 He has also held positions at the World Bank, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Center for Biosecurity, the Seva Foundation, and Princeton University, and has co-chaired the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, which authored the "National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan", released by the White House in October 2016.Besides his work on emerging technologies and catastrophic risks, Matheny is recognized for having popularized the concept of cultured meat, after co-authoring a seminal paper on cultured meat production in the early 2000s and founding New Harvest, the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to supporting in vitro meat research.Matheny's work was called one of the "ideas of the year" by "The New York Times," and he was named one of "Foreign Policy"s Top 100 Global Thinkers.