General InformationSRI International is an independent nonprofit research institute based in Menlo Park, California with over 1,000 employees, founded in 1946 as a spin-off from Stanford University.
Funding & FinancialsAs a nonprofit research organization, SRI operates through contract research funding from government (DARPA, NSF, DOE) and commercial partnerships rather than traditional venture capital rounds.
Leadership & TeamSRI is led by President and CEO Arati Prabhakar, a former director of DARPA with deep expertise in emerging technologies and innovation policy.
Recent ActivityRecent notable work includes advances in AI-assisted robotics, quantum computing research partnerships, and the continued incubation of spinout companies leveraging SRI's core research capabilities.