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Industry | Stanford HAI

Industry

Stanford HAI is actively seeking engagement with companies that share our mission to advance AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition. Such engagement complements our interactions with other stakeholders, including academia, policymakers, public sector entities, and civil society.

Recently Published in Industry Briefs

Human-Centered Large Language Models
Dora Zhao, Caleb Ziems, Ahmad Rushdi, James Landay, Diyi Yang
Quick ReadJul 01, 2026
Industry Brief

Large language models (LLM) have moved from research laboratories into the infrastructure of everyday life. They power everything from developer tools to educational tutors, healthcare assistants to enterprise agents. Yet the frameworks guiding LLM development remain anchored in technical performance metrics that tell us little about whether these systems actually benefit the people who use them.

Human-Centered Large Language Models

Dora Zhao, Caleb Ziems, Ahmad Rushdi, James Landay, Diyi Yang
Quick ReadJul 01, 2026

Large language models (LLM) have moved from research laboratories into the infrastructure of everyday life. They power everything from developer tools to educational tutors, healthcare assistants to enterprise agents. Yet the frameworks guiding LLM development remain anchored in technical performance metrics that tell us little about whether these systems actually benefit the people who use them.

Machine Learning
Industry Brief
Sustainability and AI
Stanford HAI
Jan 31, 2023
Industry Brief
January 2023 Industry Brief

Environmental, social, and governance risks pose a threat to economies and human well-being around the world. However, we have the power to build a sustainable planet. Recent developments in AI are helping us see issues that were hard to identify before. As machine vision helps us see our world, we are able to detect issues, track them, and create targeted interventions. In this brief, we examine innovations by Stanford researchers that use AI and ML techniques to shift our world from one that depletes resources to one that preserves them for the future. For example, we can now track methane emissions across our energy and food systems, opening an avenue for policy formation and enforcement through near real-time tracing. AI enables knowledge-to-action and will play a key role in measuring and effectively achieving environmental, social, and governance goals.

Sustainability and AI

Stanford HAI
Jan 31, 2023

Environmental, social, and governance risks pose a threat to economies and human well-being around the world. However, we have the power to build a sustainable planet. Recent developments in AI are helping us see issues that were hard to identify before. As machine vision helps us see our world, we are able to detect issues, track them, and create targeted interventions. In this brief, we examine innovations by Stanford researchers that use AI and ML techniques to shift our world from one that depletes resources to one that preserves them for the future. For example, we can now track methane emissions across our energy and food systems, opening an avenue for policy formation and enforcement through near real-time tracing. AI enables knowledge-to-action and will play a key role in measuring and effectively achieving environmental, social, and governance goals.

Energy, Environment
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
January 2023 Industry Brief
Industry Brief
Robotics and AI
Stanford HAI
Jun 01, 2022
Industry Brief
Robotics and AI Industry Brief Cover

Robots are becoming a core building block in engineering and healthcare applications, altering the way many industries operate, and improving quality of life for everyone. With AI, robots are further given the ability to learn and adapt so that they can work collaboratively alongside humans and other robots in real-world environments. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key research – at HAI and across Stanford – that leverages AI methods into new algorithms for human robot interaction and robot navigation. Discover how researchers are designing intelligent robots that learn and adapt to human demonstration, and how they could be used to disrupt and create markets in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and many more.

Robotics and AI

Stanford HAI
Jun 01, 2022

Robots are becoming a core building block in engineering and healthcare applications, altering the way many industries operate, and improving quality of life for everyone. With AI, robots are further given the ability to learn and adapt so that they can work collaboratively alongside humans and other robots in real-world environments. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key research – at HAI and across Stanford – that leverages AI methods into new algorithms for human robot interaction and robot navigation. Discover how researchers are designing intelligent robots that learn and adapt to human demonstration, and how they could be used to disrupt and create markets in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and many more.

Robotics
Healthcare
Automation
Workforce, Labor
Robotics and AI Industry Brief Cover
Industry Brief
Education and AI
Stanford HAI
Feb 01, 2022
Industry Brief
Education and AI Industry Brief Cover

The development of digital learning infrastructure and platforms was driven by innovative AI technologies and accelerated by pandemic-imposed needs. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key AI research – at HAI and across Stanford – that are reshaping how we learn. Discover how researchers are facilitating high-quality personalized learning at scale, creating novel systems augmenting teaching and assessments, designing intentional and inclusive learning environments, and more.

Education and AI

Stanford HAI
Feb 01, 2022

The development of digital learning infrastructure and platforms was driven by innovative AI technologies and accelerated by pandemic-imposed needs. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key AI research – at HAI and across Stanford – that are reshaping how we learn. Discover how researchers are facilitating high-quality personalized learning at scale, creating novel systems augmenting teaching and assessments, designing intentional and inclusive learning environments, and more.

