Balancing Progress with Responsibility to Protect People and the Planet
LASST believes in the transformative power of science and technology to improve lives. While advances in science and technology bring incredible benefits, we must ensure they are developed safely and deployed responsibly.
The need to balance the undeniable positive potential for rapidly-advancing technologies like generative AI and gene synthesis against the potential for misaligned systems, accidents, or misuse by malign actors to cause catastrophic harm has become one of the most important projects of our generation.
LASST adds legal advocacy to the toolkit of those seeking to ensure advances in science and technology benefit people and the planet through direct advocacy and by encouraging and empowering legal professionals to get involved.
Tyler started his career as a commercial litigator, spending over 15 years as an associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. After taking some time off, he spent a year as a 501(c)(3) public charity’s first General Counsel. Tyler left that role at the end of 2023 to start LASST, looking for an opportunity to leverage his experience as a litigator and advocate to make the world a better place.
Vivian Dong is a graduate of Harvard Law School and before joining LASST was an associate attorney at the law firm of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. in Washington, D.C.
Since obtaining her legal degrees and LL.M. from the City Law School, University of London, Cortney has been responsible for nonprofit operations for over 15 years. She has previously worked in human and animal rights.
Ben attended Yale Law School and worked as Staff Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before joining LASST.
Will is a graduate of Stanford Law School. He was a Senior Associate at WilmerHale LLP before joining LASST.
Tyler started his career as a commercial litigator, spending over 15 years as an associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. After taking some time off, he spent a year as a 501(c)(3) public charity’s first General Counsel. Tyler left that role at the end of 2023 to start LASST, looking for an opportunity to leverage his experience as a litigator and advocate to make the world a better place.
Amy has over fifteen years of experience building and leading nonprofits. After graduating from NYU School of Law, she began her career as COO at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, later worked as an attorney in Detroit, and went on to hold executive roles at a global nonprofit.
Laurens Prins is a Dutch legal professional who has worked in private practice in international law firms, in-house at a major energy company, and as a judge in the Netherlands.
Sneha Revanur is the Founder and President of Encode AI. She launched Encode AI in 2020 while still in high school. She was the youngest person named to TIME’s inaugural list of the 100 most influential voices in AI. Sneha graduates from Stanford University in 2026 with a degree in Symbolic Systems.
Since obtaining her legal degrees and LL.M. from the City Law School, University of London, Cortney has been responsible for nonprofit operations for over 15 years.