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ChinaAI lab

01.AI↗

01.AI develops Yi models.

Language
Beijing
United StatesRobotics

1X↗

General-purpose humanoid development with Norwegian origins; its official about page lists Palo Alto.

RoboticsHumanoidsRobot learning
Palo Alto, California
SwitzerlandRobotics

ABB Robotics↗

Industrial robots, collaborative arms and automation software.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsManufacturing
Zurich
United StatesAI lab

Adobe Research↗

Adobe Research develops Firefly models.

ImageVideoAudio
San Jose
ChinaRobotics

AgiBot↗

Embodied-intelligence platforms, robot datasets and manipulation research.

RoboticsEmbodied AIManipulation
Shanghai
United StatesRobotics

Agility Robotics↗

Bipedal robots and fleet-management software for material-handling workflows.

RoboticsHumanoidsLogistics
Salem, Oregon
United StatesAI lab

AH Lab↗

AH Lab is part of Global Venture Bridge, which funds and backs its research in local inference, agents and intelligent systems. It is based in Florence, Texas.

Local inferenceAgentsSystems
Florence, Texas
GermanyAI lab

Aleph Alpha↗

German model developer producing specialized language models including Kolibri, with a research base in Heidelberg.

LanguageEnterpriseSovereign AI
Heidelberg
ChinaAI lab

Alibaba Qwen↗

Alibaba Qwen develops Qwen models.

LanguageMultimodal
Hangzhou
United StatesAI lab

Amazon AGI↗

Amazon AGI develops Nova models.

LanguageImageVideo
Seattle
FinlandAI lab

AMD Silo AI↗

Helsinki AI laboratory within AMD, developing multilingual open models including Poro and Viking with research collaborators.

LanguageMultilingualOpen models
Helsinki
United StatesAI lab

Anthropic↗

Anthropic develops Claude models.

LanguageMultimodal
San Francisco
SwitzerlandRobotics

ANYbotics↗

Autonomous quadrupedal inspection robots originating in ETH Zurich research.

RoboticsInspectionLegged locomotion
Zurich
United StatesRobotics

Apptronik↗

Humanoid robotics and deployment platforms originating in Austin robotics research.

RoboticsHumanoidsManufacturing
Austin, Texas
United StatesAI lab

Arcee AI↗

Arcee AI develops Trinity models.

Language
San Francisco
United StatesRobotics

Argon Mechatronics↗

AI-enabled robots for manufacturing, combining machine vision, manipulation and flexible tool use.

RoboticsManufacturingPhysical autonomy
Austin, Texas
ChinaAI lab

Baidu ERNIE↗

Baidu ERNIE develops ERNIE models.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing
United StatesUniversity

Berkeley AI Research↗

A UC Berkeley research community studying machine learning, vision, language and robotics.

Machine learningRoboticsVision
Berkeley, California
GermanyAI lab

Black Forest Labs↗

Visual-model lab with locations in Freiburg and San Francisco; develops the FLUX family.

ImageVideoMultimodal
Freiburg
United StatesRobotics

Boston Dynamics↗

Mobile robots for locomotion, inspection and logistics, including Atlas, Spot and Stretch.

RoboticsLegged locomotionHumanoids
Waltham, Massachusetts
ChinaAI lab

ByteDance Seed↗

ByteDance Seed develops Seed models.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing
United KingdomUniversity

Cambridge Machine Learning Group↗

Machine learning research with a strong tradition in probabilistic models and statistical inference.

Machine learningProbabilistic learningFoundations
Cambridge
United StatesUniversity

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute↗

Robotics research spanning autonomy, perception, manipulation and human–robot interaction.

RoboticsMachine learningAutonomy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United StatesAI lab

Cartesia↗

Cartesia develops Sonic models.

SpeechAudio
San Francisco
United StatesAI lab

Cerebras↗

Cerebras develops Cerebras-GPT models.

Language
Sunnyvale
United StatesRobotics

Collaborative Robotics↗

Mobile collaborative robots for material movement in human working environments.

RoboticsMobile robotsLogistics
Santa Clara, California
United StatesUniversity

Cornell AI↗

AI research in language, learning, robotics, reasoning and computational sustainability.

