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Partnership on AI

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Multi-stakeholder nonprofit founded in 2016 by Amazon, Apple, DeepMind, Google, IBM, Meta, and Microsoft to advance responsible AI practices. Led by CEO Rebecca Finlay (since October 2021). 126 partner organizations across academia, civil society, and industry in 16 countries (as of 2024). Develops best practices, guidelines, and frameworks for responsible AI development and deployment, with major workstreams on synthetic media governance, AI assurance ecosystems, and community engagement. Funded by industry membership fees and Ford Foundation grants.

Headcount
68
as of Feb 2026

Facts

11
Financial
Headcount68
People
Founder (text)Apple Inc.
Other
Partner Count138
ProgramABOUT ML — framework and resources for transparency reporting on machine learning systems
Founding MembersAmazon, Facebook (Meta), Google, DeepMind, Microsoft, IBM
Organization
CountryUnited States
Founded DateSep 2016
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Legal Structure501(c)(3) nonprofit
Biographical
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_on_AI
General
Websitehttps://partnershiponai.org/

Other Data

Publications
11 entries
TitlePublicationTypeAuthorsUrlPublishedDateIsFlagship
Strengthening the AI Assurance EcosystemreportJohn Howellpartnershiponai.org2026-02
Prioritizing Real-Time Failure Detection in AI AgentsreportMadhulika Srikumar, Kasia Chmielinski, Jacob Pratt et al.partnershiponai.org2025-09
Preparing for AI Agent Governance: A Research AgendareportJacob Prattpartnershiponai.org2025-09
Responsibly Navigating the Enterprise AI LandscapereportSarah Villeneuve, Albert Tanjayapartnershiponai.org2025-04
Policy Alignment on AI TransparencyreportJohn Howell, Stephanie Ifayemipartnershiponai.org2024-10
Risk Mitigation Strategies for the Open Foundation Model Value ChainreportMadhulika Srikumar, Jiyoo Chang, Kasia Chmielinskipartnershiponai.org2024-07
Guidance for Safe Foundation Model DeploymentreportPAI, Madhulika Srikumar et al.partnershiponai.org2023-10
Guidelines for AI and Shared ProsperityreportPAI Staffpartnershiponai.org2023-06
Responsible Practices for Synthetic MediareportPAI (multi-stakeholder)syntheticmedia.partnershiponai.org2023-02
Managing the Risks of AI Research: Six Recommendations for Responsible PublicationreportPAI Staffpartnershiponai.org2021-05
ABOUT ML: Annotation and Benchmarking on Understanding and Transparency of Machine Learning LifecyclesreportDeborah I. Raji, Jingying Yang et al.partnershiponai.org2019-07

Divisions

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Program

Framework for ML transparency reporting

Team

Core research team producing guidelines and frameworks

Program

Guidelines for responsible synthetic media use

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