Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University, focuses on applied research geared towards the internationalization, intelligentization, and industrialization of the fourth technological revolution. Our mission is to fuel the industrial upgrade and propel social advance with AI technologies. With university-enterprise as double engines for innovation, we aim to make breakthroughs in core AI technologies, develop future industry-leaders, and achieve leapfrog progress with the industry.

AIR was founded in 2020 by Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, world-class scientist and entrepreneur in multi-media and AI.