Lauren Wagner

Lauren Wagner has spent the last 15 years building products that leverage privacy-sensitive data in areas like trust & safety, digital health, and consumer AI. She previously worked at Meta and Google bringing new products to market, spearheading data sharing efforts and the creation of tools to combat misinformation and online harms. Drawing on her experience as a researcher and active early-stage investor, Lauren is currently a Fellow at the Berggruen Institute and Senior Advisor to Responsible Innovation Labs, where she launched the first AI governance framework for 100+ startups and venture capitalists. Lauren holds a Master’s in Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford and a Master’s and Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. Her work has appeared in places like the New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, Science, and the Journal of Social Science in Medicine.