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AGI companies and AI labs: the full list

144 companies working toward general-purpose AI, from frontier labs to robotics, safety and chip companies. Each profile pulls in its live hiring, SEC filings, papers and models.

US 101China 14UK 10France 4Canada 3Japan 2Germany 2South Korea 2UAE 2India 2Israel 1Switzerland 1

Frontier labs

32 labs →
#1AnthropicSan Francisco, US · 2021

Public benefit corporation building the Claude models, with a focus on AI safety research.

91 research roles · 38 SPV filings · 975 papers
#2OpenAISan Francisco, US · 2015

Maker of the GPT models and ChatGPT; its charter states the mission of ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity.

73 research roles · 12 SPV filings · 375 papers · 2 models
#5xAIPalo Alto, US · 2023

Builds the Grok models; states its goal as understanding the true nature of the universe.

11 research roles · 24 SPV filings · 101 papers
#6CohereToronto, Canada · 2019

Enterprise language models (Command, Embed, Rerank); runs the Cohere Labs research group.

29 research roles · 64 papers · 25 models
#7LG AI ResearchSeoul, South Korea · 2020

LG's EXAONE models.

21 research roles · 118 papers · 13 models
#9NVIDIA ResearchSanta Clara, US

NVIDIA's research arm; publishes the Nemotron and Cosmos model families.

1359 papers · 442 models
#10Google DeepMindLondon, UK · 2010

Google's AI lab, behind AlphaGo, AlphaFold and the Gemini models.

4417 papers · 82 models
#11Qwen (Alibaba)Hangzhou, China

Alibaba's Qwen model family, one of the most-downloaded open-weight series.

2216 papers · 80 models
#12Tencent HunyuanShenzhen, China

Tencent's Hunyuan language, image and 3D models.

1747 papers · 114 models
#20Amazon AGISeattle, US

Amazon's AGI organisation, building the Nova foundation models.

2121 papers · 26 models
#22Technology Innovation InstituteAbu Dhabi, UAE · 2020

Government research institute behind the Falcon models.

400 papers · 29 models
#26ByteDance SeedBeijing, China · 2023

ByteDance's foundation model team (Doubao, Seed models).

828 papers · 12 models
#29Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Beijing, China · 2019

Tsinghua spin-out building the GLM models.

66 papers · 28 models
#33Baidu ERNIEBeijing, China

Baidu's ERNIE model family.

540 papers · 8 models
#39DeepSeekHangzhou, China · 2023

Open-weight reasoning and chat models (DeepSeek-V3, R1), backed by the High-Flyer fund.

55 papers · 27 models
#40Apple Machine Learning ResearchCupertino, US

Apple's research group behind the Apple Foundation Models.

348 papers · 11 models
#44Microsoft AIRedmond, US · 2024

Microsoft's consumer AI and model group led by Mustafa Suleyman, building Copilot and MAI models.

127 models
#45Sakana AITokyo, Japan · 2023

Nature-inspired methods such as evolutionary model merging and the AI Scientist.

56 papers · 23 models
#46StepFunShanghai, China · 2023

Multimodal Step models.

50 papers · 26 models
#49Meta AI (FAIR & Superintelligence Labs)Menlo Park, US · 2013

Meta's AI research and model teams, behind the Llama open-weight models.

760 papers
#50Mistral AIParis, France · 2023

European lab shipping open-weight and commercial language models.

36 papers · 25 models
#56Sarvam AIBengaluru, India · 2023

Models for Indian languages, selected for India's sovereign LLM programme.

7 research roles · 6 models
#63UpstageSeoul, South Korea · 2020

Solar language models and document AI.

1 SPV filings · 21 papers · 7 models
#70MiniMaxShanghai, China · 2021

Text, speech and video models (MiniMax-M, Hailuo).

12 papers · 11 models
#71Reka AISunnyvale, US · 2022

Multimodal models (Reka Core, Flash).

6 research roles · 2 models
#79Baichuan AIBeijing, China · 2023

Baichuan models, now focused on medical AI.

18 papers · 5 models
#80Aleph AlphaHeidelberg, Germany · 2019

Sovereign AI for European enterprises and governments.

4 research roles · 2 models
#83Moonshot AIBeijing, China · 2023

Maker of the Kimi assistant and the open-weight Kimi K2 models.

11 papers · 5 models
#104AI21 LabsTel Aviv, Israel · 2017

Builds the Jamba models, a hybrid Transformer–Mamba architecture.

3 models
#105KrutrimBengaluru, India · 2023

Ola group's AI company building Indian-language models.

