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Eric Schmidt

10 dated events on the record · 0 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2019–2025

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2025-06-15 Other facts SECONDARY Eric Schmidt's advisory relationships with Microsoft and OpenAI leadership are not captured in any single public registry accessible via standard conflict-of-interest databases, despite his formal roles as chair of…
2024-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Eric Schmidt's personal investment portfolio in defence and AI firms is not listed in any single publicly searchable database; existing ethics filings (OGE 278e, DF-IPA) are not systematically published or aggregated…
2024-06-15 Other facts SECONDARY Schmidt Futures, as a 501(c)(3) organization, is not required to publicly disclose the full list of policy 'grantees' or the specific nature of advisory relationships maintained by its co-founder, creating a…
2023-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Eric Schmidt was an investor in the French AI startup Mistral AI as of its June 2023 Series A round, confirmed by a French regulatory filing listing him as a shareholder.
2023-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Schmidt's board observer role at OpenAI ended in early 2023, shortly after his personal investment in Anthropic (OpenAI competitor) was disclosed in SEC filings.
2023-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Schmidt's family office, Hillspire LLC, manages his wealth and can hold defence/AI equity without triggering public disclosure requirements for advisory roles, because Hillspire is not a registered investment adviser…
2022-06-15 Transactions INFERENTIAL Schmidt Futures' grant-making in AI national security research (e.g., the 'AI and National Security' workshop series co-funded with Georgetown CSET) has no systematic overlap with the portfolio companies of Schmidt's…
2022-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Schmidt Futures made a $5.2M grant to Stanford HAI in 2021-2022 that funded research later incorporated into the NSCAI final report's recommendations on AI assurance and testing standards.
2022-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Eric Schmidt's AI defence startup Rebellion Defense received at least $150M in Series B and C funding (2021-2022) while Schmidt still served as NSCAI chair emeritus and Pentagon adviser.
2019-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Schmidt's personal financial disclosure to the Defense Innovation Board in 2019 revealed his family office Hillspire held Microsoft shares worth $5-25 million.