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August 4, 2026
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Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar to join Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer

Overview

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Announcements Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar to join Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer Aug 4, 2026 Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar will join Anthropic as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer, leading the company's work on policy, strategic international engagement, and government relationships worldwide. Tino's career spans law, technology, international security, and public institutions at the international, national, and state levels.

Key Takeaways

  • He recently stepped down as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading independent global policy research institution with scholars in 20 countries.

    Prior to his role at Carnegie, Tino was a Justice of the Supreme Court of California, where his opinions addressed technology and privacy, international agreements, and the separation of powers, among other issues.

  • The National Academy of Sciences appointed him to its Committee on Responsible Computing Research.

    In recent years, he also co-chaired the bipartisan Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation and American Security, co-led California's Frontier AI Working Group, and served as board chair and later director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

  • The Trust will select a successor under its normal process.

    "Policymakers in the US and around the world are increasingly realizing that we are at a critical inflection point when it comes to how we govern and develop artificial intelligence.

  • "At all levels of government, the law, and academia, Tino has served with sound judgment and civic-mindedness, and we're looking forward to him putting these principles to work at Anthropic.

    I can't think of anyone better prepared to partner with governments, civil society, and community groups as they engage with both the risks and opportunities presented by advanced AI.

  • Tino will help steer this work while finding common cause with heads of state and policy leaders on the questions and possibilities AI is raising for communities everywhere.

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  • #He recently stepped down as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading independent global policy research institution with scholars in 20 countries.

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