Anastasia Uglova

About

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 and navigating AI governance and risk. 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 the concept of "agentic tech" and defined the privacy-preserving framework that safeguards sovereignty, consent, and agency in digital spaces. She is a former Charles G. Koch fellow and currently a John Stuart Mill fellow at the Mercatus Center. Previously, Anastasia has 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. She holds an M.S. in Information Security and Privacy from UT Austin and a B.A. in Government and International Relations from Corn

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