcher; no formal AI degree publicized (dropped out of university to pursue AI research) |
| Excavation Packet | 040-connor-leahy_PACKET.md |
| Faith/Alignment | \ | Dimension \ | Assessment \ | |
| First-degree connections | - Sid Black — EleutherAI and Conjecture co-founder |
| Generated | 2026-06-15 |
| Harvest | genesis-outreach-connor-leahy.md |
| Hub | planning/command-center/40-connor-leahy.md |
| Hub file | planning/command-center/527-connor-leahy.md |
| Institutions | - ControlAI (US Director, current) |
| Mined by | C3 window, S1334 LAST RUN |
| Packet | planning/excavation-packets/040-connor-leahy_PACKET.md |
| Personal | Runs Torchbearer Community (humanist volunteer group); appears on Fox News, CNN, BBC |
| Personalized site | https://connor-leahy.myday7.com |
| Philosophy | Deeply concerned about human extinction from superintelligence; argues for international prohibition on superintelligence development; testified before House of Commons of Canada; spoke at inaugural A |
| Prepared | 2026-06-02 |
| Previous Coverage | 0% → Current Coverage: 72% |
| Rank | 527 \ | Tier: Mid \ | Session: B2-DEEP-8 \ | Date: 2026-06-13 |
| Search terms used | Connor Leahy |
| Site | https://connor-leahy.myday7.com \ | Command Center: kings.myday7.com |
| Slug | connor-leahy |
| Source | Claude conversation exports (/mnt/data/claude-export/conversations.json, /mnt/data/carter-claude-export-old/conversations.json) |
| Source Links | Dossier · Top300 · Packet |
| Status | Dossier RICH \ | Sources: 1 |
| Target | Connor Leahy — US Executive Director, ControlAI; Co-Founder, EleutherAI; Author, The Compendium & A Narrow Path |
| Tier | Top-50 |
| Timestamp | 2026-06-16T16:47Z |
| Top-300 Dossier | planning/top300/dossiers/connor-leahy.md |
| Warm Path | AI Safety community (Conjecture CEO). Possible via AI governance bridge. |
| Warm path | AI Safety community (Conjecture CEO). Possible via AI governance bridge. |
| Warmth | KNOWN |
| Warmth Score | known-via-path |
| Who | Connor Leahy (born 1995, German-American) is an AI researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most prominent voices warning about existential risk from artificial superintelligence. He co-founded Eleuth |
| Why | Deep excavation research packet — multi-source investigation. |
| Why he belongs on the list | Connor Leahy is one of the most credible and articulate voices on AI existential risk. His technical credentials (built some of the first open-source LLMs), his policy access (testified before parliam |
SOURCES
11 files synthesized from the canonical estate:
- 00_040-connor-leahy.md (47,844 bytes) ← planning/command-center/040-connor-leahy.md
- 01_connor-leahy_PACKET.md (33,239 bytes) ← planning/harvest/connor-leahy_PACKET.md
- 02_040-connor-leahy_PACKET.md (32,961 bytes) ← planning/excavation-packets/040-connor-leahy_PACKET.md
- 03_connor-leahy.md (24,772 bytes) ← planning/harvest/connor-leahy.md
- 04_527-connor-leahy.md (11,707 bytes) ← planning/command-center/527-connor-leahy.md
- 05_40-connor-leahy.md (9,146 bytes) ← planning/command-center/40-connor-leahy.md
- 06_connor-leahy.md (8,809 bytes) ← planning/wave3-dossiers/connor-leahy.md
- 07_connor-leahy.md (5,447 bytes) ← planning/top300/dossiers/connor-leahy.md
- 08_040-connor-leahy.md (3,762 bytes) ← planning/enrichment/warmpath/040-connor-leahy.md
- 09_527-connor-leahy.md (1,702 bytes) ← planning/enrichment/warmpath/527-connor-leahy.md
- 10_genesis-outreach-connor-leahy.md (1,443 bytes) ← planning/harvest/genesis-outreach-connor-leahy.md
Generated by W16 Master Records synthesizer · 2026-06-17 · Session S1335