Find your next step with Heron
Whether you want to learn, connect, advance the field, change career or build something of your own, Heron has a way in. Explore the paths below and choose what fits.
Learn
Build your knowledge and skills in AI security and related fields.
Take a course on AI alignment or governance, or skill up in cybersecurity with well-regarded certifications such as CompTIA Security+, GIAC Security Essentials, OSCP Penetration Testing, and Certified Ethical Hacker
Pursue advanced degrees at institutions like the Pardee RAND Graduate School
Connect
Engage with the community, mentors, and peers to expand your network.
Join meetups, lectures, hackathons and workshops (remote and in person in Tel Aviv) - Join our silent Whatsapp group for updates on future events
Support in organizing a reading group or a group to participate in hackathons
Connections and introductions with potential mentors and advisors
Advance the Field
Do the work: on your own project, with a research team, or in a role in the field.
Start your own project and get paid for AI security projects or working on technical AI problems, for career development and transitioning to working on AI Security, for developing capability evaluations, or research projects with the UK AISI Challenge Fund
Do research at Constellation (Berkeley), Technology and Security Policy Center or Meselson Center at RAND (US, Europe or remote), MATS Program (Berkeley), FAR.ai (Berkeley), Anthropic (Berkeley, London or remote), Apart Labs (remote), GovAI (remote), Pivotal Research (London, 8 weeks), ERA Fellowship (Cambridge, 8 weeks)
Look for a job in AI security on the 80,000 Hours job board
Get support applying for funding to move into the field: career development and transitioning grants, and other grant programs.
Build it Yourself
Start an organization that doesn't exist yet, with people who have done it before.
Work out what to build, and have the idea pressure-tested before you commit years to it
Take a desk at The Nest on the Project Resident track, with compute credits, mentorship and travel grants
Meet your first hires from the Heron community
Get introduced to funders: grants from Coefficient Giving and Halcyon Futures, early-stage investment from SAIF Partners and Juniper Ventures