Field builder · Funders · Berlin, Germany · Est. 2024
Talos Network is a German nonprofit organization focused on building a European talent pipeline for AI governance and public policymaking. Its core strategy is to run structured, cohort-based development programmes that combine policy training, a Brussels policymaking summit, and (for select tracks) placements within AI governance organizations—then extend the impact through an alumni network.
The organization frames its mission as supporting the safe deployment of advanced AI by fostering the next generation of AI policy leaders, with explicit attention to independence in programme design and to equipping policymakers with practical governance expertise. Talos Network’s flagship programme is the Talos Fellowship, which prepares early-career European AI policy professionals through an AI Policy Fundamentals track, a week-long summit in Brussels, and further components that include placement and (for an incubation track) additional funding and support for fellows to launch initiatives. Talos also runs a Policy Leaders Programme intended for more experienced policy professionals, structured around a bootcamp, a Brussels summit, and (for a placement track) a long paid placement year at relevant organizations. Together, these programmes are designed to create both immediate capacity (training and placements) and longer-term field-building (alumni networks, ongoing touchpoints, and placement ecosystems).
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Talos published an alumni policy note on why funders should address complexity and the integration bottleneck in socioeconomic AI risks.
Alumni publication: “Transparency vs. Alignment: Financial Governance of AI”Talos published an alumni-written research/policy note arguing that disclosure (transparency) is insufficient for AI risk governance, and discussing limitations in current financial governance approaches.
Alumni Newsletter - October 2025 (including Autumn 2025 Brussels Summit recap and project launches)Talos shared an alumni update describing the Autumn 2025 Brussels Summit and reporting several alumni-led project launches and publications.
Alumni Newsletter - July 2025 (including alumni role updates and upcoming cohort information)Talos published its first alumni update, including job/role updates for alumni and an announcement that the Autumn 2025 cohort would be kicked off.
Talos Network hiring an Incubation Programme Lead (applications close September 16, 2026)Talos Network announced an open role for an Incubation Programme Lead, describing the role as taking an incubator from pilot to flagship and helping back founders/initiatives for European AI governance.