personnel
Thomas McGrath — Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Goodfire
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | ywGaPT2yJx |
| Source URL | www.goodfire.ai/about |
| Parent | Goodfire |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 30, 2026, 11:33 AM |
| Updated | Mar 30, 2026, 11:33 AM |
| Synced | Mar 30, 2026, 11:33 AM |
Record Data
id | ywGaPT2yJx |
personId | Thomas McGrath(person) |
organizationId | Goodfire(organization) |
personEntityId | Thomas McGrath(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | Goodfire(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Co-Founder & Chief Scientist |
roleType | key-person |
startDate | 2023 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | Yes |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | www.goodfire.ai/about |
notes | Co-founded Goodfire; heads research; previously Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind where he founded their interpretability team; PhD. |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
While the source confirms that Goodfire exists and is a research company focused on AI interpretability, it does not mention Thomas McGrath by name or specify his role as Co-Founder & Chief Scientist. The source discusses the team in general terms ('founding members', 'researchers, engineers and builders') but provides no specific personnel details that would allow verification of the individual claim. The start date of 2023 is also not addressed in the source text. Without explicit mention of Thomas McGrath in the source, the claim cannot be confirmed or contradicted—it is unverifiable based on this excerpt.
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