OpenAI Economic Research Collaborators

The OpenAI Economic Research team works with economists and graduate students around the world to understand how AI is reshaping the economy. Through research collaborations and support for independent inquiry, we bring together diverse expertise to build evidence that helps people navigate AI-driven economic change.

Economists in Residence

Our Economist in Residence program brings economists onto the team part-time to lead their own work and contribute their expertise to our research.

Annie Liang

Economist in Residence at OpenAI, Associate Professor of Economics at Northwestern

Avinash (Avi) Collis

Economist in Residence at OpenAI, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University

Prasanna Tambe

Economist in Residence at OpenAI, Professor, Wharton School and Co-Director, Wharton Human-AI Research

Visiting Researchers

Visiting Researchers are graduate students in economics and related fields who contribute to our research.

Caroline Chin

Visiting Researcher at OpenAI, PhD Candidate in Economics at MIT

Chris Liao

Visiting Researcher at OpenAI, PhD Candidate in Economics at UC Berkeley

Paul Hamilton

Visiting Researcher at OpenAI, PhD Candidate at Harvard Business School

The OpenAI Economic Research Exchange

A new research program advancing bold, independent inquiry into how AI is reshaping work, firms, institutions, and the global economy. Selected researchers pursue original privacy-preserving projects with support from OpenAI’s Economic Research team to help build the evidence needed to understand and navigate AI-driven economic change. See the inaugural cohort below. To learn more about the Exchange, read the blog.