Research Labs & Nonprofits
This category covers AI research organizations that aren’t primarily commercial product companies — academic labs, nonprofits, and independent research groups like Ai2, EleutherAI, and CAIS, which publish open research, open models, and safety/policy work outside the commercial-lab incentive structure. Their output (papers, open datasets, open-weight models) often becomes the foundation other categories build on, particularly the open-source tooling and foundation-model layers. GROUNDING tracks new research publications, open-model releases, and the research directions (interpretability, alignment, evaluation methodology) that this category tends to lead on ahead of commercial adoption.
At a glance
- 7 tracked companies (7 hand-curated)
- Most recently updated: Nous Research (2026-06-05)
Most actively covered
- CatalyzeX ★
- DAIR.AI ★
- ScienceCast ★
- alphaXiv ★
- arXiv ★
- Google DeepMind ★
- Nous Research ★
FAQ
What is the Research Labs & Nonprofits category?
Academic or nonprofit AI research organization (not a commercial product company).
How many companies are in this category?
GROUNDING currently tracks 7 companies in Research Labs & Nonprofits, 7 of which have a hand-curated profile.
How current is this hub?
The most recently updated entry is Nous Research, last mentioned 2026-06-05; the radar refreshes hourly.