2024年全球AI公司报告：创新与人才

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Tableofcontents

ABOUTZEKI

3

DATAANDMETHODOLOGY

5

CHAPTERONE

TOPTALENTCREATESMOREIP

11

CHAPTERTWO

CAUTIONARYTALES:AIWASHINGISALIVEANDWELL

14

CHAPTERTHREE

TOPTALENTEXITSOPENAIASUSAIHIRINGPEAKS

20

CHAPTERFOUR

LEADERSOFTHEPACK:INDUSTRYOUTLIERS

29

CHAPTERFIVE

MEDICALTECHNOLOGYDOMINATESSECTORGROWTH

36

INDEX

COMPANIESNAMEDINREPORT

41

Thereportissubjecttoacustomarydisclaimeronliability,ownershipandlimitationsofuse.Clickheretoreadthefulldisclaimer.

AboutZeki

Zekicanpredictacompany’sfutureinnovationpotential

Weholdthemostaccuratesetofdeep-techhumancapitalintelligencedataever

created.Zeki,throughproprietaryintellectualproperty(IP),isabletoidentifythe

deeptechcompaniesthatshouldholdahighervalueaheadofthemarket,aswell

asthespecificinnovatorswhoenablethis.

Ourdatacontainsoveronemilliontopscientists,engineersandresearchers

workingindeeptechinthefieldsofAI,quantumcomputing,dataengineering,

semiconductorsandhealthtechnology—atmorethan40,000companiesglobally.

Thedata’squalityanduniformityenablesZekitoforecastfuturepotentialusing

proven,back-testedmodels.Wehaveextractedmorethanonebilliondatapoints

fromeightterabytesofdata,trackingback10years.

Ournovelapproachusesadvanceddataintegrationtoidentify,match,disambiguate

andverifyeveryindividualinZeki’sdatasets.Wehavedeveloped20indicatorsthat

canbeappliedtoeachindividual,describingtheirareasofexpertiseandgenderand

scoringtheirprofessionalimpact,technicalskillsandexperience,careerprogression

andpositioning,ambition,reputationandfuturepotential.

OrganisationsmayleverageZekidatatooptimisetheirtalentacquisitionprocesses

andinnovationpipelines—andunlocknewquantitativeinsightsaroundthequality,

momentumandfuturedirectionofinnovationatindividualcompanies.

Ourco-founder,TomHurd,wastheHeadofIntelligenceAnalysisintheUK

beforeservingasHeadoftheUK’sHomelandSecurityDepartment.Hewasalso

responsibleforsettinguptheUK’sJointBiosecurityCentre,adata-ledorganisation

thatbroughtdatascienceandpublichealthexpertisetogethertospotearlierand

moreaccuratelyCOVID-19outbreaks.

Tolearnmore,pleasecontact:enquiry@

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QZeki:Trackinginnovationthroughthelensoftalent

HumanCapital

Innovationstartswithhumanideas.

Find

thetransformativeinnovatorswho

aredrivingscientificbreakthroughs

andengineeringinnovations.

Measure

thequalityofexpertiseinside

theorganisationstheyworkfor.

Track

whatinnovationtheyarepursuingandthepotential

forsuccess.

Anticipate

futurebreakthroughsinfrontier

technologies.

Globalcoverage

1million+innovators

mappedandscored

Proprietarymetrics

ProventopredictIPcreationincompanies

Advancedanalytics

Back-testedmodels

forecastfuture

innovation

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Dataandmethodology

Zeki’sgoalinthisreportistodemonstratenewwaysof

evaluatinginnovationwithincompaniestohelpinvestors

evaluateopportunitiesandrisksaroundtheartificial

intelligence(AI)companiestheyaretargetingforinvestment.

ZekiInnovators

Allinnovationstartswithahumanideaandtalent.

ZekiidentifiesandtracksthetopAItalentthatcompaniesattract.TopAItalenthaveadvancedskillsinscienceandengineeringandaretrainedandmotivatedtotest

theboundariesoftechnologiesandcreatenewsolutions—ratherthanadoptingthestatusquo.

