Christopher Sanchez

AI Strategist | Guest Lecturer | Professor of Practice

Trends in Frontier AI | Rethinking AI in a Multipolar World

What are the most critical trends and advancements in frontier AI? What happens to frontier AI in a multipolar world? How should business leaders and governments assess the risks embedded in AI supply chains? What values are coded into models, and what happens when products and infrastructure are built on top of them?

This guest lecture draws on Christopher’s work advising G20 governments, Fortune 500s, and AI policy leaders, and invites Stanford GSB students to grapple with real-world strategy decisions at the edge of AI innovation. Sharing frameworks to identify trends and convert insights into actionable strategies, blending business, geopolitics, and technology strategy for the modern leader.

Key Credentials

  • Multi-Institution Academic Leader – Stanford GSB Industry Advisor, Cornell University Advisor, incoming postgraduate at Harvard Kennedy School focused on Sovereign AI (2026 cohort).
  • CEO of Emergent Line, serving top global institutions and G20 governments.
  • Professor of Practice, Applied AI – Built Latin America’s first graduate business-level Applied AI Ethics & Governance course, in its ninth edition, consistently rated among the highest by graduate students.
  • Columnist, Fast Company México – Widely read biweekly column on AI, geopolitics, and business.
  • Industry Leader – Forbes México “Top 35 AI Leaders” (2024), recognized AI authority in LATAM press.
  • Active Researcher – Sovereign AI and human rights with Stanford alumna Dr. Alysa Kate Shivji, with accepted abstracts at the 8th Global Strategy & Emerging Markets Conference and a special AI-focused issue of the Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ).

What Students Will Learn

Students master strategic frameworks for navigating frontier AI trends in a multipolar world—from assessing AI supply chain risks to analyzing embedded values in models and datasets. They gain tools to evaluate how geopolitics shapes AI infrastructure and development, and what that means for venture creation, investment, and corporate strategy.

Core frameworks include:

  • AI supply chain risk assessment for business leaders
  • Embedded values analysis in AI models and datasets
  • Geopolitical AI strategy for venture scaling
  • Government-business interface in frontier AI development

Sample Guest Lecture Topics

  • Sovereign AI: How Nations Compete in the Era of Advanced AI
  • Responsible AI and Frontier AI (USA or Global South Focus - Mexico Case Study)
  • Trends and Development in Frontier AI towards AGI
  • Applied AI Ethics & Governance Workshop & Lecture

Additional Info, Format & Logistics

Christopher brings a uniquely global lens to AI strategy, combining academic rigor, research, and real-world experience.