3 models
#10801.AIBeijing, China · 2023

Yi model series; founded by Kai-Fu Lee.

4 papers
#119G42 / InceptionAbu Dhabi, UAE

Arabic-first Jais models from G42's Inception unit.

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AGI-focused startups

27 labs →
#8Reflection AIBrooklyn, US · 2024

Ex-DeepMind founders building open frontier models and autonomous coding agents.

32 research roles · 4 SPV filings
#13Liquid AICambridge, MA, US · 2023

MIT spin-out building efficient non-Transformer Liquid Foundation Models.

12 research roles · 210 models
#15Lila SciencesCambridge, MA, US · 2023

Flagship Pioneering company building scientific superintelligence and autonomous labs.

36 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#25Thinking Machines LabSan Francisco, US · 2025

Founded by OpenAI's former CTO; released the Tinker fine-tuning API.

22 research roles
#30H CompanyParis, France · 2024

Action models and computer-use agents.

6 research roles · 34 models
#34Isomorphic LabsLondon, UK · 2021

Alphabet's AI drug-discovery company, co-developer of AlphaFold 3.

16 research roles
#35ZyphraPalo Alto, US · 2021

Open hybrid SSM models (Zamba) and multimodal agents.

8 research roles · 9 papers · 17 models
#36Periodic LabsMenlo Park, US · 2025

AI scientists that run real experiments, starting with materials science.

14 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#52KyutaiParis, France · 2023

Non-profit open research lab (Moshi speech model).

40 models
#72Character.AIMenlo Park, US · 2021

Conversational character platform; founders returned to Google in 2024.

7 research roles
#73CartesiaSan Francisco, US · 2023

State-space-model research lab; ships real-time voice models.

7 research roles
#85ExtropicAustin, US · 2022

Thermodynamic computing hardware for probabilistic AI.

4 research roles
#92Inflection AIPalo Alto, US · 2022

Built Pi; now focused on enterprise AI after its founders moved to Microsoft in 2024.

2 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#93VERSES AILos Angeles, US

Active-inference agents (Genius platform); listed on Cboe Canada.

21 papers
#101Essential AISan Francisco, US · 2023

Founded by two Transformer paper authors; builds open models.

4 models
#109PoolsideParis, France · 2023

Foundation models for software development, aiming at AGI through code.

1 research roles
#120Safe Superintelligence (SSI)Palo Alto, US · 2024

Says it has one goal and one product: a safe superintelligence.

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#121NdeaUS · 2025

AGI lab built around program synthesis, from the creators of the ARC Prize.

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#122Keen TechnologiesDallas, US · 2022

John Carmack's AGI research company; Richard Sutton is a research partner.

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#123ImbueSan Francisco, US · 2021

Formerly Generally Intelligent; builds reasoning agents and tools for coding.

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#124AdeptSan Francisco, US · 2022

Agents that take actions in software; most of the founding team joined Amazon in 2024.

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#125MagicSan Francisco, US · 2022

Long-context models aimed at automating software engineering.

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#126Integral AITokyo, Japan

AGI research company working on world models and embodied learning.

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#127NumentaRedwood City, US · 2005

Neuroscience-based machine intelligence (Thousand Brains Project).

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#128SymbolicaSan Francisco, US · 2022

Category-theory approach to structured, interpretable reasoning models.

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#129BasisNew York, US

Non-profit research on general-purpose reasoning and world models.

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#130Inception LabsPalo Alto, US · 2024

Diffusion-based language models (Mercury).

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Code, maths & science models

19 labs →
#3PerplexitySan Francisco, US · 2022

AI answer engine; post-trains its own Sonar models.

58 research roles · 16 SPV filings · 29 models
#28Xaira TherapeuticsSan Francisco, US · 2024

AI-first drug discovery.

20 research roles
#32HarveySan Francisco, US · 2022

AI for law firms and legal teams.

15 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#51Cursor (Anysphere)San Francisco, US · 2022

AI code editor; trains its own coding models.

9 research roles · 2 SPV filings
#60AbridgePittsburgh, US · 2018

Clinical documentation AI.

8 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#65DecagonSan Francisco, US · 2023

Customer-support AI agents.

8 research roles
#75Axiom MathPalo Alto, US · 2024

AI mathematician combining language models and formal proof.

2 research roles · 3 SPV filings
#77Chai DiscoverySan Francisco, US · 2024

Foundation models for molecular structure and drug design (Chai-1).

6 research roles
#84RecursionSalt Lake City, US · 2013

Listed AI drug-discovery company (NASDAQ: RXRX).

