After four years of wrestling with crypto regulations and market oversight, Gary Gensler is heading back to the classroom—this time to tackle artificial intelligence.
The former SEC Chair is returning to MIT Sloan School of Management to focus on AI research and policy in a move that would bridge his Wall Street smarts and regulatory experience with cutting-edge tech, according to a statement on Tuesday.
Gensler's trajectory—from Goldman Sachs to SEC Chair to MIT—grants him influence at a time when U.S. tech dominance faces dual pressures from regulatory fragmentation and foreign competitors such as China’s DeepSeek.
Before joining the SEC, he taught blockchain technology at MIT in 2018, giving him insight into both the technology's potential and its risks. Roughly five years ago, Gensler also published research on systemic financial risks associated with artificial intelligence.
While Gensler's new role as an academic may not be as decisive as his previous post at the SEC, it will likely be inf...
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