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Dr. Jason Matheny

Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.

Emerging tech and national security strategy.

President & CEO · RAND

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Dr. Jason Matheny is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).

President and CEO of the RAND Corporation. Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security, founder of IARPA's analytic methods group, and a leading voice on emerging-tech strategy, biosecurity, and AI.

Their work spans 2 research domains on Futurecraft, Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.

Biography

President and CEO of the RAND Corporation. Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security, founder of IARPA's analytic methods group, and a leading voice on emerging-tech strategy, biosecurity, and AI.

Research Domains

Key Work

  • , Architect of national strategy for AI, biotechnology, and semiconductor policy
  • , Founding director of CSET (Center for Security and Emerging Technology)
  • , Public testimony shaping U.S. export controls on advanced compute

Suggested Collaboration Questions

  • Where is the U.S. under-investing in the institutional capacity required to govern emerging technology over the next 25 years?
  • What does responsible scaling look like for capabilities whose offensive applications are cheap and whose defenses are expensive?
  • Which biosecurity scenarios remain catastrophically under-resourced?

Source Attribution

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