OurtimeseriesdataallowsZekitoformaholisticpictureofanindividual’s

innovationrecordandaccomplishmentsandforecasttheirfuturepotential.To

identifythistopAItalent,wecreatedadatasetof160,000individualsemployedinover40,000companiesacross94countrieswhoareattheforefrontofAIscienceandengineeringdiscovery,spanning10years(2014–2024).Todothiswe:

•Enchancedthedatasetusingavarietyofopensourcesalignedwithadvancedmachineandreinforcementlearningtoplottheircareerpaths

•uniqueZekidatapoints,

-

-skills

-

-

•andscholarships—allcompetitivesuccessinmeritocraticprocesses

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Dataandmethodologycontinued

Topinnovatorsprovidethegreatestreturnoninvestment(ROI)

Zekihasquantifiablymadethelinkbetweenhiringgreatpeopleandcreatingmore

intellectualproperty.Ourdataregressionmodellingshowsthatcompanies,largeandsmall,thatattractmoreofthebestinnovatorsstartcreatingmoreintellectualproperty.

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Dataandmethodologycontinued

Topinnovatorscores

ThecoefficientplotsbelowillustratetheimpactofdifferentproprietaryZekilnnovatorscores

inpredictingpatentlevels,usedasaproxyforinnovation.Onemodelusesascorethat

measuresthequalityofprojectleadershipshownbyinnovatorsasaninput(theLeadership

score),whiletheothermeasuresthedisruptiveimpactoftheirdiscoveryworkinand

outsidetheirfieldofexpertise(theZekilnnovatorscore).Eachdotrepresentsthecoefficient

estimatewitha95percentconfidenceinterval.

Coefficientplot:Leadershipscore

ZekiTalent(previous12-monthaverage)

ZekiLeadershipScore(previous12-monthaverage)

Features

Patents(previous3-monthaverage,hotstreak)

HeadCount(previousmonth)

EmployeeTurnover(previousmonth)

CoefficientEstimate

Pointsarecoefficientestimateswith95%confidenceintervals.

Coefficientplot:ZekiInnovatorscore

ZekiTalent(previous12-monthaverage)

ZekiInnovatorScore(previous12-monthaverage)

Patents(previous3-monthaverage,hotstreak)

HeadCount(previousmonth)

EmployeeTurnover(previousmonth)

-0.6-0.30.00.3

CoefficientEstimate

Pointsarecoeffcientestimateswith95%confidenceintervals.

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Dataandmethodologycontinued

Theabilitytomeasuretheinnovativepotentialofthecore

humanintellectualcapitalinacompanydrivinginnovation

unlocksnewwaystospotinvestmentopportunitiesandrisks.

ThenumberofZekiInnovators

companieshirehassignificantpositiveimpactonfutureinnovation.

BothZekiLeadershipandInnovator

scoresalsohavenotablepositiveimpact.

Mostfeatures,exceptEmployeeTurnover,havesmallstandarderrors,indicating

highconfidenceintheestimatesandaconsistentimpactoninnovation.

THEIMPACT

HighEmployeeTurnovernegativelyimpactsinnovation.

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KEYREPORTFINDINGS

TOPTALENTCREATESMOREIP

Movingbeyondintuitionandcommonsense,Zekiquantifiablydemonstratesthedirectlinkbetweenhiringtopinnovatorsandcreatingmoreintellectualproperty(IP).Theabilitytomeasuretheinnovativepotentialofacompany’scorehumanintellectualcapitalunlocksnewwaystospotinvestmentopportunitiesandrisks—forbothlistedandunlisteddeeptechcompanies.CompaniesthathirehighlyratedtalentinZeki’sdataarelikelytomateriallyincreasetheirIPoutput.

CAUTIONARYTALES:AIWASHINGISALIVEANDWELL

ThefailureofTheranos,BenevolentAI,RebellionDefenceandsomanyother

companieswithonce-storiedvaluationsbeforecrashingandburningtheir

investorsandteams,couldhavebeenunequivocallypredictedbyevaluatingthequalityofthetalentineachcompany.Atnotimedidthesecompaniesemploythehumancapitalneededtodeliverontheirfrontiertechnologyclaims.Zekiappliesitsanalyticallenstoidentifyothercompaniesthatmeritacloserlookbyinvestorstoensurethenecessarytoptalentareinplacetomatchthemarkethype.

TOPTALENTEXITSOPENAIASUSAIHIRINGPEAKS

HeadlinegrabbingOpenAIhasstruggledtoholdontotopAItalentsinceits

inception.Ithasstartedtoloseitsbrightestmindsandswitchtohiringtalentwithmoreworkexperiencebutlessstellarinnovationtrackrecords.Whileexpensivetoretain,keepingtheverytoptalentisexactlywhattheUSbigtechgiantsare

nowfocusedon.Zekibelievestheten-yearriseintheBig5’shiringoftopAI

talenthaspeakedastheirhigh-volume,high-churnmodelbecomesunaffordableandlessrelevanttotheirmaingoal.

