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Industry's Share of AI Research on arXiv
Share of AI papers on arXiv with at least one author at a company, quarterly average of monthly shares, %
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Out of AI papers on arXiv where OpenAlex identified at least one author institution. A paper with authors in several places counts in each. Quarterly average of monthly shares, from OpenAlex.
How much of published AI research comes with a company author, as Big Tech labs and startups set more of the frontier.
What this chart reads
- Share of AI Papers on arXiv with an Industry Author (Monthly)as “With an industry author”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Share of AI Papers on arXiv with an Industry Author (Monthly). Source: OpenAlex works with a location on arXiv whose primary topic is in the Artificial Intelligence (1702) or Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1707) subfield, counted by Palanor with grouped queries; windows skip 1 January, the date OpenAlex gives works known only by year. CC0. Source: OpenAlex.
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