Researcher · Writer · Coach
Understand AI.
Stay yourself.
I’m Linda Petrini. I research and write for organisations at the frontier — Anthropic, Palisade Research, Foresight Institute, the Bezos Earth Fund — and I coach people who want to understand AI without losing their footing. Seven years inside the field, taking both sides equally seriously: the technical and the human.
How I work
Research. Write. Coach.
Three ways to work with me — or just follow along and see what I’m thinking about.
Research
Technical reports and policy analysis published with Anthropic, Palisade Research, the Bezos Earth Fund, and Foresight Institute. Written to hold up technically and communicate to non-specialists.
See my work →Writing
Long-form essays on what AI actually does, what the field actually knows, and what it means to live through this moment with your thinking intact. No hype, no panic. Published on Substack.
Read my writing →Coaching
Private sessions for people who want to understand AI on their own terms — technically and emotionally — from someone who has been inside the systems. Plus an upcoming course: Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI.
Explore coaching →What people say
From researchers, clients & students
In the 10 years I have been involved in hiring contractors for various technical writing at Foresight, Linda has been the best writer I’ve worked with, both in terms of the quality of result she delivers and in terms of working style. Even if the topic is technically complex and outside her domain knowledge, she communicates concepts correctly, effectively and with an interesting lens. She hits deadlines, is kind, patient, reliable and a great communicator. In a self-directed manner, she brings structure to projects whose scope is rather unclear — frequently exceeding expectations.
Allison Duettmann
President, Foresight Institute
Linda is one of my favourite coaches to work with. Her presence is steady — both authentically caring and sensitive to what feels tender, and simultaneously, relaxedly fearless and direct. This helps me drop into the deeper, underlying feelings that are harder to access and work on. I feel safe and seen with her, while exploring complex and multifaceted issues and experiences.
Lalita
Coaching client
Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI
A self-paced course for people who want to understand AI well enough to make real choices about it — not just cope with it. Six modules, no technical background required.
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Essays on AI, technology, and what it means to stay human in the middle of this. They go out on Substack — not on a schedule, when there’s actually something to say.
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