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KEYREPORTFINDINGSCONTINUED

LEADERSOFTHEPACK:INDUSTRYOUTLIERS

Everycompany,acrossallindustries,desirestoanticipatemarketdemand.

Knowingwhattechnologyandcorrespondingtalenttoinvestinisthe

manifestationoffirst-moveradvantage.WhileChatGPTmayhaveeveryone’s

attentionin2024,J.P.Morgan,Nvidia,Bosch,Huaweiandothersbegansignallingasearlyas2017theimportanceAIwouldplayintheirrespectivegrowthplans.

Zekidatademonstrateswhere,whenandhowthesesectorleadersmadechoicesfiveormoreyearsagothatarepayingdividendsnow.

MEDICALTECHNOLOGYDOMINATESSECTORGROWTH

ZekidemonstratedinourStateofAI2024reporttheextensiveandrapidgrowthofthehealthcaresector.Now,wedivefurtherintothesectortoelevatethe

skyrocketinggrowthofAItoptalentinmedicaltechnology,notablyanincreaseofover400percentintheUSinthepastfiveyears.WetakeouranalysisastepfurthertoidentifyselectcompaniesthataredemonstratinganabilitytoattractandretaintopAItalent—agreen-flagsignalforinvestors.

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Toptalentcreatesmore

IP

CHAPTERONE

Overthelast20years,thenumberofcompaniesconsistentlyhiringtopAItalenthastripled—areflectionofcommercialandconsumer

recognitionthatAIbringsvaluetoproductivityandproducts.

ThemarketfortopAItalenthasdeepenedanddiversified

Smallcompanieswith5+hires

Mediumcompanieswith5+hires

1,137

2,722

CompaniesgloballywhohaveattractedfiveormoretopAItalents

9,755

Largecompanieswith5+hires

10,000

27,232

Smallcompanieswith5orfewerhires

Cumulative

5,000

0

2000200420082012201620202024

Year

SmallcompaniesthatcanattracttopAItalentareincreasinglydrivingthisgrowth.Whilesmallcompaniescannotcompeteonsalarieswith

majorplayers,theycanofferanenvironmentwherethistalenthas

moreagencyandspacetobreaknewgroundandbuildnewusecasesthattesttheboundariesofAI.

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ToptalentcreatesmoreIP

Asaresult,thenumberofsmallcompaniesattractingtopAltalent

hasrisentenfoldinthelast10years.WeexpectthisrateofgrowthtocontinueasweenterthenewGenAlphaseofinnovationandseea

rapidincreaseinnewcompaniesbringingnovelGenAlapplicationstothemarket,supportedbyventurecapital(VC)funding.

CumulativenumberofsmallcompaniesthathavehiredtopAltalent

NumberofcompaniesinZekidata

Year

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ToptalentcreatesmoreIP

ThesheernumberofsmallcompanieshasbeenledbytheUS

innovationecosystem,givenitsproventrackrecordoffusingtalent,

technologyandfundstocreatenewproductsandbringthemtomarket

intheUS.However,wenowseeothercountriesshowingsignificant

growth,suchasAustraliaandIndia.

Annualpercentageincreaseofsmallcompaniesbycountries

25

20

Percentageincrease

15

10

5

●-Australia

-India

US

southKorea

、UK

LGermany

Year

ThisprovidesopportunitiesandadvantagesforVCinvestorswithglobalreachwhocantakeadvantageoverthebreadthofinnovationcurrentlyoccurring.Identifyingwhichearly-stagecompanieshaveattracted

topAltalentwillenhancetheirabilitytopickcompanieswithhighinnovationpotential.

CHAPTERTWO

Cautionarytales:A

Iwashingisaliveandwell

Theabsenceorexitofkeytalentfroinvestors—particularlycompaniesandengineeringskillstodriveinnov

Weranmodelsagainstourdatatofindsubstantialamountsoffundingbut

talent,andviceversa.Thereisalotseemanyexamples.

