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Allen Institute for AI

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Opportunity to have a huge impact in an exciting space, unique blend of cutting edge AI research, engineering and high tech startup culture. - Anonymous employee Allen Institute for AI Employee Review

5.0
Feb 17, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Powerful mission, led by an inspirational leader who is widely respected in the field. Extremely high hiring bar - Top notch people across the board. Startup environment,with strong financial backing. Unique blend of research and engineering. People are always encouraged to focus on impact. Coworkers are very friendly, respectful and always willing to help out. Lots of opportunities to learn through weekly tech talks. Administrative operations team is very proactive and always looking for ways to support employees. Fully stocked kitchen and great Wednesday lunches. Beautiful location. Gym membership reimbursement is awesome.

Cons

If I had to really mention something here, For folks coming from large technology companies, some of the support functions such as leave management may feel immature but the team is continuously improving it.

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Cutting-edge AI research, the right balance between research and applications.

Cons

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Cons

Look for what *meaningful* projects and research have come out of Ai2 in the last two years. They used to be research and academia focused and made AI for the common good a priority. When they changed CEOs they became product focused and went all-in on LLMs. Internally their structure is extremely disorganized and chaotic and they're quietly laying people off. They have a few projects, like EarthRanger, that have a measurable impact in the world but EarthRanger didn't originate in Ai2 and doesn't utilize AI.

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