Product engineer at 80,000 Hours.

I got into AI safety through an ACX grant in 2022. I spent 2023–2024 doing operations at Nonlinear, running their grantmaking network — 50+ funders, 500+ applications, $800K+ channeled — and helped stand up the emergency fund that got another $800K to FTX-affected grantees in three days.

From 2023 to early 2026 I also worked at AI Species, an AI safety documentary project that cleared 20M+ views — doing background research, fact-checking, and ops.

In 2024 I cofounded BAISH, the Buenos Aires AI Safety Hub. Since then I’ve built ASTN, a career platform for the field; spent six weeks as founding engineer at the Alignment Journal, building its platform; and facilitated BlueDot’s AGI Strategy and Technical AI Safety courses.

In May 2026 I joined 80,000 Hours as a product engineer on the career services team, and moved to London.

Most of what I’ve built is aimed at AI safety’s biggest talent gap: the shortage of engineers, operators and field-builders.

I’m Luca De Leo. I live in London.

If you want the formal version, here’s my CV.