[ROLE TIMELINE]

Eric Schmidt

Former Google CEO; Schmidt Futures co-founder; former Defence Innovation Board chair; Pentagon AI adviser

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    Political
    | Red zones = government–corporate overlap
  

Conflict Zones (6)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2016–2026
          

Advisor (US Department of Defense (Pentagon)) overlapping with Former Executive (Google), Former Executive (Alphabet)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2018–2026
          

Advisor (US Department of Defense (Pentagon)), Donor (Center for a New American Security (CNAS)) overlapping with Investor (Shield AI), Former Executive (Google), Former Executive (Alphabet)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2020–2026
          

Advisor (US Department of Defense (Pentagon)), Donor (Center for a New American Security (CNAS)) overlapping with Investor (Anduril Industries)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2021–2026
          

Donor (Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI) overlapping with Former Executive (Google), Former Executive (Alphabet), Investor (Shield AI), Investor (Anduril Industries)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2022–2026
          

Advisor (US Department of Defense (Pentagon)), Donor (Center for a New American Security (CNAS)), Donor (Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI) overlapping with Investor (Inflection AI)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2023–2026
          

Advisor (US Department of Defense (Pentagon)), Donor (Center for a New American Security (CNAS)), Donor (Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI) overlapping with Investor (Anthropic)

All Roles & Relationships (12)

Sector	Role	Entity	Period
CORPORATE	Former Executive	Google	2001–present
CORPORATE	Former Executive	Alphabet	2001–present
OTHER	Member	Defense Innovation Board	2016–present
OTHER	Disclosure Recipient	Office of Government Ethics	2016–present
GOVERNMENT	Advisor	US Department of Defense (Pentagon)	2016–present
GOVERNMENT	Donor	Center for a New American Security (CNAS)	2018–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Shield AI	2018–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Anduril Industries	2020–present
OTHER	Peer Network	Reid Hoffman	2020–present
GOVERNMENT	Donor	Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI	2021–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Inflection AI	2022–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Anthropic	2023–present

Methodology

This timeline visualises documented roles and relationships for Eric Schmidt using dates recorded in the entity connection graph. Roles are classified into sectors (government, corporate, political) based on relationship type and target entity type.

Conflict zones are periods where government/institutional roles overlap with corporate positions. These overlaps are not inherently improper but represent structural conditions that merit public scrutiny — the same person simultaneously holds a position involving public trust and a position involving private financial interest.

Date precision varies: some connections record only a year, others a full date. Ongoing roles (no end date) are drawn to the present year. Committee memberships are drawn from official congressional records where available.