Joseph Kostousov
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Experience
TAISI — Co-founder and Director September 2025 – present Toronto, ON
- Founded the University of Toronto’s technical AI safety group (taisi.ca).
- Ran eight 8-week intro fellowship cohorts.
- Built an Airtable member portal tracking 100+ participants.
- Secured funding through Pathfinder; ran advertising, logistics, and room bookings.
- 40+ fellowship alumni, several advancing to AISST/MAIA retreats, Action Potential, AI Safety Camp, and the CORDA democracy fellowship.
- Featured in the U of T Economics department newsletter.
TAISI Summer Intensive — Organizer June 2026 – present Toronto, ON
- Organizer of a 3-month technical AI safety bootcamp; 6 cohorts, ~170 applications.
- Drafted and secured a $30K USD BlueDot rapid grant.
- Assembled a 4-person notebook development team; hired 2 TAs and 1 facilitator.
- On-site support for cohort 2; remote support for cohorts 1, 3, and 4.
- Lead organizer for the working-professionals cohort (in person, October 2026).
CAMBRIA ‘mini-ARENA’ interpretability bootcamp May – June 2026
Cambridge, MA
Programs & Fellowships
- BlueDot Technical AI Safety Fellowship — Virtual Jan – Feb 2026
- OASIS 6.0 — Berkeley, CA Jan 2026
- AISST AI Policy Intro Fellowship — Virtual Jun – Jul 2025
Education
University of Toronto September 2024 – present
Statistics & Economics · Toronto, ON
Fasman Yeshiva High School September 2021 – June 2024
Chicago, IL
- Graduated with honours (valedictorian snagged by my brother).