PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, Canada

Element AI

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
7
Full moves in and out
3 in, 4 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 7 people shaping AI have worked at Element AI, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, Element AI is tied for 86th among 3,344 companies (tied for 728th of 8,827 organizations overall). “Computer vision” and “Theory, statistics and optimization” lead 5 areas of expertise (2 each of 7 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 3 people in 2019–2021 and stood at 1 in 2025. Across dated career transitions, we record 3 full moves in and 4 out, led by departures to ServiceNow (2).

Active work stints peaked at 3 people in 2019–2021 and stood at 1 in 2025.Annual estimates from 2019 through 2025. Each person counts once per year with a dated work stint; degrees and undated roles are excluded.

A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Element AI from 2019 to 2025. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.

Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearOtherPeople
201933
202033
202133
202211
202311
202411
202511
McGill University, Mila, Polytechnique Montréal and ServiceNow employ the most people formerly at Element AI today, with 3 each across 7 people with a known current role.Current employers of people who formerly worked at Element AI (7 of 7 former people have a recorded current role). universitiescompaniesinstitutes and labs

A ranked bar chart of the 6 organizations that currently employ the most people formerly at Element AI, led by McGill University (3), Mila (3), Polytechnique Montréal (3) and ServiceNow (3).

Source: People of Superintelligence current and former career records, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
Current organizationFormer people here nowShare of former people with a current role
McGill University342.9%
Mila342.9%
Polytechnique Montréal342.9%
ServiceNow342.9%
Google228.6%
CIFAR114.3%

Across work histories (excluding degrees), 7 of the 7 people who have worked at Element AI (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Element AI to 23 peer institutions.

Mila and ServiceNow share the largest career overlap with Element AI: 4 people each.Organizations where people with work records at Element AI also worked at any time in their careers (7 people across 23 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Element AI. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Mila4
ServiceNow4
McGill University3
Polytechnique Montréal3
Google2

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2021. All 7 people associated with Element AI appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 7 people who formerly worked at Element AI. 7 of the 7 have a recorded current role at another organization. The 1 former person with a confident OpenAlex record has 9,150 career citations (h-index 36).