Atharv Gupta

Atharv Gupta is a Senior Associate for State Initiatives, supporting Recoding America’s portfolio of state engagements and its AI deproceduralization work. He is fascinated by how governments build and deploy digital infrastructure. He has studied public digital infrastructure across several sectors, most recently as a fellow at a venture capital fund, investing in early-stage hard-tech start-ups. Before this, Atharv spent time at the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, and several risk consultancies and nonprofits. As a U.S. Rhodes Scholar, Atharv received two Master’s degrees. The first was an MSc from the Oxford Internet Institute, where he researched the adoption of India’s digital payments infrastructure by small, informal vendors. The second degree was an MA in Creative Writing. He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, studying Science, Technology, and International Affairs, with minors in Mandarin Chinese and Computer Science.