IBM
IBM is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services.
Crunchbase, retrieved 2024-05-16| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Sector | Software & IT Services |
| Website | http://www.ibm.com/ |
Between 2013 and 2023, IBM researchers released7,428 AI research articles
- #3in PARAT for number of AI research articles
- 31.17citations per AI article on average (#84 in PARAT, #55 in the S&P 500)
- 963highly cited articles (#4 in PARAT, #4 in the S&P 500)
- +3.4%growth in IBM's public AI research (2018–2021)
- 1,830articles at top AI conferences (#4 in PARAT, #3 in the S&P 500)
- 24.5%of IBM's total public research was AI-focused
IBM's top AI research topics
Subfield | Articles | Citations per article | Growth (2018–2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV publications | 1138 | 47.7 | -2.83 |
| NLP publications | 1543 | 41.1 | 3.76 |
| Robotics publications | 143 | 22.1 | -19.02 |
Between 2013 and 2023, IBM filed8,724 AI-related patents
- #3in PARAT for number of AI-related patents filed
- 21.1%growth in IBM's AI-related patent filing (2017–2020)
- 6,079AI-related patents were granted to IBM (2017–2020)
- 18.2%of IBM's filed patents were AI-related
Top AI application areas across IBM's filed patents
Subfield | Patents filed | Growth (2017–2020) |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge representation patents | 1753 | 4.39% |
| Planning and scheduling patents | 828 | 26.86% |
| Computer vision patents | 776 | 4.11% |
| Speech processing patents | 471 | 9.18% |
| Analytics and algorithms patents | 420 | 24.16% |
Top use cases across IBM's filed AI patents
Subfield | Patents filed | Growth (2017–2020) |
|---|---|---|
| Personal devices and computing patents | 5717 | 26.54% |
| Telecommunications patents | 1489 | 17.53% |
| Business patents | 1227 | 22.18% |
| Life sciences patents | 669 | -1.56% |
| Security patents | 617 | 40.12% |
6,113
AI jobs
According to our data, IBM currently employs about 6,113 AI workers (#4 rank in PARAT, #3 in the S&P500). AI workers in PARAT include anyone a high probability of working with AI. Recent hires may be omitted. Read more >>
117,515
Tech Tier 1 jobs
According to our data, IBM currently employs about 117,515 Tech Tier 1 workers (#4 rank in PARAT, #4 in the S&P500).Tech Tier 1 workers include anyone with technical skills and a reasonable probability of working with AI. Recent hires may be omitted. Read more >>
The AI activity metrics in the Private-Sector AI Indicators dataset are derived from data from Revelio Labs, Clarivate Web of Science, and other leading sources. Additional descriptive metadata in PARAT comes from the Crunchbase Open Data Map (powered by Crunchbase) and PermID. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.