We find, build, and scale the solutions needed for our transition to a world with AI.
AI is the defining technology of our lifetime. This is the moment to harness this transformation, drive innovation, and improve the lives of the American people.
If you represent a business, industry organization, think tank, university, NGO, government agency, or workforce organization and want to learn more about how to get involved, send us an email.
About
Fathom
Fathom is a 501(c)3, AI non-profit building the solutions we need to thrive in an AI world.
Our Progress
Public Research
Our reports use focus groups and national polls to provide qualitative and quantitative data on American views and hopes for the future of AI.
The Ashby
Workshops
The Ashby Workshops is Fathom’s annual AI summit that brings together leaders from government, industry, academia, and civil society to coordinate and capitalize on the momentum for a successful AI agenda. Stay tuned for more on The Ashby Workshops 2026.
Our Team
Our founding team has decades of experience across public affairs and policy advocacy, communications and storytelling, and building professional, effective and impactful organizations.
Blake PiersonCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Andrew FreedmanCo-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Julie CrabillCo-Founder, Chief Communications Officer
Bri TreeceCo-Founder and Chief Impact Officer
Jamie Van LeeuwenChief of Philanthropic Partnerships
Meredith KleeSenior Director of Marketing
Erik PrestonSenior Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Alekhya TallapakaDirector of Communications
Georgiana GilgallonChief of Staff
Our Advisors
Ret. Rear Admiral Wyman (Hugh W. Howard III.)Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command
Andy HicklCTO, The Allen Institute
Kay Firth-ButterfieldCEO, Good Tech Advisory
Prof. S. Craig WatkinsExecutive Director of IC2 Institute at UT Austin
Steve OmohundroCEO, Beneficial AI Research & Research Lead, QAISI
Prof. Eitan HershProfessor of Political Science, Tufts University
Our Research Partners
Jeff AlstottFounding Director, RAND Center for Technology & Security Policy
Gregory C. AllenDirector, Wadhwani Center for AI & Advanced Technologies, CSIS
Zach GravesExecutive Director at the Foundation for American Innovation
Dean Woodley BallResearch Fellow in the Artificial Intelligence & Progress Project at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center
Paul ScharreExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS
Danielle AllenDirector of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School
Robert TragerFounding director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, University of Oxford