Machine learningRoboticsLanguage
Ithaca, New York
United StatesRobotics

Covariant↗

Robot-learning systems for industrial picking and manipulation.

RoboticsManipulationRobot learning
Emeryville, California
ChinaRobotics

DEEP Robotics↗

Legged and wheeled-legged robots for industrial inspection and difficult terrain.

RoboticsLegged locomotionInspection
Hangzhou
ChinaAI lab

DeepSeek↗

DeepSeek develops DeepSeek models.

LanguageReasoning
Hangzhou
United StatesRobotics

Dexterity↗

Robot manipulation and physical AI systems for logistics and material handling.

RoboticsManipulationLogistics
Redwood City, California
ChinaRobotics

DOBOT↗

Collaborative arms, desktop robots and robot-learning data collection systems.

RoboticsCobotsManufacturing
Shenzhen
United KingdomRobotics

Engineered Arts↗

Expressive humanoid robots and systems for embodied human–robot interaction.

RoboticsHumanoidsHuman–robot interaction
Falmouth
ChinaRobotics

ESTUN↗

Industrial robots and motion-control equipment for automated production.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsMotion control
Nanjing
SwitzerlandUniversity

ETH AI Center↗

Interdisciplinary AI research connecting learning, robotics and scientific applications.

Machine learningRoboticsScientific AI
Zurich
FranceRobotics

Exotec↗

Warehouse automation combining mobile robots, storage and orchestration software.

RoboticsWarehouse automationLogistics
Croix
JapanRobotics

FANUC↗

Industrial arms, collaborative robots and factory automation systems.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsManufacturing
Oshino, Yamanashi
United StatesRobotics

Figure AI↗

Figure AI develops Helix models.

RoboticsVision-language-action
San Jose
ChinaRobotics

Fourier↗

Humanoid robots and rehabilitation robotics with force-controlled actuation.

RoboticsHumanoidsRehabilitation
Shanghai
GermanyRobotics

Franka Robotics↗

Torque-controlled arms and tools for manipulation research and automation.

RoboticsManipulationResearch platforms
Munich
ChinaRobotics

Geek+↗

Autonomous mobile robots and warehouse orchestration systems.

RoboticsWarehouse automationLogistics
Beijing
United KingdomAI lab

Google DeepMind↗

Google research organization with a major London base, developing Gemini and AI systems for science and other applications.

LanguageMultimodalScience
London
United StatesAI lab

Google Research↗

Google Research develops PaLM models.

LanguageMultimodal
Mountain View
United StatesRobotics

GrayMatter Robotics↗

AI-controlled robotic systems for sanding, polishing and other surface-finishing tasks.

RoboticsManufacturingSurface finishing
Carson, California
FranceAI lab

H Company↗

Paris-founded agent research company publishing the Holo family of computer-use action models.

AgentsComputer useMultimodal
Paris
ChinaRobotics

HAI Robotics↗

Autonomous case-handling robots and goods-to-person storage systems.

RoboticsWarehouse automationLogistics
Shenzhen
United StatesAI lab

Hume AI↗

Hume AI develops Octave models.

SpeechAudio
New York
United StatesAI lab

IBM Research↗

IBM Research develops Granite models.

LanguageEmbeddingTime series
Yorktown Heights
ChinaAI lab

iFLYTEK↗

iFLYTEK develops Spark models.

LanguageSpeech
Hefei
United StatesUniversity

Illinois AI↗

AI research in learning, language, vision, reasoning and data-driven systems.

Machine learningLanguageVision
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
United Arab EmiratesAI lab

Inception42↗

G42 company based in Abu Dhabi developing the Jais Arabic-centric model family with research partners.

LanguageArabicMultilingual
Abu Dhabi
United StatesRobotics

Intrinsic↗

Robot software and development tools for industrial automation.

RoboticsRobot softwareManufacturing
Mountain View, California
Saudi ArabiaUniversity

KAUST Generative AI Center↗

KAUST’s Center of Excellence for Generative AI connects foundational models with research in science and industry.

