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Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI)

Non-profit research lab that releases fully open models, with their training data and code.

Based in
Seattle, US
Listed
Private
Why it is winning

Its $152M project with NSF ($75M) and Nvidia ($77M) is building fully open science models, and its computing system is now online (reported).

The risk to watch

It runs on a fixed grant, so its open models depend on continued public and chip-maker funding.

Money coming in

Who pays Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI), and for what.

No customers of Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) mapped yet.

Money going out

Who Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) pays to do what it does.

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Where it sits on the map

Competitors and neighbours

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Mistral AI

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Together AI
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About $1B annualised (Sacra estimate, Feb 2026)

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Reflection AI

Lab that aims to build frontier open-weight models in the US, backed by Nvidia.

$8B after a $2B round led by Nvidia in October 2025. Talks at $25B reported in 2026

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DeepSeek

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Hugging Face
Supplier

Runs the main hub where open models, datasets and demos are shared.

Annualised revenue above $150M, from one unofficial report. The company does not disclose revenue

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MiniMax

Chinese lab that makes chat, voice and video models, with most app revenue from overseas subscriptions.

About $30.5M in 2024 (filings, reported). About $53.4M in the nine months to September 2025 (reported)

Open profile
Moonshot AI

Chinese lab behind the Kimi chatbot and the Kimi open models.

Annual recurring revenue above $200M in April 2026 (reported)

Open profile
Zhipu AI

Chinese lab that makes the GLM models, mostly sold to enterprises, and is now listed in Hong Kong.

About $44.4M in 2024 (filings, reported)

Open profile

Sources: geekwire.com

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