Education, Skills
Education and AI Industry Brief Cover
Industry Brief
Financial Services and AI
Oct 01, 2021
Industry Brief

The spike in demand since the onset of COVID-19 for digital services from grocery delivery to banking has catalyzed a reimagining of the digital infrastructure we will need to power our post-pandemic world. In this brief you will learn where researchers lead the charge in identifying opportunities and pitfalls in deploying AI in financial services. Their work sheds light on how integrating AI can make financial services and their delivery more inclusive, accessible, and effective.

Financial Services and AI

Oct 01, 2021

The spike in demand since the onset of COVID-19 for digital services from grocery delivery to banking has catalyzed a reimagining of the digital infrastructure we will need to power our post-pandemic world. In this brief you will learn where researchers lead the charge in identifying opportunities and pitfalls in deploying AI in financial services. Their work sheds light on how integrating AI can make financial services and their delivery more inclusive, accessible, and effective.

Finance, Business
Industry Brief
The Future of Work Post-Covid and AI
Stanford HAI
May 01, 2021
Industry Brief
Future of Work Industry Brief Cover

AI will have a profound impact on work, business, and the economy. In this industry brief, we provide a sampling of key research both at HAI and more broadly at Stanford that can help inform the future of work. You will find researchers studying how AI can be used to help teams collaborate, improve workplace culture, promote employee well-being, assist humans in dangerous environments, and more.

The Future of Work Post-Covid and AI

Stanford HAI
May 01, 2021

AI will have a profound impact on work, business, and the economy. In this industry brief, we provide a sampling of key research both at HAI and more broadly at Stanford that can help inform the future of work. You will find researchers studying how AI can be used to help teams collaborate, improve workplace culture, promote employee well-being, assist humans in dangerous environments, and more.

Finance, Business
Economy, Markets
Workforce, Labor
Future of Work Industry Brief Cover
Industry Brief
Healthcare, Life Sciences, and AI
Stanford HAI
Mar 01, 2021
Industry Brief

This industry brief focuses on AI research in healthcare and life sciences, with particular attention to its implications in a post COVID-19 world. Stanford HAI synthesize the latest from Stanford faculty across drug discovery, telehealth, ambient intelligence, operational excellence, medical imaging, augmented intelligence, and data and privacy. Read to learn more about how the adoption of AI may transform these applications.

Healthcare, Life Sciences, and AI

Stanford HAI
Mar 01, 2021

This industry brief focuses on AI research in healthcare and life sciences, with particular attention to its implications in a post COVID-19 world. Stanford HAI synthesize the latest from Stanford faculty across drug discovery, telehealth, ambient intelligence, operational excellence, medical imaging, augmented intelligence, and data and privacy. Read to learn more about how the adoption of AI may transform these applications.

Healthcare
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
Industry Brief

Industry Affiliate Programs

Through the combined strengths of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) and Stanford Data Science (SDS), industry partners engage with leading faculty, students, and interdisciplinary research initiatives addressing the most important technological and societal challenges of the AI era. Affiliates participate in a vibrant ecosystem of research, executive education & convenings, and thought leadership that spans the full stack of AI and data-driven innovation—from foundation models and decision intelligence to healthcare, markets, and the digital economy.

Financial support and real-world insights from industry members help ensure that the institute has the resources needed to pursue innovative, interdisciplinary research to address the most critical questions about the future of AI and its development. Learn more about the programs available below.

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Your support plays a crucial role in fostering research, education, policy, and collaboration across diverse fields. Whether you are an individual, a corporation, a foundation, or a family office, together we can shape the future of AI to ensure it serves humanity’s best interests.

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For more information on Stanford HAI’s Industry Programs or other corporate engagement, please contact: Ahmad Rushdi.

Tiers & Membership Benefits

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Strategic 

$1M / year

Impact 

$350K / year

Ecosystem 

$75K / year

Engage with faculty-specific research projects aligned with member’s priorities (research tokens, FMAs, or visiting scholar)

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Wallet = $550K

Affiliate Membership in the Digital Economy Lab

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Value = $50K

Support thematic research areas

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Wallet = $200K

VIP Invitations to select conferences and seminars

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Annual Affiliates Conference

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Executive Breakfast Series

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Startup & Innovation Series

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Opportunity to Nominate Speakers for Fireside Chats & Distinguished Lectures

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Should members choose to send a Visiting Scholar, their visit must be in accordance with the Dean of Research Policies on Visiting Scholars.

Industrial affiliates programs are subject to Stanford University policies for industry affiliates programs. Please see the Stanford University Policies for Industrial Affiliates Program Membership. The site presentations and all information, data, and results from such visitation interactions will be shared with all members and the public. 

The HAI Industry Affiliate Program will use and develop open-source software. It is the intention of the Industry Affiliate Program that any software released will be under an open-source model.