Highfunding,lowtalent

mdeeptechcompaniesshouldbearedflagforheavilyreliantontalentwithadvancedscienceation.

outliers—companiesinourdatathatraiseddidnotconvertthisintoattractingtopinnovativeofmoneytoloseifyouignorethissignal,andwe

Lowfunding,hightalent

Thepurple-highlightedsection

inthegraphonthenextpage

demonstratesthatTheranosposedariskpriortoits2018collapse,lackingthenecessarytalenttosupportits

claim.Separately,GinkgoBioworks

acquiredZymergenin2021after

reductionsinvaluationanditsinabilitytoproduceitsmainproduct,Hyaline.MorphoSysAGacquiredConstellationPharmaceuticalsin2021.

Since2021,EvidationandImmunaihavenotbeenabletoattract

funding,buttheyhavesignificant

talent.Thismayindicatetheyare

undervalued,haveahighburnon

salariescomparedtothefundsthey

haveorgenerateenoughrevenuetonotneedtoraisefunds.

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ConsiderdeCODEGenetics.Thecompanyburnedthroughitsfundingandfiledforbankruptcyin2012.Sincethen,ithasoperatedundertheUSpharmaceuticalcompanyAmgen,whichtodatehasbroughttwodrugstotrialbasedon

deCODE'sdiscoveries.

Totalfundingreceived(EURmilion)

2000

1500

1000

500

0

NumberoftoptalenthiredfromZekidatacomparedtototalfunding

ConstellationPharmaceuticals

Zymergen

Theranos

Evidation

Immunai

deCODE

Genetics

0102030

Zekiauthorcount

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Zeki'sanalysisoftwohealth-Alcompanies,

BenevolentAlandRecursion,revealstwo

distinctoutcomesintermsofinnovator

retention.BenevolentAllostinnovatorspriortotheirunsuccessfuldrugannouncementin2023.Recursion,ontheotherhand,isnowworkingwithNvidia,thatisboominginAldevelopment.

Bypairingtalentdatawithfundingdataand

mappingagainstreal-worldevents,theimpactofZekiInnovatorsisdemonstratedinrelationtofundingandindeterminingsuccess.

Cumulativenetflowsoftoptalent

Funding(EURmilion)

May2023:BenevolentAlfailseczemadrugdevelopment

600

500

400

300

December2021:Valuedat

1.5bn,downfrom2bnin

2018.ThisdippedtoE600minSeptember2022

200

100

Year

Cumulatienetflowsoftoptalent

Funding(EURmilion)

1000

800

600

400

July2023:Collaboration

withNvidiaonbiotechand

pharmaceuticalsoftware

200

Year

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ThedifferingstoriesbetweenHelsingandRebellionDefence

arestark.HelsingisthelargestEuropeanAlcompanyandboastsstrongZekiInnovators,whileRebellionDefence,withitsfewZekilnnovators,closeditsUKofficesandexited90staffin2023.

CumulativenetflowsoftoptalentintheDefencesector

Netflowoftoptalent

June2022:HelsingPartnership

withMBDAtodeveloptransparentsoftware-definedeffects

10June2023:HelsingchosenforEurofighterupgrade

RebellionDefenceafterlosingitsfounders

andshutteringitsBritisharm,thecompany's

U.S.operationistryingtosurvive’

—Forbes2023

●-RebellionDefence

'[RebellionDefence.….ittleprovenrecordasagovernmentcontractorandnevers—ecuredalargecommercialmarket'

Forbes2023

-Helsing

Year

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Highemployeeturnovernegativelyaffectsinnovation

Trackingtheturnoverofacompany'stopAltalentilluminatesthehealthoftheirinnovationecosystem.Ourregressionmodelshowshowhighemployeeturnovernegativelyaffectsinnovation.

Ingeneral,topAltalentishighlymobileandmovesroleseverytwoyears.

Companiesthataremarkedlymoresuccessfulatretainingtalenthavehealthier

teamcultures,whichappealstotopAltalent.Averyhighchurncansignalamajor

restructuringorasharpchangeinacompany'sinnovation.

Topsoftwarecompaniesbyslowestandfastestchurn(horizontallinerepresentstheaverageforsector)

Averagenumberofyearsatcompany

IntelCorporationRakutenvelReplyscaleAlGrouponTesla

Company

Galois,Inc'sradicalapproachtoorganisationalstructureandcultureremoves

traditionalhierarchy,promotesindividualgrowthandprioritisesgoalsthat

contributepositivelytotheworld.Itislikelythatthisemploymentstructureisthereasonfortheirstrongretentionrate.ThefastchurnatNuroreflectsthecompany'sdownsizingsincemid-2022.

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ONES

COMPANY

WHATDOTHEYDO?

