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Microsoft adds more former Ai2 researchers, bolstering its Superintelligence team
10 researchers. One institute. Microsoft's Superintelligence team just acquired the core of AI2's open-source model effort.
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Why it matters
Microsoft is consolidating top open-source AI talent while AI2 pivots toward applied deployment. This signals where cutting-edge model research is clustering and hints at a strategic shift in how frontier labs are organizing around superintelligence.
The key facts
5 to knowAt least 10 former Allen Institute for AI (AI2) staffers joined Microsoft
Includes core team behind OLMo open-source model effort
AI2 shifting funding strategy toward applied AI use cases
Microsoft Superintelligence team is the destination
Published May 15, 2026
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Publisher excerpt: At least 10 former Allen Institute for AI staffers and researchers have joined Microsoft's Superintelligence team, including the core of the institute's OLMo open-source model effort. The departures come amid a shift in Ai2's funding toward applied uses of AI.