Talos Network

Talos Network gUG (haftungsbeschraenkt) is a German nonprofit registered in Berlin that serves as the leading global talent development organization for European AI policy. Its mission is to support the safe development of advanced AI by cultivating the next generation of leaders in AI policy.

Talos grew out of Training for Good (TFG), an organization founded in 2021 by Cillian Crosson through the Charity Entrepreneurship incubation program. TFG ran an EU Tech Policy Fellowship starting in 2022, and in late 2023 announced a spin-off to create a dedicated AI policy career organization. The new entity, initially called Talos Institute, was formally registered as Talos Network gUG in Berlin in May 2024.

The flagship program is the Talos Fellowship, a seven-month program with three integrated components: an eight-week online AI Policy Fundamentals course exploring frontier AI governance, a seven-day policymaking summit in Brussels featuring expert speakers, workshops, and networking events, and a paid four-to-six-month placement at a leading AI policy organization. Placement partners include the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), The Future Society, OECD.AI, Centre for Future Generations, Apollo Research, and SIPRI, among others. Talos runs two fellowship cohorts per year, each comprising 15 to 25 fellows.

Between 2022 and 2025, Talos supported over 80 fellows, with 70% (58 of 83) successfully transitioning to roles directly contributing to advanced AI policy and safety. Alumni now work across the EU AI Office, UK AISI, OECD, think tanks like RAND Europe and CEPS, and national parliaments. In a 2025 survey of AI safety organization hiring needs, Talos was ranked the number-two source of AI policy talent globally.

In 2026, Talos is launching a new Policy Leaders Programme targeting individuals with ten or more years of professional experience for senior-level transitions into AI policy roles.

The organization is led by Executive Director Chiara Gerosa, who previously served as an AI policy advisor at the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Managing Director David Conrad. The team of six staff members is supported by a board that includes Cillian Crosson (founder, now Executive Director at Tarbell), Max Reddel of the Centre for Future Generations, Patrick Gruban of Successif, and Esben Kran of Apart Research.

Talos has been primarily funded by Coefficient Giving (via Good Ventures), with additional support from the Future of Life Institute, the Survival and Flourishing Fund, Longview Philanthropy, and independent individual donors.