Dr Ellie Sakhaee
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Dr Ellie Sakhaee

Manager, AI and Emerging Tech Policy,

Google

Dr Ellie Sakhaee leads AI & Emerging Tech policy research at Google, where she focuses on frontier technologies, AI agents, robotics, and AI for scientific discovery. Her background spans academic research, public and corporate policy, and AI R&D. As a Machine Learning scientist with a PhD in Computer Science, she has led engineering teams, published extensively on AI safety research, and led teams in building machine learning models and developing risk assessment and mitigation strategies for cutting-edge AI systems. Prior to Google, Ellie worked at Microsoft’s Office of Responsible AI and served in the U.S. Congress, advising on technology policy.