Anthony Vinci

Biography

Dr Anthony Vinci is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vico, an AI company that supports judgment and analysis for decision-makers in finance and national security. A former senior intelligence officer, he served as the first Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for Capabilities at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). He brings together experience of technology, national security and business to provide a comprehensive view of what leaders need to address and how to address it.

After an early intelligence career with the Department of Defence and postings in Iraq, Asia and Africa, Anthony joined the NGA. The agency were pioneers in using data gathered on the ground and from satellites to develop both intelligence and frontline combat support. Anthony drove the agency's adoption of artificial intelligence, established a data scientist hiring programme, and formed public-private partnerships with Silicon Valley. He was a member of the NGA’s Executive Committee and oversaw offices of technology, research and development, contracting, financial management, programme development, innovation and strategy. He also served on the Executive Committee of Project Maven, the Pentagon’s data analytics and AI project. Following his time at NGA, Anthony served as an executive on the management team at Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, and was a Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management. He has also founded multiple technology companies, including data crowdsourcing company Findyr, and Leviathan Analytics, focused on AI and geospatial data analytics for global risk assessment.

Anthony explores how geopolitical competition and AI are transforming espionage and national security, as well impacting the private sector. He examines the shift from Cold War dynamics to an era where intelligence permeates workplaces, financial systems, homes and democratic institutions. He addresses how ordinary citizen and companies have become targets of state-sponsored espionage, economic intelligence gathering and information operations, and what this means for personal and organisational security, data protection and democratic resilience. He examines economic conflict and sanctions, the integration of AI with human judgment in decision-making and intelligence analysis, and how organisations can prepare talent, governance and compliance frameworks for an intelligence-centred world.

Anthony is the author of The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America, which examines how China and AI are redefining the future of intelligence. He reveals both the dangers of emerging threats and pathways to a more ethical, transparent and open intelligence ecosystem. He argues that in an age of widespread information operations, individuals have both the power and responsibility to understand intelligence practices, to know the sources and reliability of information, and to safeguard democracy.

Anthony has a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and studied philosophy at Reed College and the University of Oxford. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a senior advisor at Squire Patton Boggs law firm, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of Trustees Technology Committee at MITRE. He is also a Fellow of the Explorers Club and a member of Business Executives for National Security.