Reid Hoffman spoke at an event at LSE in December 2024
Co-founder of LinkedIn and Manas AI Reid Hoffman has been appointed as a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Data Science Institute (DSI).
The unpaid role, which will run from February 2025 to February 2028, will see Mr Hoffman interact with LSE students and faculty and participate in events including discussions and workshops during his visits to London. In the role, he will draw on his vast experience in technological entrepreneurship and the impacts of new technologies on society.
Mr Hoffman gave a popular public lecture at LSE in December 2024 where he examined the profound societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for the world order.
Commenting on his appointment, Reid Hoffman said: “I am delighted to have been appointed as a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Data Science Institute. As a leading university, LSE is widely respected for its top-class academics, breadth of research and its contribution to public debate and tackling some of the most significant issues facing the world today. I hope to bring my experience to those debates and am looking forward to working with the university’s dedicated community of staff, students and alumni.”
President and Vice Chancellor of LSE Larry Kramer commented: “We are thrilled to have Reid become part of the LSE family. As the co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI, Reid brings extensive knowledge and experience in the technology and entrepreneurial world, but he is also a genuine intellectual who will find a comfortable home inside a university. Reid gave a fantastic lecture at LSE in December about how we can use AI to better understand the world and do good. I look forward to working with him and learning more about this critically important topic.”
Reid Hoffman is the Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI and Manas AI. An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor at Greylock, he has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses.
He is the host of two award-winning podcasts: Masters of Scale, where iconic business leaders share strategies that have helped them grow, as well as Possible, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. He is also the co-author of six best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, Impromptu and Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future.
The Data Science Institute at LSE works alongside academic departments and research centres to foster research, education and engagement in the study of data science and AI through a social science lens.