22 papers · 1 models
#86CognitionSan Francisco, US · 2023

Devin, the autonomous software engineer; bought Windsurf in 2025.

4 research roles
#87HarmonicPalo Alto, US · 2023

Mathematical superintelligence; its Aristotle model writes formally verified proofs.

4 research roles
#97SierraSan Francisco, US · 2023

Customer-service AI agents.

3 research roles
#106Contextual AIMountain View, US · 2023

Retrieval-augmented language models for enterprises.

3 models
#110WriterSan Francisco, US · 2020

Enterprise platform with its own Palmyra models.

1 research roles
#111FactorySan Francisco, US · 2023

Autonomous software development agents (Droids).

1 research roles
#112You.comPalo Alto, US · 2020

AI search and agents for enterprises.

1 research roles
#131Augment CodePalo Alto, US · 2022

Coding agents with large-codebase context.

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#132Hippocratic AIPalo Alto, US · 2023

Safety-focused healthcare language models and agents.

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#133EvolutionaryScaleNew York, US · 2023

Protein language models (ESM3).

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Open models & research

14 labs →
#14Prime IntellectSan Francisco, US · 2024

Decentralised training of open models (INTELLECT).

23 research roles · 2 papers · 20 models
#16Together AISan Francisco, US · 2022

AI cloud and open-model research (RedPajama, FlashAttention authors).

29 research roles · 7 models
#18Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI)Seattle, US · 2014

Non-profit releasing fully open models, data and code (OLMo, Tülu, Molmo).

247 papers · 172 models
#19IBM Research (Granite)Yorktown Heights, US

IBM's open Granite model family.

467 papers · 79 models
#23Databricks Mosaic ResearchSan Francisco, US

Databricks' model research group (DBRX).

23 research roles
#37Salesforce AI ResearchPalo Alto, US

Salesforce's research group (xLAM agent models).

286 papers · 13 models
#41Snowflake AI ResearchSan Mateo, US

Snowflake's research team (Arctic models).

12 research roles · 5 models
#42EleutherAIUS · 2020

Non-profit open research collective (GPT-NeoX, Pythia, the Pile).

166 models
#55Arcee AIMiami, US · 2023

Small language models and model merging.

32 models
#64Swiss AI InitiativeZurich, Switzerland · 2023

ETH Zurich and EPFL effort behind the open Apertus model.

26 models
#69Hugging FaceNew York, US · 2016

The main hub for open models and datasets; trains SmolLM.

51 papers · 4 models
#76Stability AILondon, UK · 2019

Open image, video and audio models (Stable Diffusion).

17 models
#91Nous ResearchNew York, US · 2023

Open models (Hermes) and decentralised training.

7 models
#95ServiceNow AI ResearchSanta Clara, US

ServiceNow's research team (Apriel models).

6 models

Robotics & world models

15 labs →
#17WayveLondon, UK · 2017

End-to-end learned driving (embodied AI for cars).

32 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#24Field AIIrvine, US · 2023

Field foundation models for robots in unstructured outdoor places.

15 research roles · 3 SPV filings
#27ApptronikAustin, US · 2016

Apollo humanoid robots.

4 research roles · 10 SPV filings
#61Physical IntelligenceSan Francisco, US · 2024

General-purpose robot foundation models (π0).

8 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#621X TechnologiesPalo Alto, US · 2014

Humanoid robots for the home (NEO); started in Norway.

9 research roles
#66Figure AISan Jose, US · 2022

General-purpose humanoid robots with its own Helix model.

5 SPV filings
#78Dyna RoboticsRedwood City, US · 2024

Robot foundation models for commercial tasks.

6 research roles
#81World LabsSan Francisco, US · 2024

Spatial intelligence: models that generate and understand 3D worlds.

5 research roles
#88The Bot CompanySan Francisco, US · 2024

Household robots from Cruise's co-founder.

4 research roles
#94Agility RoboticsSalem, OR, US · 2015

Digit humanoid robots for logistics.

2 research roles · 1 SPV filings
#96Unitree RoboticsHangzhou, China · 2016

Quadruped and humanoid robots.

6 models
#118AgiBotShanghai, China · 2023

Humanoid robots and the open AgiBot World dataset.

1 models
#134Skild AIPittsburgh, US · 2023

A general robot brain that works across different robot bodies.

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#135CovariantEmeryville, US · 2017

Robot foundation models for warehouses; founders joined Amazon in 2024.

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#136Genesis AIPalo Alto, US · 2024

Physics simulation and robot foundation models.

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Multimodal & generative media

12 labs →

Safety & alignment

12 labs →

Compute & chips

13 labs →