Artificial Intelligence Research Institute

Name

Artificial Intelligence Research Institute

Legal name

АНО «Институт искусственного интеллекта»

Website

https://airi.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Research Services

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

Keywords

• Artificial intelligence research
• Machine learning fundamentals
• Multimodal AI models
• Scientific research institute
• Applied AI solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants: AIRI operates as a non-profit (ANO 'Institut iskusstvennogo intellekta', INN 7730261209, OGRN 1207700493978) receiving government and institutional research grants, allocation of research grants, and establishment of scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students, young researchers and teachers
2. Scientific and Industrial Partnerships: Revenue generated through partnerships with scientific organizations, industry and government for development and commercialization of AI technologies. Research collaborations with industrial partners such as Samsung, Sber, VK, and others
3. Technology Transfer and Licensing: Development and commercialization of AI technologies through partnerships with industry, generating revenue from technology transfer arrangements

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

AIRI is Russia's largest autonomous non-profit AI research institute. It conducts fundamental and applied research across 36 scientific groups, producing open-source AI models (Kandinsky, OmniFusion, GHOST, RUDOLPH), multimodal medical foundation models, robotics and quantum-annealing solutions, and a medical AI system deployed in Moscow clinics. The institute also runs the AIRI Summer School and the AIRIум mentorship program to train the next generation of AI researchers.

