The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) is a nonprofit research institute founded by Paul G. Allen and led by Ali Farhadi that conducts high‑impact research and engineering to tackle core problems in artificial intelligence. The organization builds open models, tools, datasets, and platforms—examples include Semantic Scholar, AllenNLP and newer open models like Olmo and Tülu—targeting language, vision, reasoning, and scientific knowledge discovery. Ai2 emphasizes openness, reproducibility, and deploying research into usable systems, working with academia and industry to accelerate breakthroughs. Its mission is to ensure AI advances are broadly useful and benefit the public.