Anastasia Uglova

About Anastasia Uglova

Anastasia is a leading voice in AI security, digital privacy, and agentic technology. As a Specialist Leader at Deloitte, she advises on securing AI systems from threat actors and navigating AI governance, risk, compliance. She is the founder of Tethics & Chill, a community of founders, investors, and operators dedicated to building technology that enhances human agency, and host of The Privacy Podcast.Her graduate thesis on human agency in technology introduced \"agentic tech,\" a privacy-preserving framework that expands sovereignty, consent, and agency in digital spaces. She is an advisor at ex/ante, the first venture fund dedicated to agentic technology and a John Stuart Mill Fellow at the Mercatus Center, exploring the philosophical underpinnings of markets, politics, and society.Previously, she worked at NBC, NPR, the Cato Institute, the U.S. Senate, and in Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya, bridging technical depth with cultural fluency and storytelling. Anastasia has held fellowships at Global Health Corps and the Charles G. Koch Foundation, has an M.S. in Information Security and Privacy from UT Austin, and earned her B.A. in Government and International Relations from Cornell University.Writing and research here: https://ana.mirror.xyz/Listen to The Privacy podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/59dtKsdZnbq0crwohvnMBx and Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-privacy-podcast/id17••••••33

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Better Half

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Master of Science - MS, Information Security and Privacy

• Université Paris-Sorbonne

  Study Abroad, History, Economics, Art History

• Cornell University

  BA, Government, International Relations, French

Skills

• Ms Excel Pivot Tables
• New Media
• Event Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Leadership
• Nonprofits
• Event Management
• Project Management
• Social Media
• Management
• Podcasting
• Crm
• Blogging
• French
• Data Analysis
• Digital Media
• Russian
• Vendor Management
• Writing
• Data Modeling
• Business Modeling
• Event Marketing Strategy
• Client Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning