


Tom Cunningham
Researcher
Now Economics and AI research (AI capabilities and economics) · METR
@testinghamtecunningham.github.io ↗Economist at METR working on AI capabilities and economics. Previously did economic research and data science at OpenAI, and was a senior data scientist at Twitter and a research scientist at Meta. PhD in economics from LSE.
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Current
METREconomics and AI research (AI capabilities and economics)2025 – present
Previous
- OpenAIEconomic Research2024 – 2025
- OpenAIData Science2023 – 2024
- IIIntegrity InstituteResident Fellow2023
- TWTwitterSenior Staff Data Scientist2021 – 2022
- MFMeta/FacebookResearch Scientist2015 – 2020
- CECaltech, Economics DepartmentVisiting Associate2014 – 2015
- IIInstitute for International Economic Studies, StockholmAssistant Professor2013 – 2015
- TATel Aviv UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher2012 – 2013
Harvard UniversityCollege Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow)2011 – 2012- ZOZooplaConsultant (house price prediction)2007
- EEEurope EconomicsAnalyst2006 – 2007
- LOLOVEFILMProgrammer, Manager and Analyst2003 – 2005
- EOEquillia (now Outreach)Programmer and Manager1999 – 2003
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