Mauritz Kop
Mauritz Kop is the Founder of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology and the Stanford Quantum Incubator. He is also a tech lawyer, policy advisor, and investor. Mauritz owns a Patent in AI, builds startups at Stanford spin-out quantum studio fund RQT Ventures, serves as Expert at the von Neumann Commission, is Director at AIRecht, Founder of MusicaJuridica, and General Counsel at Daiki, a Vienna and Palo Alto based platform committed to building a Responsible Quantum-AI future.
Mauritz’ interdisciplinary academic work on regulating AI, machine learning training data, intellectual property, and the suite of quantum technologies has been published by Nature, Science, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, UCLA, Max Planck, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Springer Nature, Frontiers in Science, and Institute of Physics scholarly and peer reviewed journals. He contributes to the emergent lex specialis for Quantum Information Technology (QIT) by designing sui generis governance frameworks that offer strategic blueprints for decision-makers across market sectors, integrating risk management, resource optimization, regulatory compliance best practices, performance metrics, and safety standards. In 2025, Stanford Library created a permanent RQT repository to ensure the longevity and accessibility of his group’s pioneering scholarship.
Promoting good governance, Mauritz helps nations across the world -and international organizations like UNESCO, the OECD, the G7, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and the World Economic Forum (WEF)- to develop Responsible Quantum Technology and Innovation strategies. Over the past years, he provided policy recommendations to the European Commission during the codification of the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Data Governance Act, the Data Act and the EU Quantum Act, and delivered copyright expertise to the European Parliament during the EU Copyright Directive legislative process. At the other side of the Atlantic, Mauritz advised US Senators about Regulating Artificial Intelligence and Regulating Quantum Technology and consults the US Department of State to advance US foreign policy.
Mauritz was a Visiting Quantum & Law Scholar at the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology in 2022, and Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology (RQT) at Stanford Law School from 2023 to 2025, which was inaugurated by Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO. During his tenure together with Mark Lemley, he organized and hosted key events such as the Stanford RQT Conference (twice) and the Stanford Quantum Incubator (SQI) workshop, initiated collaborations and intellectual exchanges with Caltech and Princeton, and convened high-level policy meetings with senators, prime ministers, ambassadors, consuls, and business leaders from nations including the U.S., The Netherlands, the UK, Taiwan and Canada. His Center’s contributions also informed the G7 Kananaskis quantum policy agenda.
Mauritz was a Stanford Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF) Fellow from 2019 to 2024. He was awarded a 2024 Fellowship at the Copenhagen-Cambridge-Harvard Inter-CeBIL Programme for International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law, where he focused on Advanced Medical Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quantum Technologies in the life sciences ecosystem.
Mauritz held IP law, music law and technology law guest lectorship & professorship teaching positions at the US Air Force Academy, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Fordham Law School, the University of Strasbourg (CEIPI), Leiden University, Utrecht University, Maastricht University, Maastricht Music Academy, the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, and Copenhagen University (CeBIL), and provided postdoc legal training to Supreme Court (Chief) Justices, lawyers and legal professionals at Radboud University.
Mauritz is a member of the European AI Alliance (European Commission), the Centre for Science and Policy’s Expert Network at the University of Cambridge, IPREDICT (United Nations), the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), the Dutch Copyright Society (VvA), CLAIRE, the ECP|Platform for the Information Society, the Expert Panel on Quantum Technologies at the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), and the World Economic Forum (WEF, Quantum Ethics). He studied intellectual property, labor law, contract law, and law & biosciences at Stanford Law School, Maastricht University and VU University Amsterdam, and music theory & practice (clarinet, piano) at KREATO Thorn.
Mauritz is author of over 100 scholarly articles, book chapters and blogs about ethical, legal, socio-economic and policy implications of exponential, disruptive innovation in industrial sectors such as healthcare, pharma & medical devices, robotics, agri-food, cleantech, defense, energy, and entertainment & art, appeared in myriad radio and television interviews, and is a frequently asked international conference speaker in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East on topics in the nexus of AI, Quantum and Law. His co-authors include Urs Gasser, Mateo Aboy, Luciano Floridi, Raymond Laflamme, I. Glenn Cohen, Mark Brongersma, Timo Minssen, Suzan Slijpen, Eline De Jong, Jin-Hee Lee, Katie Liu, Constanze Albrecht, Alexandra Waldherr, Teresa Quintel, and Min-Ha Lee. Mauritz delivered keynote speeches at Stanford, NASA, IBM Quantum, SandBoxAQ, Arizona State, CIGI Waterloo, World Summit AI Montreal, TUM Munchen, Inter-CeBIL Copenhagen, Lund Sweden, Cyber Week Tel Aviv, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), the Center for Quantum Networks (MIT-Harvard-Arizona), BioLawLaPaLooZa, and XPANSE Abu Dhabi.
