X’s former senior policy chief accepted a job at Tools for Humanity, the company building the technology to support the World Network (formerly Worldcoin).
Nick Pickles, previously head of global affairs at Elon Musk’s social media platform X, will serve as chief policy officer at Tools for Humanity, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded five years ago.
Pickles revealed the move in a Reuters interview released Thursday, adding that he was “optimistic” about incoming President Donald Trump’s tech regulatory proposals.
Pickles spent years at Twitter before Musk acquired the company and renamed it X, working with regulators to shape proposals and representing the company in global forums. He was promoted in July.
Musk’s new boss and Pickles don’t exactly get along. Earlier this year, Musk sued Altman and OpenAI for allegedly abandoning the AI startup’s nonprofit mission in violation of contractual terms. Pickles declined to comment on the litigation when asked by Reuters.