The Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) media kit
Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI).
Media kit
Semantic Scholar is built by a research and product team inside Ai2, the Allen Institute for AI, a nonprofit research institute in Seattle. The search tool and its API are free to use; Ai2 is a 501(c)(3) organisation that has announced grant funding, such as $152 million from the NSF and NVIDIA in 2025.
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Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2014
The year Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) was founded, in Seattle
In a sentence
Semantic Scholar is built by a research and product team inside Ai2, the Allen Institute for AI, a nonprofit research institute in Seattle. The search tool and its API are free to use; Ai2 is a 501(c)(3) organisation that has announced grant funding, such as $152 million from the NSF and NVIDIA in 2025.
In a paragraph
Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) was founded in 2014 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Peter Clark is its interim CEO; Paul Allen is a co-founder. Over 200 people across Ai2, according to its careers page.
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Paul Allen
Founder
15 open roles across Ai2: 7 in research, 5 in applied science, 2 in engineering and 1 in strategic infrastructure programs, most of them in Seattle.
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Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
Ai2 announced in August 2025 that it had been awarded $75 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation and $77 million from NVIDIA, a combined $152 million, for OMAI, a project to build fully open AI models for science.
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Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
15
Open roles on Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI)'s careers page
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