Oren Etzioni (born 1964)[1] is Professor Emeritus of computer science, and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2).

[7] In September 2013 Etzioni was selected as the Founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence,[15] and in January 2014 he took a leave of absence from the University of Washington to serve in that role.

From inception, Etzioni partnered with late philanthropist Paul G. Allen to create one of the most highly respected AI research institutes in the world.

Over the last eight years, AI2 researchers have published close to 700 papers in premier venues including AAAI, ACL, CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR, and more.

AI2 offers several key resources and tools to the AI community including the AllenNLP library, Semantic Scholar, and the impactful conservation platforms EarthRanger and Skylight.

Ed Lazowska, AI2 Board Member and Professor/Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, shared that  “Oren took the collegial, collaborative culture that he absorbed in his 20+ years as a professor in UW's Allen School and mixed it with the singular focus that drives startups to create an elixir that AI2 folks have been drinking over the last eight years.