Personnel: Callum McDougall at Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (Founder)
The source text directly confirms that Callum McDougall founded ARENA (AI Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator). His bio explicitly states 'I founded the ARENA program for technical AI safety upskilling.' While the source lists his current title as 'Director @ ARENA' rather than 'Founder,' founding an organization and later serving as its director are compatible roles. The record's claim that he is a 'Founder' of the organization is clearly supported by the source text.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Callum McDougall
- Role
- Founder
- Role Type
- key-person
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Callum McDougall founded ARENA and ran the first three iterations. Now takes an advisory role while working at Google DeepMind. Confirmed on EA Forum profile and arena.education team page as of 2026-04-07. Start date unknown.
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1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source text directly confirms that Callum McDougall founded ARENA (AI Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator). His bio explicitly states 'I founded the ARENA program for technical AI safety upskilling.' While the source lists his current title as 'Director @ ARENA' rather than 'Founder,' founding an organization and later serving as its director are compatible roles. The record's claim that he is a 'Founder' of the organization is clearly supported by the source text.