# Jaan Tallinn

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/jaan-tallinn
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Jaan Tallinn is a founding engineer of Skype and Kazaa. He is a co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (cser.org) and the Future of Life Institute. He also philanthropically supports other organizations tackling existential and catastrophic risk.

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- **Title:** Co-founder at Future of Life Institute

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