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Ankesh Chandaria is a strategy advisor and researcher focusing on AI impact and governance. Drawing on his background as a litigation and regulatory investigations lawyer, he collaborates with organizations on AI strategy, risk, and opportunity.

He is the founder of theConcept.ai, affiliated with the Periscope Lab at the University of Toronto, and will begin a Master’s in AI Ethics and Society with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge in September 2025.