Former Head of the Civil Service Simon Case has joined AI startup Electric Twin, marking one of his first major roles since stepping down from government.

Electric Twin was founded by Dr Ben Warner, former Chief Adviser on Digital and Data to the Prime Minister, and Alex Cooper, a former military commander who helped establish the UK’s mass testing programme during the pandemic.

Case worked alongside Warner and Cooper inside Number 10 at the heart of the COVID response, where all three saw first-hand how major decisions affecting millions of people were made with incomplete information. This experience inspired Electric Twin.

Whilst in government, Case was a driving force on AI: he oversaw civil service reform on digital, data and science capability, and was the senior official overseeing the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park and the establishment of the AI Safety Institute (ASI).