Key People
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Tom Liptay
Director of Forecasting
Tom Liptay serves as Director of Forecasting at FutureSearch. PhD from MIT; previously Director of Forecasting at Metaculus and CFO at Good Judgment Inc. Confirmed by multiple sources as of 2026-04-16.
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Dan SchwarzFounder
CEO
2023 – present
Dan Schwarz is co-founder and CEO of FutureSearch. Previously CTO at Metaculus and Senior Software Engineer at Google/Waymo. Confirmed on Crunchbase and LinkedIn as of 2026-04-16.
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Lawrence PhillipsFounder
CTO
2023 – present
Lawrence Phillips is co-founder and CTO of FutureSearch. Previously led the AI team at Metaculus; holds a PhD in Atomic/Molecular Physics from Heriot-Watt University. Confirmed by multiple sources as of 2026-04-16.
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Peter Scoblic
Chief Strategy Officer
Peter Scoblic served as Chief Strategy Officer and/or Advisor at FutureSearch starting ~2023. Previously Director of Strategic Foresight at Metaculus. More recently joined NTI as Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow, suggesting this role may have ended. Confirmed via Crunchbase as of 2026-04-16.
Funding History
1Seed RoundSeedDec 2024
$5.8M
Seed round raised in November/December 2024 per company page and Crunchbase (December 5, 2024). Amount $5.79M per Crunchbase. Investors: Juniper Ventures, Macroscopic Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings, Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund, Twin Path Ventures. Company describes investors as having track record at DeepMind and Anthropic. Confirmed via futuresearch.ai/company and Crunchbase as of 2026-05-23.
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