Eric Schmidt was selected to join the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology in 2023, which was charged by Congress with the responsibility of examining the critical intersection of emerging biotechnology and national security.

Innovation Endeavors is an early‑stage venture firm investing in the Super Evolution — a non‑linear approach to innovation that drives change in order to solve problems that matter.

The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is a non-partisan, non-profit initiative with a clear mission: to make recommendations to strengthen America’s long-term competitiveness as artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are reshaping our national security, economy, and society. We want to ensure that America is positioned and organized to win the techno-economic competition between now and 2030, the critical window for shaping the future.

In 2020, Eric Schmidt released Reimagine with Eric Schmidt, a podcast highlighting a series of conversations with leaders in government, business, science, and technology to explore how we can solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges and build a brighter future.

The Schmidt Family Foundation, founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt in 2008, makes grants and impact investments through two programs: the 11th Hour Project, which partners with communities around the world in working for renewable energy, resilient food systems, healthy oceans and the protection of human rights, and Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, which supports scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs in developing technologies that restore ocean health.

Schmidt Ocean Institute was founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt in 2009 to boldly explore our unknown ocean–offering access to a world-class philanthropic research vessel for scientists–to excite interest and inform the wise stewardship of our planet.

Eric Schmidt has taught courses at CalTech and Stanford and lectured at MIT and Princeton on the applications and implications of modern computing, science and societal problems, as well as improving the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In 2023, Eric was selected as one of Columbia’s Institute of Global Politics Inaugural Distinguished Fellows. He is also an MIT Visiting Innovation Fellow, a member of the Advisory Board for MIT IQ, a member of the MIT Commission on the Work of the Future, a member of the MIT CEO Advisory Board, and a member of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Advisory Council.

Eric Schmidt currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Broad Institute and is on the board of The Mayo Clinic, as well as Director of Science for America. Since 2022, Eric has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Sandbox AQ.

Eric was appointed by Congress to chair the Commission, which was charged with the responsibility of examining the critical intersection of emerging biotechnology and national security. The Commission released their final report in 2021, which can be read, here: https://reports.nscai.gov/final-report/