Generative AIScientific AIMachine learning
Thuwal
JapanRobotics

Kawasaki Robotics↗

Robots for handling, welding, painting, assembly and medical applications.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsManufacturing
Akashi
TürkiyeUniversity

Koç University İşbank AI Center↗

University–industry AI research in learning, vision and language, including Turkish-language work.

Machine learningLanguageVision
Istanbul
GermanyRobotics

KUKA↗

Industrial robots, controllers and factory automation; a Germany-based company in the Midea group.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsManufacturing
Augsburg
ChinaAI lab

Kunlun Tech Skywork↗

Kunlun Tech Skywork develops Skywork models.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing
FranceAI lab

Kyutai↗

Paris open-science lab publishing speech and multimodal research, including Moshi and Pocket TTS.

AudioMultimodalWorld models
Paris
United KingdomAI lab

Latent Labs↗

London and San Francisco lab developing generative models for molecular biology and protein design.

BiologyProtein designGenerative models
London
FranceAI lab

LightOn↗

Paris model developer working on document understanding, retrieval and open-weight OCR models.

RetrievalDocument understandingOCR
Paris
ChinaRobotics

LimX Dynamics↗

Whole-body control and robot platforms for general-purpose physical tasks.

RoboticsHumanoidsLegged locomotion
Shenzhen
United StatesAI lab

Liquid AI↗

Liquid AI develops LFM models.

LanguageMultimodal
Cambridge
United StatesAI lab

Luma AI↗

Luma AI develops Ray models.

VideoImage3D
Palo Alto
United Arab EmiratesAI lab

MBZUAI Institute of Foundation Models↗

Foundation-model institute at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi, working on K2 Think and other multilingual model collaborations.

LanguageReasoningMultilingual
Abu Dhabi
ChinaAI lab

Meituan LongCat↗

Meituan LongCat develops LongCat models.

LanguageReasoning
Beijing
United StatesAI lab

Meta AI↗

Meta AI develops Llama models.

LanguageMultimodal
Menlo Park
TürkiyeUniversity

METU ROMER↗

Middle East Technical University’s robotics and artificial intelligence research center.

RoboticsAutonomyHuman–robot interaction
Ankara
ChinaAI lab

MiniMax↗

MiniMax develops MiniMax models.

LanguageSpeechVideo
Shanghai
FranceAI lab

Mistral AI↗

Paris-based lab developing language, reasoning and speech models, alongside deployment and developer tools.

LanguageReasoningAudio
Paris
United StatesUniversity

MIT CSAIL↗

Computer science and artificial intelligence research spanning learning, robotics, language and systems.

Machine learningRoboticsSystems
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DenmarkRobotics

Mobile Industrial Robots↗

Autonomous mobile robots for moving materials inside factories and warehouses.

RoboticsMobile robotsLogistics
Odense
ChinaAI lab

ModelBest / OpenBMB↗

ModelBest / OpenBMB develops MiniCPM models.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing
ChinaAI lab

Moonshot AI↗

Moonshot AI develops Kimi, including the K3.1 Pro service.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing
GermanyRobotics

NEURA Robotics↗

Cognitive collaborative robots and humanoid platforms developed in Metzingen.

RoboticsHumanoidsCobots
Metzingen
United StatesAI lab

Nous Research↗

Nous Research develops Hermes models.

LanguageReasoning
New York
United StatesAI lab

NVIDIA Research↗

NVIDIA Research develops Nemotron models.

LanguageMultimodalRobotics
Santa Clara
United KingdomRobotics

Ocado Technology↗

Robotics, simulation and software for automated grocery fulfillment.

RoboticsWarehouse automationManipulation
Hatfield
United StatesAI lab

OpenAI↗

OpenAI develops GPT language models and the o1 reasoning-model series.

LanguageMultimodalReasoning
San Francisco
United KingdomUniversity

Oxford Machine Learning↗

Oxford research groups in machine learning, computer vision and robotics.

Machine learningVisionRobotics
Oxford
SpainRobotics

PAL Robotics↗

Humanoid and mobile-manipulation platforms for research and service robotics.

RoboticsHumanoidsResearch platforms
Barcelona
PakistanAI lab

Palindrome Research Labs↗

Research lab developing agent harnesses, execution verification, memory and small-model tooling, including Agent8088.

