person

Mariana Mazzucato

UCL economist; Entrepreneurial State author

Economist known for arguing the state is the primary driver of transformative innovation. Has turned this framework on AI: argues AI policy must be oriented toward mission-driven public investment, not laissez-faire.

current Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London

wikipedia @MazzucatoM

Strategy positions

Public AIendorses

State-run or public-option AI as a check on private concentration

Argues AI must be governed via mission-driven public investment; rejects laissez-faire framings.

AI should be governed the way we govern public investments, with missions, not markets.

¶ articleMariana Mazzucato on AI governance· marianamazzucato.com· 2023· loose paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Other people whose strategy tags overlap with Mariana Mazzucato's. Overlap is on tag identity, not stance; opposites can show up if they reference the same tags.

Fei-Fei Li
shared 1 · J=1.00
Stanford HAI co-director; 'godmother of AI'
Nandan Nilekani
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Infosys co-founder; architect of India's Aadhaar digital ID
Paul Allen
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Microsoft co-founder; founder of AI2 (posthumous)

Record last updated 2026-04-25.