FOUNDED

HQ

TOTAL

FUNDING

(SM)

ZEKI

COUNT

TOWATCH

Aignostics

Aignosticsfocusesonpioneering

computationalpathologyforpharmaceutical2018

research,clinicaltrialsandCDxdevelopment.

Berlin,Germany

$21.788

Owkin

OwkinisanAlbiotechnologycompanythat

usesAltoidentifynewtreatments,de-riskand

2016

accelerateclinicaltrialsandbuilddiagnostictools.

NewYork,NYUnitedStates

$30424

CytoReason

CytoReasonusesitsAlplatformtoturn

biopharma'sdecision-makingfromtrialand2016errortoonethatisdata-driven.

TelAviv,Israel

$2011

TOASKABOUT

CelestialAl

CelestialAlhascreatedaPhotonicFabric

ecosystemtoaddresstheneedforanincrease

2020

inmemorybandwidthandcapacityatlow

latencies.

SantaClara,CAUnitedStates

$338.872

Figure

FigureisanAlroboticscompanyaimingto

buildacommerciallyviableautonomous2022

humanoidrobot.

Sunnyvale,CAUnitedStates

$7545

FlexivRobotics

Flexivisadeeptechcompanythatis

committedtodevelopingandmanufacturing

general-purposeadaptiverobots,which2016

combineadvancedroboticsandartificial

intelligencewithhuman-centereddesign.

SantaClara,CAUnitedStates

$196.51

Recognisingthatpastisprologue,ZekihasprovidedaglimpseintosixadditionalcompaniesthatuseAltoaddresstheirgoalsandareincludedinZeki'sdataon

morethan40,000companies.Thetwosets,'onestowatch'and'onestoask

about,'raisedifferentquestionsbasedonthedataandanalysispresentedsofar.Aignostics,OwkinandCytoReasonallhaveastrongnumberofZekilnnovators,butlessfundingthanCelestialAl,FigureandFlexivRobotics,whichhavefew

ZekiInnovatorsandmoresignificantfunding.FurtheranalysisismeritedtobetterunderstandifthesecompaniesarefollowingZeki'sprovencorollarybetweenthequalityoftalentandinnovationpotential.

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ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeaks

Thebehemothsofinnovation,theBig5(Google,Amazon,Microsoft,MetaandApple),dwarftheinvestordarlings(OpenAl,MistralAlandAnthropic)intermsofthetopAltalentworkingatpresentinthesecompanies.

GoogledominatesastheprimerecruiteroftopAlscientistsand

engineersfromleadinguniversities.Wehaveidentified52universityAIlabswherethedefaultistojoinGoogleafterfinishinganadvanceddegree.Thenextcompany,Amazon,hasonlynineuniversityAllabs,andthedefaultistogothere.

TopAltalentattheBig5andOpenAl,AnthropicandMistralAl

NumberoftopAltalent

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

GoogleAmazonMicrosoftMetaAppleOpenAlAnthropicMistralAl

Companyname

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ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

PreviousexperiencebeforejoiningOpenAl

Google(US)

UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

OpenAl

Facebook

StanfordUniversity

Uber

Mila

HarvardUniversity

PartnershiponAl

AmazonWebServices

Meta

WeseeGoogleinparticularlosingtalenttoOpenAl,butthenumbersarenot

significant.OpenAl,too,isalsoexperiencinghighchurnrates.

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ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

OpenAlinflowsandoutflowsovertime

Flow

Year

ThischangeistheeffectthatChatGPT'sarrivalhashadontheBig5'soveralltalentacquisitionandretentionstrategies.Wesawasharpfallintheirhiringin2023,

indicatingthattheten-yearriseintheBig5'shiringoftopAltalenthaspeaked.

ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

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CumulativeinflowsandoutflowsfortheBig5

Flow

2000

1000

-1000

-2000

Year

WeseethisasthestartofaconsolidationoftheirresourcesaroundthepeopletheymustretaintowintheraceforthenextgenerationoffrontierAlmodels.

Theincreasingcostofcomputingmayalsobeafactorinreiningincostsincurredbyhiringinlargenumbersandnotretainingemployeesformorethanafewyears.

Thereareadditionalindicationsthat

Google,MicrosoftandMetahaveshiftedtheirapproachesandarenowfocusedon

consolidatingandconcentratingtheirmost

valuabletalentratherthanhiringit.

·GooglehasmergeditsGoogleBrainteamwithDeepMind.

