Nicholas Brown is a Senior Fellow and Cofounder of CTS. His work focuses on the AI value chain, export controls, and technical and policy analysis of automation’s impacts.
Nicholas served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security from 2024 - 2025. In this role, he was responsible for designing export controls on advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Nicholas previously worked at the RAND Corporation as a Technical AI Policy Research Scientist, where he developed technical analysis on advanced semiconductors and AI computing infrastructure.
Before entering policy, Nicholas worked as a software engineer at Google. He graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Physics.
Nicholas served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security from 2024 - 2025. In this role, he was responsible for designing export controls on advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Nicholas previously worked at the RAND Corporation as a Technical AI Policy Research Scientist, where he developed technical analysis on advanced semiconductors and AI computing infrastructure.
Before entering policy, Nicholas worked as a software engineer at Google. He graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Physics.