Organizations
Explore companies, research labs, universities, nonprofits, and public institutions across the AI ecosystem.
Beehive AI is a San Francisco-based generative AI company founded in 2016 that automates the analysis of qualitative customer feedback, transforming free-form survey responses and open-ended text into structured insights for enterprise clients.
Benchmark is a Silicon Valley venture-capital firm known for early-stage investing and a deliberately equal-partnership model. Its AI-relevant portfolio and alumni network spans marketplace, social, infrastructure, and data companies, including Uber, eBay, Twitter, Snap, and Scale AI leadership ties.
Berkeley Existential Risk InitiativeThe Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) is a Berkeley-based non-profit that supports researchers working on reducing existential risks, including AI safety, by providing operational and financial assistance.
The Berkman Klein Center is a Harvard-wide research center studying how digital technologies affect public life, human agency and institutions. Its AI work covers governance, accountability, safety, youth, public-interest technology and the social effects of automated systems.
Bespoke LabsAn applied research lab curating training data and reinforcement-learning environments for AI agents. Its open work includes the OpenThoughts reasoning dataset and the Bespoke-MiniCheck and Bespoke-MiniChart models.
Better Home & Finance operates a digital mortgage and home-finance platform covering loan origination, home equity, title and insurance. Its Tinman underwriting platform and Betsy voice assistant automate parts of the application and loan-processing workflow.
Binghamton University is a public research university founded in 1946 in Binghamton, New York, and is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
BlackRock is a New York-based global investment management corporation founded in 1988 by Larry Fink and others, and is the world's largest asset manager with over $10 trillion in assets under management.
Blend is a San Francisco-based fintech company founded in 2012 by Nima Ghamsari that provides a digital lending platform for mortgage, home equity, and consumer loans; it went public on the NYSE in 2021.
Block (formerly Square) is a San Francisco-based financial technology company founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, offering payment processing, Bitcoin services, and developer tools.
Online-safety company that developed privacy, anti-harassment, and social-media exposure-management tools before being acquired by DeleteMe.
Bloomberg BetaEarly-stage venture firm backed by Bloomberg, investing in the future of work, machine intelligence, and data-driven companies.
Blue Apron is a New York City-based meal kit company founded in 2012 by Matt Salzberg, Ilia Papas, and Matt Wadiak, delivering pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to subscribers; it went public in 2017 and was acquired by Wonder in 2023.
Boardwalk Robotics is a Pensacola, Florida-based robotics startup developing upper-body humanoid systems, including its flagship robot Alex, designed for industrial tasks such as package sorting and cargo unloading.
A global aerospace manufacturer whose commercial aircraft, defense systems, autonomous platforms and space technology make it an important developer and user of advanced engineering and artificial intelligence.
Boson AIStartup building large language and audio models, founded by former AWS AI researchers.
Boston DynamicsBoston Dynamics is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based robotics company as an MIT spin-off, known for dynamic, highly mobile robots including the quadruped Spot and the humanoid Atlas.
BoxBox provides an intelligent content-management platform for organizations to secure, govern, collaborate on, and automate work across business files. Box AI adds search, extraction, content generation, and customizable agents grounded in company data and existing permissions.
BrexBrex provides corporate cards, cash management and spend-management software for startups and larger companies. Its platform uses AI to automate receipt collection, expense review, policy enforcement and financial workflows.
Builds specialized agents for semiconductor design verification, helping engineering teams analyze simulation logs and waveforms, find hardware bugs and improve functional coverage before chips enter production.
Brookings InstitutionThink tank whose AI and Emerging Technology Initiative and Center for Technology Innovation research AI governance, safety, standards, equity, and the effects of emerging technology on democracy and public policy.
C3.ai is a Redwood City, California-based enterprise AI software company founded by Thomas Siebel, offering predictive analytics and machine learning applications for industries including energy, financial services, and defense; it went public on the NYSE in December 2020.
California Institute for Machine ConsciousnessFounded by Joscha Bach to build a scientific foundation for machine consciousness, drawing on AI, neuroscience, and cognitive science to study whether and how machines could be conscious.
California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) is a public polytechnic university founded in 1901 in San Luis Obispo, California, known for its "learn by doing" philosophy and strong programs in engineering, computer science, and architecture.