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Maria De la Lama

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Chief Operating Officer at Epoch AI
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Maria de la Lama is the Chief Operating Officer and a board member at Epoch AI, where she applies her background in philosophy and nonprofit operations. She helps guide the research institutes mission to investigate AI trends for the benefit of society and holds a Masters from The London School of Economics.

Her organization, Epoch AI, received The New York Times’ 2024 Good Tech Award for helping the public think more rigorously about the future of AI.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Operating Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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AI Benchmarking
She is actively hiring staff to create new benchmarks for measuring AI model capabilities, which is a core focus for her organization.
Nonprofit Operations
As COO with a background in nonprofit operations, she focuses on helping her research institute operate efficiently and grow sustainably, a theme seen in her hiring posts.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Chief Operating Officer
Epoch AI
7-2024
Board Member
Epoch AI
11-2023 - 7-2026
Head of Operations
Epoch AI
3-2023 - 1-2024
Special Projects Coordinator
Rethink Priorities
9-2022 - 12-2022
Don Lavoie Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Education
9-2021 - 9-2022
Master of Science - MS
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2015 - 2019
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Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México
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