Stanford HAI
Confidence 0.85 · 4 sources · last confirmed 2026-10-08
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence is an interdisciplinary AI research institute at Stanford University focused on advancing AI to benefit humanity. Founded in 2019. Hosts the AI Index (an independent initiative within HAI) and emerged in part from the One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100), under whose umbrella the AI Index was originally conceived in 2017.
Role in the AI ecosystem
- Publisher of the annual AI Index — 8 editions through 2025.
- Host of the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM), which produces the Foundation Model Transparency Index — see foundation-models and responsible-ai.
- Briefs major companies and government agencies on the state of AI: per AI Index 2025, briefings to Accenture, IBM, Wells Fargo, and Fidelity.
- Cited in major media (NYT, Bloomberg, Guardian) and hundreds of academic papers.
Notable people (mentioned in this wiki)
Faculty and affiliates referenced via AI Index 2025:
- Nestor Maslej — Editor-in-Chief of the AI Index.
- Erik Brynjolfsson — Stanford economist; lead author of major productivity-impact studies.
- John Etchemendy — Co-director of HAI.
- Vanessa Parli — AI Index core team.
- Yoav Shoham — Stanford / AI21 Labs.
- Russell Wald — Stanford policy.
- Juan Carlos Niebles — Stanford / Salesforce.
Funders (selected)
Per AI Index 2025 supporting partners: Google, NSF, OpenAI, Open Philanthropy, Quid. Note: HAI’s broader funding model goes beyond these; this list is specifically the AI Index 2025 supporters.
Open questions
- HAI’s broader funding model and donor base beyond the AI Index supporters.
- Relationship between HAI and other Stanford AI initiatives (AI Lab, CodeX, etc.).
- Notable HAI policy publications and their reception — to be filled in as more sources are ingested.
HAI Seminar series (added 2026-10-08)
HAI Seminar: Industry Conversation with Instacart (Sep 2026): a seminar recorded 23 September 2026 pairing an industry economist with a Stanford faculty member. Alexandr Lenk (Instacart Economics) presents a staggered difference-in-differences study of how agentic-AI use spreads through team “pioneers”; Arvind Karunakaran (Stanford Management Science & Engineering) presents field research on role redesign at a law firm. The first HAI Seminar recording in the wiki; the institute’s other appearances are the AI Index and its launch talk.