Tino Cuellar joins Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer

Anthropic has appointed Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer, a newly created role focused on policy, international engagement, and government relations. Cuéllar brings experience across the judiciary, academia, and public service, including serving as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Justice of the California Supreme Court, and director of multiple Stanford security and technology institutes. He has advised three presidential administrations and co-led California's Frontier AI Working Group. The hire signals Anthropic's escalating investment in shaping AI governance frameworks globally, with a stated priority of ensuring democratic societies set the terms for advanced AI development.