Product overview

AIRI (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute) is Russia's largest autonomous non-profit research organization dedicated to fundamental and applied AI research. The institute operates a platform-based model with research labs (Cognitive AI Systems, FusionBrain, Strong AI in Medicine, Adaptive Agents), scientific groups, and educational programs. Core offerings include the AIRIум mentorship program connecting researchers with mentors, the annual AIRI Summer School for student training across 11 AI tracks, and AIRI Seminars for ongoing research dissemination. The institute's research portfolio encompasses large-scale learning systems (language and multimodal models), logic and neuroscience-inspired approaches, applied AI for real-world problems including digital twins, and AI for life sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIRI Summer School (Лето с AIRI) Annual intensive two-week AI training program for undergraduate 2-4 year students, master's students, PhD students and young researchers from Russian universities. Covers tracks including VLA, Agentic AI, Medical AI, AI for Robotics, Safe AI, AI for Life Sciences, AI for Weather, Sim2Drive, AI for Materials, Trustworthy AI, and Efficient DL. 80 planned participants in 2026.
• AIRIум Mentorship Program Scientific mentorship program connecting young researchers with experienced AIRI scientists across 27+ AI domains including reinforcement learning, computer vision, generative AI, LLM, agents, robotics, graph neural networks, bioinformatics, optimization, applied AI, and neurointerfaces.
• AIRI Seminars (Big Seminar, AI Nights, Reading Clubs) Regular seminar series covering embodied AI, DL in Life Sciences, AI safety, bioinformatics, computer vision, generative models, language models, robotics, and other AI topics. Over 110 events organized. Recordings published on VK Video.
• AIDA Medical Diagnostic System AI system for final diagnosis based on electronic medical record data, deployed in all Moscow polyclinics under Yaroslav Bespalov's leadership at SberMedII and developed through the AIRI 'Strong AI in Medicine' Laboratory directed by Dmitry Dylov. Provides clinical decision support using Russia's first multimodal medical foundation model.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-fold faster solutions on large instances for robot inverse-kinematics problems using hybrid quantum-classical solvers vs purely classical approaches
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability16 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Sirius (Сириус)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSirius is listed as a key partner in AIRI's partner network. As a major Russian scientific and educational center, Sirius collaborates with AIRI on research initiatives and talent development programs.
• Skoltech (Сколтех)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI maintains active partnerships with Skoltech, including joint research projects, academic exchange, and collaborative publication efforts. Many AIRI researchers teach at or collaborate with Skoltech.
• Lobachevsky University (Университет Лобачевского)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the AIRI Summer School along with Volnoye Delo foundation. Provides scientific expertise and educational infrastructure for joint AI training programs.
• Sberbank (Сбер)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSber is a major general partner of the AIRI Summer School and key industrial partner. AIRI researchers and teams from Sber collaborate on AI projects including the Kandinsky model family and medical AI solutions. Joint lab and technology development initiatives.
• Central University (Центральный университет)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a key partner of AIRI in the partner network. Collaborates on research projects and academic programs in AI and related fields.
• Moscow State University (МГУ)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI and MSU collaborate through joint research programs. AIRI's General Director Ivan Oseledets is Dean of the Faculty of AI at MSU. Multiple joint initiatives in AI research, education, and talent development.
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (МФТИ)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong partnership with MIPT through the Cognitive Modeling Center directed by Aleksandr Panov. Joint research labs in AI, cognitive systems, and robotics. AIRI scientists teach at MIPT.
• Higher School of Economics (ВШЭ)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI collaborates with HSE on AI research and education. Multiple AIRI researchers hold positions at HSE, including leading research groups and teaching courses.
• AvitominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvito is a partner of the AIRI Summer School program, supporting AI education and talent development initiatives.
• Samsung ResearchmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSamsung Research collaborates with AIRI through the FusionBrain laboratory and joint research projects. Several AIRI researchers previously worked at Samsung and maintain active research partnerships. Andrey Kuznetsov led data research at Sber before heading FusionBrain at AIRI.
• Samara University (Самарский университет)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a key partner of AIRI. Andrey Kuznetsov graduated from Samara State Aerospace University with a degree in applied mathematics and informatics.
• Gamaleya Research Center (ФНИЦ эпидемиологии и микробиологии имени Н.Ф. Гамалеи)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in AIRI's scientific partner network. Collaborates on biomedical AI research and life sciences applications.
• Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (МИФИ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI collaborates with MEPhI through Ilya Makarov's research laboratory. Joint AI research projects in industrial AI and machine learning.
• Rheumatology Institute (Институт Ревматологии)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in AIRI's scientific partner network for biomedical AI research collaboration.
• MTUCI (МТУСИ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI collaborates with MTUCI through the joint Laboratory of Safe AI (SAIL), opened in March 2025, led by Oleg Rogov. Joint research on AI security and trustworthiness.
• Innopolis UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI collaborates with Innopolis University through joint research labs led by Ilya Makarov. Vladislav Kurenkov is an Innopolis graduate and maintains close ties.
• Federal Research Center 'Computer Science and Control' of RAS (ФИЦ ИУ РАН)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI researchers including Konstantin Yakovlev and Aleksey Kovalyev hold positions at FIC IU RAS. Joint research in robotics, AI, and multi-agent systems.
• Central Research Institute of Epidemiology (ФБУН ЦНИИ Эпидемиологии Роспотребнадзора)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in AIRI's scientific partner network for epidemiological and biomedical AI applications.
• Russian Academy of Sciences (РАН)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI researchers hold Professor of RAS titles and are members of RAS scientific councils. Aleksandr Panov is part of the scientific council of the Russian Association of Artificial Intelligence.
• ITMO UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI collaborates with ITMO through Ilya Makarov's research laboratory. Joint research in AI and computer vision.
• AI Alliance ('Альянс в сфере искусственного интеллекта')majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI is a member of the AI Alliance. Anton Konushin is a member of the Scientific Council of the AI Alliance. AIRI contributes to the AI Ethics Code developed by the Alliance.
• Digital Economy ANO ('АНО Цифровая экономика')coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRI participates in the working group on artificial intelligence of ANO Digital Economy. Anton Konushin is a member of the AI working group.
• Q DeepcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with AIRI on quantum annealing research for robot motion problems. Russian research collaboration that demonstrated proof-of-concept for using quantum annealers to solve robot inverse-kinematics problems.
• D-WavecoreTechnology or IntegrationHardware provider for quantum annealing experiments. AIRI team used D-Wave hardware to solve robot inverse-kinematics problems as QUBO binary optimization, demonstrating up to 30-fold speedup vs purely classical approaches.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Allen Institute for AI (AI2): Non-profit AI research institute based in Seattle with multiple research teams and a focus on foundational and applied AI. Highly analogous to AIRI in mission, non-profit structure, and breadth of AI research domains, though operating in a U.S. funding ecosystem.
• Mila (Quebec AI Institute): Non-profit AI research institute founded by Yoshua Bengio with500+ researchers. Closely comparable to AIRI as a large non-profit academic-affiliated AI research hub producing top-tier publications, though Mila is more focused on deep learning fundamentals.
• OpenAI: Originally a non-profit AI research organization, now a capped-profit entity conducting frontier AI research with a strong publication track record. Comparable to AIRI in fundamental research orientation, though vastly larger in compute and capital.
• Sber AI Research / SberDevices: AI research arm of Sber, AIRI's major industrial partner and co-developer of Kandinsky. Directly comparable as a Russian AI research organization with similar multimodal and generative AI focus, but operating as a commercial entity within a larger bank.
• Yandex Research: AI research division of Yandex, Russia's other major tech company. Comparable to AIRI as a Russian AI research organization producing top-tier publications, though embedded within a larger consumer internet company.
• Vector Institute: Toronto-based non-profit AI research institute affiliated with the University of Toronto. Comparable to AIRI in non-profit structure, academic-affiliated AI research mission, and emphasis on industry partnerships and talent development.

Broad incumbents

• DeepMind: Alphabet-owned AI research lab conducting fundamental and applied AI research across multiple domains. Comparable to AIRI in research breadth and quality, with significant overlap in robotics, medical AI, and multimodal model development, but with much larger resources.
• MIT CSAIL: MIT's flagship AI and computer science research laboratory. Comparable to AIRI as a leading AI research organization producing top-tier publications across multiple AI domains, though embedded within a major U.S. university with broader research scope.

Emerging players

• Anthropic: AI safety-focused research company developing frontier models with explicit responsible-AI positioning. Comparable to AIRI's Safe AI Lab SAIL and Ethics Committee emphasis on responsible AI, though operating as a commercial entity with massive funding.

Regional players

• Skoltech (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology): Russian research university and one of AIRI's major academic partners. Comparable as a Russian research institution focused on AI and data science, though operating as a degree-granting university rather than a dedicated AI lab.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevkvideo.ru/video-210514085_456239486
• Xx.com/AIRI_inst
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/artificial-intelligence-research-institute

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Number of profiles

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