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Top 25 Artificial intelligence research labs worldwide

RevenueBase identified 3,905 artificial intelligence research labs worldwide as of October 2026 and tracks 63,743 professional contacts across them, including 12,556 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and San Francisco the largest hub.

This list covers artificial intelligence research labs worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed October 1, 2026. Country and city lists for artificial intelligence research labs follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest artificial intelligence research labs worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,905 artificial intelligence research labs worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Oct 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to artificial intelligence research labs: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Oct 1, 2026n/a6,429 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
2Partial evidenceBengaluru East, IndiaHQ checked Oct 1, 20261,001-5,0004,738 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Research fuels innovation and we strive for it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
3Partial evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026n/a4,328 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We're an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
4Strong evidenceKaiserslautern, GermanyHQ checked Oct 1, 20261,001-5,0001,023 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, with sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Darmstadt and labs in Lübeck and Berlin, is the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
5Strong evidenceMontréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Oct 1, 2026n/a747 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal, Mila is a research institute in artificial intelligence that now brings together over 1,200 specialized…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
6Strong evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Oct 1, 20261,001-5,000612 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Helsing was founded to provide Artificial Intelligence to protect our democracies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500447 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“InstaDeep is a pioneer in decision-making AI, driven by the belief that AI can help everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
8Indirect evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500406 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sana is an AI lab building superintelligence for work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
9Strong evidenceRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500395 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Wakeb is highly specialized in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and wakeb team is highly experienced and equipped with powerful resources to make your…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
10Indirect evidenceToulouse, FranceHQ checked Oct 1, 2026501-1,000371 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IRIT was founded in 1990.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSeoul, South KoreaHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500332 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The potential of AI goes beyond everyday life where it affects the industry, moves the economy, and even saves the planet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200307 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
13Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500302 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a Seattle-based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500278 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We aim to solve the most important and fundamental problems in robotics and AI.(Formerly The AI Institute)”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
15Indirect evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200264 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
16Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500257 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help the world reimagine a better future with AI”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAllschwil, SwitzerlandHQ checked Oct 1, 2026n/a252 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zellbiologie”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMarkham, ON, CanadaHQ checked Oct 1, 202610001+236 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IBM Canada Software Lab - Toronto is a company based out of 8200 Warden Ave, Markham, Ontario, Canada.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
19Partial evidenceMartigny, SwitzerlandHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200220 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Idiap Research Institute is a research institute of national importance established in 1991 by the City of Martigny, the State of Valais, the Swiss Federal Institute of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMountain View, CA, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200218 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Baidu USA is one of the R&D centers of Baidu, China’s largest search engine provider.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
21Indirect evidenceTokyo, JapanHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200202 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sony AI is Sony's flagship AI organization whose mission is to "Unleash Human Imagination and Creativity with AI".”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
22Partial evidencePune, IndiaHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500198 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tata Research Development and Design Centre is the first software research centre in Pune, India established by TCS in 1981.TRDDC undertakes research in Machine Learning, Software…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
23Indirect evidenceTokyo, JapanHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200194 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sakana AI is an AI R&D company based in Tokyo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
24Indirect evidenceCity, RussiaHQ checked Oct 1, 2026201-500189 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Создаем AI-решения в области CV, NLP и Edge Computing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMacul, ChileHQ checked Oct 1, 202651-200171 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nuestra misión es ser un pilar para el desarrollo de la IA en Chile y el mundo, con una vocación por promover la investigación y transferencia tecnológica de vanguardia, la…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026

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Artificial intelligence research labs worldwide at a glance

As of Oct 1, 2026
19.7%Verified-email coverage
16.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
2.5%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco
Oct 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
2,102
11-50
1,263
51-200
353
201-500
96
501-1,000
38
1,001-5,000
24
5,001-10,000
10
10001+
16

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among artificial intelligence research labs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for artificial intelligence research labs are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “artificial intelligence research labs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names artificial intelligence research labs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among artificial intelligence research labs, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 12,556 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on October 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Artificial intelligence research labs by location

20 lists · largest first

Every Artificial intelligence research labs list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names artificial intelligence research labs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many artificial intelligence research labs are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 3,905 artificial intelligence research labs worldwide as of October 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Google Deepmind, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most artificial intelligence research labs?

The United States leads with 681 companies, followed by India (464) and the United Kingdom (165). Every artificial intelligence research labs list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most artificial intelligence research labs?

San Francisco leads with 98 headquartered companies, followed by London (94) and Bangalore (77).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on October 1, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.