Meredith Whittaker
Meredith Whittaker is president of Signal, the nonprofit private messaging service, and a cofounder of the AI Now Institute. She spent more than a decade at Google in product and engineering work, founded its Open Research Group and cofounded Measurement Lab. She also helped organize the 2018 Google Walkout. AI Now, founded with Kate Crawford in 2017, studies the social effects and institutional power of AI. Whittaker joined Signal’s board in 2020 and became president in September 2022. Her work there includes strategy, financial sustainability and public communication. A 2023 article with Joshua Lund explained the resources needed to maintain private messaging. She currently serves as a chief adviser to AI Now.
- Now at
- AI Now Institute
- Works
- 12
- Citations
- 1,361
- h-index
- 10
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2009
Measuring the internet
Cofounded Measurement Lab, an open internet measurement project.
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2017
Creating AI Now
Cofounded the AI Now Institute with Kate Crawford.
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2018
Organizing at work
Helped organize the Google Walkout.
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2022
Becoming Signal president
Became Signal president in September 2022.
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2023–present
Explaining the cost of privacy
Coauthored an account of Signal’s operating costs in 2023.
Sources and credits
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