Amba Kak has spent the last fifteen years designing and advocating for technology policy in the public interest, across government, industry, and civil society – and in many parts of the world. Amba brings this experience to her current role co-Executive Director of AI Now, a US-based research institute where she leads on advancing diagnosis and actionable policy recommendations to tackle concerns with artificial intelligence and concentrated power.
Amba completed her term as Senior Advisor on AI at the Federal Trade Commission in 2022, and recently served as a member of New York City’s Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. Prior to AI Now, she was Global Policy Advisor at Mozilla; and also previously served as legal advisor to India’s telecommunications regulator (TRAI) on net-neutrality rules. She regularly advises members of Congress, the White House, the European Commission, UK government, the City of New York, US and other regulatory agencies worldwide; and has testified before Congress multiple times on AI policy issues.
Amba currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Signal Foundation, Kinfolk Tech, and is the Chair of Steering Council for the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University. Trained as a lawyer, Amba received her BA LLB (Hons) from the National University of Juridical Sciences in India, and is a former recipient of the Google Policy Fellowship and Mozilla Policy Fellowship.
She has a Masters in Law (BCL) and an MSc in the Social Science of the Internet at the University of Oxford, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2024 TIME magazine listed Kak among 100 most influential people in AI.
Amba completed her term as Senior Advisor on AI at the Federal Trade Commission in 2022, and recently served as a member of New York City’s Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. Prior to AI Now, she was Global Policy Advisor at Mozilla; and also previously served as legal advisor to India’s telecommunications regulator (TRAI) on net-neutrality rules. She regularly advises members of Congress, the White House, the European Commission, UK government, the City of New York, US and other regulatory agencies worldwide; and has testified before Congress multiple times on AI policy issues.
Amba currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Signal Foundation, Kinfolk Tech, and is the Chair of Steering Council for the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University. Trained as a lawyer, Amba received her BA LLB (Hons) from the National University of Juridical Sciences in India, and is a former recipient of the Google Policy Fellowship and Mozilla Policy Fellowship.
She has a Masters in Law (BCL) and an MSc in the Social Science of the Internet at the University of Oxford, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2024 TIME magazine listed Kak among 100 most influential people in AI.
