Epoch AI
To improve society’s understanding of AI’s drivers, progress, and impact by providing a neutral, evidence-based scientific foundation for decision-making.
At a Glance
- Governments
- Intergovernmental Organizations
- AI Research Labs
- Policy Think Tanks
AI Tools by Epoch AI
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Epoch AI
AI Research and Trend Analysis
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Products & Services
A collection of datasets including ML hardware inventory, AI model training compute estimates, AI company investment data, and GPU cluster listings.
A benchmark suite designed to evaluate the mathematical capabilities of the most advanced (frontier) AI models.
In-depth reports and blog posts on AI scaling limits, economic impact, and technological trajectories.
Advisory services and custom evaluations for organizations like the UK DSIT and Stanford AI Index.
Market Position
Leading independent research institute for empirical AI trend data and compute metrics, filling a gap for non-industry technical analysis.
Leadership
Founders
Jaime Sevilla
Co-founder and Executive Director of Epoch AI. He is a PhD candidate in AI at the University of Aberdeen (paused to lead Epoch) and holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Engineering from the Complutense University of Madrid. His research focuses on technological forecasting and AI trends.
Lennart Heim
Early member of the Epoch AI founding group. He is also a researcher at the RAND Corporation specializing in AI compute and hardware governance.
Pablo Villalobos
Early team member and researcher at Epoch AI, joining as one of the first volunteer-employees after being inspired by Sevilla's early presentations on AI data analysis.
Executive Team
Jaime Sevilla
Executive Director
Expert in AI forecasting and training compute trends; PhD candidate in AI (Aberdeen).
María de la Lama
Head of Operations
Leads organizational strategy and growth; previously a special projects associate with a background in policy and operations.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Epoch AI began in 2021 as a volunteer group curating AI model data to bring more empiricism to the industry. Following the success of their 2022 compute trends paper, the group formally established the institute to scale their research on AI trajectories.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Philanthropic grants and donor contributions; commissioned research and advisory services for governments and international organizations.
Pricing Tiers
All datasets and core research reports are provided free to the public.
Bespoke advisory and evaluation services for institutional partners.
Target Markets
- Governments
- Intergovernmental Organizations
- AI Research Labs
- Policy Think Tanks
- AI governance and policy
- Technological forecasting
- Academic research
- Industry benchmarking
- UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
- Stanford AI Index
- Frontier Model Forum