Head of Policy

Head Of Policy

Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons. This foundational technology promises to revolutionize robotics, science, healthcare, education, gaming, defense, and beyond.

Odyssey's founders previously pioneered the most complex application of physical AI: self-driving cars. They've now brought together a world-class research team from DeepMind, Tesla, Waymo, Meta, Apple, and Wayve, who have made significant contributions to language models (DeepMind Gemini), video models (DeepMind Veo), world models (Wayve GAIA), and autonomous systems (Tesla FSD).

Odyssey has raised significant venture capital from GV, Amazon, AMD, EQT, NVIDIA, Natural Capital, In-Q-Tel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Garry Tan, Kyle Vogt, and researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, MSL, Recursive, and Thinking Machines.

What You'll Do

Develop and maintain Odyssey's positions across the AI governance landscape, aligned with our research direction and company strategy.

Define Odyssey's policy position on world models, including the governance principles and frameworks needed to establish the category.

Lead Odyssey's engagement with regulators, policymakers, and government partners across the US and more, and represent the company in external forums.

Partner closely with research and product teams to assess the policy implications of what we build.

Translate regulatory and geopolitical developments into clear recommendations for the CEO and leadership team.

Stand up the policy function from the ground up, setting the priorities and building the playbook.

Who You Are

5+ years in policy, government, or a related field, with a focus on AI or other emerging technologies.

Deep fluency in the national-security and geopolitical dynamics of AI, and how policy and global regulation shape what a frontier lab can build and where.

A strong grasp of the AI policy landscape and the debates around governance, safety, and accountability.

Direct experience in or with the US government. You understand how policy is actually made, and how to engage policymakers and officials to shape it.

A strong writer who can develop a framework or point of view that shapes how others think.

Technically fluent enough to be credible with frontier AI researchers, and able to translate between technical and policy audiences.

Energized by building a function from zero; setting direction and operating independently before a team exists.

Comfortable with frequent travel between the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and London.