Jibu Elias is an AI policy researcher and one of the most credible independent voices on artificial intelligence in the Global South. He co-created India AI in 2018, which grew into India’s National AI Mission. Today he leads the Responsible Computing Challenge at Mozilla Foundation and serves as a Responsible AI Fellow at the Stimson Center. His international roles span the OECD, World Economic Forum, GPAI, and UNESCO. His book The New Divide (Westland Books, 2026) examines what happens when AI serves profit over people. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.