ThelikelybeneficiariesofreduceddemandfortopAltalentnotwithintheBig5arelargeorganisationsthatarenotinthecomputer

softwaresector(theNextBig100).Forty

percentoftopAltalentwhostartedtheir

careersintheBig5arenowworkingintheselargeorganisationsglobally.

·MicrosofthasincreaseditsinvestmentinOpenAlandbroughtinKarénSimonyan,co-founderofInflectionAl,andMustafaSuleyman,theDeepMindco-founder.

·MetahasfuseditsFundamentalAIResearch(FAIR)andGenAlteams.

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HiringprofileofBig5companiesfrom2020to2023comparedtotoday'smarket

ArtificialIntelligence

AppleMicrosoftGoogleAmazonMeta

AcloserexaminationoftheAlhiringpatternsoftheBig5showsadivergence

betweenApple'sfocusandallotherbigplayers.Thedistinctionissignificant

becauseitprovidesinsightintoApple'sinnovationpathandinvestmentinAl

imagingexpertisefarbeforetheannouncementofAppleIntelligence.

3ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

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Apple'schanginginnovationfocus

Apple'srecentannouncementofAppleIntelligenceistheculminationof

theareasofexpertiseithasprioritisedinAlovermanyyears,balancing

itsneedtodevelopsoftwarewithitsextensivehardwareportfolio.NaturalLanguageProcessing(ingreen)hasclearlybeenthepriorityforApple

since2012,alongsidetheotherBig5.Wetracktheriseofexpertisein

ImageryInterrogation,DeepLearninginComputerVisionandImage

Recognition(inblue)andVisualQuestionAnsweringinImagesandVideos(inpurple)asareasofexpertisevaluedbyAppleinparticular.

Apple'sincreasingfocusonAlinimaging

Rank

Year

ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

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OpenAlhaslookedtoincreasetheseniorityofitshires,movingawayfromEarlytalenttothoseattheIntermediate,AdvancedandExpertstageoftheircareersasitattemptstoattractmoreexperience.

CareerstagesoftopAltalenthiredbyOpenAlbyyear

■EarlyIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Percentageoftoptalent

100

80

60

40

20

Year

ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeakszeki

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OpenAlhasreplacedthosewhohavedepartedwithlessnotablehires.

ThisisbasedonZeki'sResearchExcellencescore,whichiscomposedofconferencespresentedatandjournalspublishedin.ThisbraindraincamebeforellyaSutskever,theChiefScientist,announcedhisown

resignationinMay2024.Thehiresoverthelasttwoyearshavehadmoreexperiencebutlessresearchexpertise.

AverageResearchExcellencescoreoftoptalentjoiningandleavingOpenAlbyyear

HiresLeavers

AverageResearchExcellence

2019

2021

80

60

40

20

Year

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ToptalentexitsOpenAlasUSAlpeaks

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Lookingathiresoverthelastthreeyearsandcomparingtheircareerstage,it'spossiblethatOpenAlisprioritisingthosewithapracticaluseofAltechnologyoverthosewhohavefocusedonresearch.Weseethistrendcontinuinginto2024.

ToptopicsoftalenthiredbyOpenAlfrom2021to2023

NaturalLanguageProcessing

Adversarial

RobustnessinDeep

LearningModels

Automated

Detectionof

HateSpeechand

Offensive

Language

Optimisationof

Multi-Armed

BanditProblems

NeuralNetwork

Fundamentalsand

Applications

StatisticalMachineTranslation

andNaturalLanguage

Processing

Visual

Question

Answeringin

Imagesand

Videos

Cryo-ElectronMicroscopyTechniques

Generative

Adversarial

Networks

inImage

Processing

Epidemiology

and

Management

ofSexualDysfunction

Handwriting

Recognition

andText

Detection

ReinforcementLearningAlgorithms

Artificial

Intelligence

Planning

and

Reasoning

Learning

with

Noisy

Labelsin

Machine

Learning

ApplicationofGeneticProgrammingin

MachineLearning

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In2018,J.P.MorganprioritisedAlbyhiringaHeadofAIResearch.ThisledtoasharpriseinthehiringoftopAltalentbyJ.P.Morganin2020,whileotherfirmsshowedlittlechangeintheirhiringofadvancedAlskills.Reportingdirectlyto

theCEO,J.P.MorganhireditsfirstChiefData&AnalyticsOfficer(CDAO)in2023,

combiningAlandmachinelearningwork