AgentsMemoryHarness engineering
Lahore
United StatesRobotics

Physical Intelligence↗

Physical Intelligence develops pi0 models.

RoboticsVision-language-action
San Francisco
United StatesAI lab

Pika↗

Pika develops Pika models.

Video
Palo Alto
United StatesUniversity

Princeton AI↗

AI research across machine learning, efficient systems and societal questions.

Machine learningSystemsAI and society
Princeton, New Jersey
United StatesAI lab

Reka AI↗

Reka AI develops Reka Flash models.

LanguageMultimodal
Sunnyvale
ChinaRobotics

RobotEra↗

Humanoid robotics and dexterous manipulation platforms.

RoboticsHumanoidsManipulation
Beijing
United StatesAI lab

Runway↗

Runway develops Gen-4 models.

VideoImage
New York
United StatesAI lab

Salesforce AI Research↗

Salesforce AI Research develops xGen models.

LanguageMultimodal
San Francisco
ChinaAI lab

SenseTime SenseNova↗

SenseTime SenseNova develops SenseNova models.

LanguageVisionMultimodal
Shanghai
ChinaRobotics

SIASUN↗

Industrial, mobile and service robotics developed in Shenyang.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsLogistics
Shenyang
United StatesRobotics

Skild AI↗

Skild AI develops Skild Brain models.

RoboticsEmbodied AI
Pittsburgh
United KingdomAI lab

Stability AI↗

UK model developer producing generative image, audio, video and 3D systems.

ImageAudioVideo
London
United StatesUniversity

Stanford AI Laboratory↗

AI research in learning, language, vision, robotics and human interaction, established in 1963.

Machine learningVisionRobotics
Stanford, California
ChinaAI lab

StepFun↗

StepFun develops Step models.

LanguageSpeechMultimodal
Shanghai
SwitzerlandAI lab

Swiss AI Initiative↗

Collaboration between ETH Zurich, EPFL and CSCS producing the Apertus language-model family.

LanguageMultilingualOpen science
Zurich / Lausanne / Lugano
United Arab EmiratesAI lab

Technology Innovation Institute↗

Abu Dhabi applied-research institute behind the Falcon model family.

LanguageArabicMultimodal
Abu Dhabi
ChinaAI lab

Tencent Hunyuan↗

Tencent Hunyuan develops Hunyuan models.

LanguageImageVideo
Shenzhen
United StatesAI lab

Together AI↗

Together AI develops StripedHyena models.

Language
San Francisco
ChinaRobotics

UBTECH Robotics↗

Humanoid platforms and motion-control systems for industrial tasks.

RoboticsHumanoidsManufacturing
Shenzhen
ChinaRobotics

Unitree Robotics↗

Humanoid and quadrupedal platforms for locomotion, research and inspection.

RoboticsHumanoidsLegged locomotion
Hangzhou
DenmarkRobotics

Universal Robots↗

Collaborative robot arms and a software and tooling ecosystem for industrial users.

RoboticsCobotsManufacturing
Odense
United StatesUniversity

University of Washington AI↗

Allen School research in machine learning, language, perception and robotics.

Machine learningLanguageRobotics
Seattle, Washington
United StatesAI lab

World Labs↗

World Labs develops Marble models.

Spatial AI3D
San Francisco
United StatesAI lab

Writer↗

Writer develops Palmyra models.

Language
San Francisco
United StatesAI lab

xAI↗

xAI develops Grok models.

LanguageMultimodal
Palo Alto
ChinaAI lab

Xiaomi MiMo↗

Xiaomi MiMo develops MiMo models.

LanguageReasoning
Beijing
ChinaAI lab

XVERSE↗

XVERSE develops XVERSE models.

Language
Shenzhen
JapanRobotics

Yaskawa Electric↗

Industrial robotics and motion control, including the MOTOMAN range.

RoboticsIndustrial robotsMotion control
Kitakyushu
ChinaAI lab

Z.ai / Zhipu AI↗

Z.ai / Zhipu AI develops GLM models.

LanguageMultimodal
Beijing

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