# Kumar Garg

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The future of education in the age of AI

How can educators balance rapid AI innovation with effective, rigorous, evidence-based strategies? In this PARC Forum, Afua Bruce (founder and principal of the ANB Advisory Group and author of The Tech That Comes Next) moderates an eye-opening conversation about AI in education featuring Kumar Garg…

Kumar Garg | Pathways to Progress

Kumar Garg, co-founder and president of Renaissance Philanthropy, joins Laura Messner and Berke Celik to discuss the motivation and vision behind the organization’s launch in May 2024, and the principles that have enabled its rapid scale-up. In this conversation, they explore: The founding vision …

The signal for local leaders inside the AI noise

As AI becomes increasingly prominent, the backlash grows along with it. How can tech leaders distinguish between productive skepticism and reactionary distrust, and how can they demonstrate AI's value while acknowledging rational criticisms? Technical.ly CEO and cofounder Chris Wink is joined by Ku…

Kumar Garg Funds Ideas That Are “Big, if True”

On Science Policy IRL, we talk to people in science policy about what they do and how they got there. In this installment, we’re exploring how science policy works from both inside and outside the government.  Host Monya Baker is joined by Kumar Garg, president of Renaissance Philanthropy, an organ…

AI, Jobs, and What Comes Next with Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy

Send us Fan Mail Kumar Garg is the President of Renaissance Philanthropy, where he leads thesis-driven philanthropic funds focused on major global challenges. Previously, he worked in the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and helped build Eric Schmidt’s science and tech init…

The ARPA for Philanthropy: Kumar Garg on Funding 'Big If True' Ideas in Science and Tech

After spending time in the Obama White House, Kumar Garg came away with a toolset of skills to help drive change, spotlight good ideas and scale them. Now he’s applying those ideas to philanthropy. As the co-founders of Renaissance Philanthropy, Kumar and Tom Kalil have built an organization around…

Doing Big Things in Policy: It's All White Space

Wanna do big things? This week, a how-to guide for technically minded people who want to stop posting and start changing things — covering everything from why every globally important problem is "white space." Joining Jordan are Kumar Garg, founder of Renaissance Philanthropy and a veteran of the …

Funding evidence-based applications of AI in education

Kumar Garg is President of Renaissance Philanthropy, the science-and-technology philanthropy he co-founded with Tom Kalil in 2024 to help donors invest in high-impact research across AI, climate, and education. He holds a BA from Dartmouth and a JD from Yale Law School, and worked over eight years …

Funding evidence-based applications of AI in education

Kumar Garg is President of Renaissance Philanthropy, the science-and-technology philanthropy he co-founded with Tom Kalil in 2024 to help donors invest in high-impact research across AI, climate, and education. He holds a BA from Dartmouth and a JD from Yale Law School, and cut his teeth over eight…

He Raised $500M in 2 Years — Kumar Garg on Fixing Philanthropy

Venture philanthropy: Kumar Garg moved half a billion dollars into science funding in two years. Renaissance Philanthropy runs like a fund business, with thesis-driven funds and donors as LPs.This is TBLI Radical Truth with Robert Rubinstein. Kumar explains the model pulling capital off the sidelin…