His present cross-disciplinary, comparative research focuses on Responsible Quantum Technology, quantum-ELSPI, the EU Quantum Act, bespoke QIT governance frameworks, human-centered AI, agentic AI, quantum-classical synergies such as quantum/AI hybrids, quantum-LLM’s and Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI), sustainable exponential innovation policy pluralism, institutional plasticity, dual-use, export controls, rare earth supply chains, and the interface between IP, antitrust law, distributive justice and national security strategy.
Mauritz was Guest-Editor of the Digital Society Quantum ELSPI Topical Collection at Springer Nature, and of the Stanford RQT Research Series at Stanford Law School.
Mauritz judges the work of his colleague scholars through peer review contributions at npj Digital Medicine, Ethics and Information Technology, Minds and Machines (Springer Nature), Intellectual Property Quarterly (Thomson Reuters), the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press), and Quantum Science and Technology (IOP Publishing). In 2022, he was awarded IOP Trusted Reviewer Certification for the very best peer reviewers in the physical sciences.
Mauritz comes from a family of Supreme Court Justices and classical musicians. For a break from quantum and AI, he advises musicians and top-tier institutions including the Dutch National Opera & Ballet, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), André Rieu, and the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) on IP strategy. Mauritz owns a boutique nu skool electronica record label named The Ambient Society, and composed and produced over 700 avant garde, futuretronic songs (latest album: U.F.O.) together with vocalists from around the globe. His Quantum Meets Fractal Geometric Art installation investigates the deep connections between quantum mechanics and fractal geometric patterns to explore how art inspires science. In his free time Mauritz enjoys being a member of the Stanford Faculty Tennis Team, and is passionate about swimming, yachting, and performing classical music on piano and clarinet (B♭ and E♭).
Selection of Publications
Mauritz frequently publishes about responsible quantum/AI ecosystems in major outlets like Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Science, Nature, Foreign Policy, and Fortune. The paradigms created through this work are actively applied in industry and society through RQT Ventures.
Stanford: https://law.stanford.edu/publications/eu-artificial-intelligence-act-the-european-approach-to-ai/
Harvard: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/12/06/a-brief-quantum-medicine-policy-guide/
Yale: https://yjolt.org/blog/establishing-legal-ethical-framework-quantum-technology
Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-024-02462-8
IOP Science: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-9565/ad3776
Berkeley: https://btlj.org/2022/02/quantum-computing-and-intellectual-property-law/
University of California: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_science_technology_law_journal/vol15/iss1/4/
Oxford University Press: https://academic.oup.com/jiplp/article/17/8/613/6646536
European Commission: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/european-ai-alliance/best-practices/quantum-technology-impact-assessment
European Commission: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/european-ai-alliance/document/towards-atomic-agency-quantum-ai
US National Library of Medicine: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36531753/
Springer Nature: https://link.springer.com/collections/eiebhdhagd
Physics World: https://physicsworld.com/a/why-we-need-to-consider-the-ethical-implications-of-quantum-technologies/
Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/21/quantum-computing-artificial-intelligence-ai-technology-regulation/
Fortune: https://fortune.com/2023/05/16/how-to-prevent-quantum-ai-hybrids-taking-over-world-tech-kop-wadhwa/
Stanford University Library RQT Scholarship Repository of Selected Works: https://purl.stanford.edu/hp536nb5631
Full list of publications: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3428588
Mauritz Kop is the Founder of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology and the Stanford Quantum Incubator. He also serves as Expert at The von Neumann Commission, is Founder of MusicaJuridica, Director at AIRecht, Partner at Silicon Valley VC fund RQT Ventures, and General Counsel at Daiki, a Vienna and Palo Alto headquartered unified SaaS platform committed to building a Trustworthy AI future. He also consults international organizations such as the World Economic Forum, UNESCO, CERN, and the OECD on Quantum & AI law and policy strategy.
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