Jaan Tallinn
Estonian programmer and investor
Jaan Tallinn (born 14 February 1972) is an Estonian computer programmer and investor known for his participation in the development of Skype and file-sharing application FastTrack/Kazaa.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaan Tallinn (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Feb 14, 1972.1
About
Tallinn is an investor and advocate for AI safety.
He was an early investor and board member at DeepMind (later acquired by Google); other investors included Elon Musk and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. In 2021, Tallinn also led the $124 million Series A funding round for Anthropic, an AI safety-focused company.
Tallinn is involved in the field of existential risk, having co-founded both the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom and the Future of Life Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaan Tallinn, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Skype TechnologiesFounder12
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Tartu3
Career
Occupation: investor, engineer, computer scientist, entrepreneur.7
- Date not recordedFounded Future of Life Institute4
- Date not recordedFounded Skype Technologies5
- Date not recordedFounded Bluemoon Interactive6
Known for: Skype.8
Personal life
Awards
- Date not recordedOrder of the White Star, 5th Class11
Links
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- 1WikidataJaan Tallinn on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataJaan Tallinn: award, on Wikidata
- 12WikidataSkype Technologies, Founder
- 13Wikimedia CommonsJaan Tallinn photo by Stimqdrmtmob, CC BY-SA 3.0