Yanni Kyriacos

Founder

Coogee, New South Wales, Australia15 yrs 4 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founder of Australia's first AI safety education program.
Organized a sold-out AI Safety Careers Conference.
Established the first dedicated AI safety co-working space.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI Safety and Education sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai SafetyProject ManagementAi Safety EducationEvent ManagementCommunity Building

Other Skills

business case developmentfundraisingproduct designcurriculum creation

About

Weekly in-person sessions + remote expert support + community of technical peers. All completely free. TARA gives you the skills and credentials to transition into AI safety — without relocating or taking time off. Applications for Participants close March 1: https://www.taraprogram.org/

Experience

15 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

5 mos

Current Experience

Technical alignment research accelerator

Founder & Director

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Remote

Weekly in-person sessions + remote expert support + community of technical peers. All completely free. TARA gives you the skills and credentials to transition into AI safety — without relocating or taking time off. Applications for Participants close Mar 1: https://www.taraprogram.org/

Independent contractor

Freelance AI Safety Field Builder

May 2025 – Nov 2025 · 6 mos

Contracted to AI safety organisations on field building projects, including:
Business case development / fundraising: On a grant from the AI Safety Tactical Fund, built the business case for a new AI safety organisation.
Product design: Helped an AI safety entrepreneur design a grantmaking platform that makes it easy for the general public to donate to AI safety interventions and organisations
Curriculum creation: Created the curriculum and content for an AI safety MOOC.

business case developmentfundraisingproduct designcurriculum creationAI SafetyProject Management

Giving what we can

Advisory Board Member (Growth)

Mar 2024 – Aug 2024 · 5 mos

Paused my work with GWWC in order to focus all my attention on AIS ANZ.

Spark wave

Head of Marketing & Growth

Oct 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Building software companies to solve important problems.

Ai safety australia & new zealand

Co-Founder & Director

Jul 2022 – Jul 2025 · 3 yrs

Co-Founded Australia & New Zealand's largest AI safety community group. Key accomplishments:
Launched Technical Alignment Research Accelerator (TARA), Australia's first in-person technical AI safety education program (21 participants, 94.30% recommendation score)
Organised sold-out AI Safety Careers Conference (55+ attendees, 89% recommendation score)
Established Sydney AI Safety Space (SASS), the region's first dedicated AI safety co-working space within Sydney University’s Sydney Knowledge Hub
Grew digital presence to 850+ LinkedIn followers, 750+ Facebook group members and 500+ newsletter subscribers
Managed distributed team of 12 volunteers across seven cities and two countries
Led > 50 career advising sessions for prospective AI safety talent