Chiara Manfletti works on systems that have to function without constant human control. Her experience spans engineering, space operations and policy, where decisions are shaped by constraints such as distance, delay and limited visibility. In these environments, autonomy is not optional, and increasingly relies on AI to process information and act in real time.

She brings a perspective grounded in how complex systems are designed to operate under those conditions, where information is incomplete and responses cannot be immediate. Her work focuses on how autonomy is built, how decisions are distributed across systems and what it takes to trust processes that must act before humans can intervene.