How to Contact Eric Schmidt

Choose one narrow angle where your experience is clearly useful to Eric Schmidt. Avoid broad positioning; one sharp contribution beats ten generic claims.

Use this as your foundation: Eric Schmidt responds to concise, outcome driven outreach that respects their calendar and inner circle. The strongest entry is through foundation leadership and advisors or Schmidt Futures outreach, ideally via a warm introduction from policy leaders or research institutions. Lead with a one page brief tied to AI policy, national strategy, and philanthropic initiatives and show you understand how decisions are made in Schmidt Futures. Offer a low lift next step like a short call, memo, or pilot, and avoid generic praise by signaling measurable upside and low operational risk.

Create one concrete proof-of-work asset before outreach. This can be a short teardown, a practical proposal, or a relevant case study.

Distribute that work where the right people actually see it: World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival, AI policy forums.

Keep the first message short and specific. Lead with context, show proof, then ask for a small next step.

A strong opener is usually a focused question: What AI governance research is most urgent right now

If there is no response, do not spam. Improve your proof and follow up in 10-14 days with a clearer signal.

Maintain the relationship through relevant updates around AI policy, research funding, technology strategy. Small, consistent value compounds over time.