Cyrus is a Venture Partner at Lionheart Ventures, a VC fund investing in early-stage responsible AI and AI Safety. He is a co-founder of Stability AI, a leading global generative AI platform, and the founder of AI Safety Connect, a global gathering on AI Safety as well as an AI policy platform.
As an expert in the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), he has co-led the Safety and Assurance of Generative AI (SAFE) project. Cyrus is a Fellow of Practice at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai, where he leads their AI Safety initiative, Global Risk and AI Safety Preparedness (GRASP).
Cyrus co-founded The Future Society—a 501(c)3 incubated at Harvard Kennedy School and chaired its AI Initiative—where he engaged early with global stakeholders to study and help shape the governance of AI. He served as an Advisor to the UAE Minister of Artificial Intelligence at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Educated at Sciences Po Paris, MA (Hons) Paris II University, M.P.A. Harvard.
