Ulysse Richard is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Andrew Carnegie AI-Nuclear Policy Accelerator. 

Ulysse Richard is a policy practitioner and researcher tackling frontier AI’s challenges to international security. He is a consultant on military AI governance at the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, a Policy Research Fellow supporting P5 Track II dialogues on AI-nuclear risk at INHR, and a Research Associate on institutional design for global AI governance at Arcadia Impact.

He previously researched confidence-building measures for frontier AI as an AI Policy Fellow at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy, conducted cyber threat intelligence at the CyberPeace Institute, and researched nuclear cyberdeterrence at U.C. Berkeley.

Ulysse holds a dual MA in International Security and International Relations from Sciences Po and Peking University, where his thesis applied game-theoretic analysis to US-China escalation dynamics over dual-use AI innovation. His interests include military AI governance, AI-nuclear risk, US-China technology competition, AI safety and cybersecurity.