Company, Japan

Honda

Includes Honda Research Institute, Honda Research Institute Europe and Honda Research Institute, USA.

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
6
Full moves in and out
3 in, 5 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 Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks.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 6 people shaping AI have worked at Honda, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, Honda is tied for 100th among 3,344 companies (tied for 808th of 8,827 organizations overall). Computer vision leads 3 areas of expertise (3 of 6 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 3 people in 2005–2008, with the last dated stint ending in 2021. Across dated career transitions, we record 3 full moves in and 5 out, led by departures to Google (2).

Active work stints peaked at 3 people in 2005–2008, with the last dated stint ending in 2021.Annual estimates from 2005 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 Honda from 2005 to 2021. 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
200533
200633
200733
200833
200922
201022
201122
201211
201311
201411
201511
201911
202011
202111
Google is the largest destination for departures (2 full moves), across 3 moves in and 5 out.Full moves into (3) and out of (5) Honda, grouped under top-level organizations. Excludes 2 roles added alongside an existing position. Smaller routes are grouped as Other. universitiescompaniesinstitutes and labs

A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Honda is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 3 incoming and 5 outgoing full moves.

Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table

Across work histories (excluding degrees), 6 of the 6 people who have worked at Honda (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Honda to 38 peer institutions.

Google shares the largest career overlap with Honda, at 3 of 6 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at Honda also worked at any time in their careers (6 people across 38 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Honda. 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

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2021. All 6 people associated with Honda appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 6 people who formerly worked at Honda. 5 of the 6 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 5 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 199,229 (median h-index 35).

Posts that include Honda

Honda appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.