Sneha Revanur
Sneha Revanur is an advocate who has pushed for AI regulation since her teens. She founded Encode Justice in 2020, at 15, to campaign against California's Proposition 25, a ballot measure that aimed to replace cash bail with a risk-based algorithm. A 2023 letter from her coalition of youth-led groups asked Congress and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to include young people on AI oversight and advisory boards. TIME named her the youngest person on its inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in AI, in 2023. As of October 2026 she is the founder and president of Encode, a youth organization that advocates for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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Timeline
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2020
Campaigning against Proposition 25
In 2020, at 15, she founds Encode Justice, a youth-led AI advocacy group, to mobilize young Californians against Proposition 25, a ballot measure that aimed to replace cash bail with a risk-based algorithm.
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2023
A Williams College student
She is an 18-year-old student at Williams College in Massachusetts in 2023.
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2023
A youth letter to Washington
She leads a coalition of youth-led organizations in 2023 that sends a joint letter to congressional leaders and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The letter calls for the inclusion of young people on AI oversight and advisory boards.
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2023
On TIME's first AI list
TIME names her to its inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023, and she is the youngest person named to it.
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2024
The AI 2030 agenda
In 2024 she describes Encode's agenda as an itemized list of things leaders should enact by 2030.
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2025
Encode and California's SB 53
In 2025 Encode works on AI regulations, including California's SB 53.
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As of October 2026
Founder and president of Encode
She is the founder and president of Encode, a youth organization that advocates for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
Sources and credits
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