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Nicolae Rusan

Designer, developer & cofounder of Clay

Nicolae is a designer and developer based in New York, and a cofounder of Clay. His writing explores AI, software, and the institutions we build around them.

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Collectives as safety primitives · September 15, 2026

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Nicolae Rusan

Agent organizations, economies & collective safety

Why AI safety matters now, what we can learn from human institutions, and how to study AI collectives.

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Nicolae Rusan

Talks & conversations.

Agent organizations, economies & collective safety

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Commons

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