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David Graham

David Graham is an Ai2 contributor to scientific search and open language models. In 2023, he coauthored a paper on the Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform, which describes the Academic Graph, its processing pipeline, and APIs. Ai2 acknowledged his contributions to SPECTER2 and SciRepEval, and the 2025 OLMo 2 report thanked him for indirect project contributions. The 2025 OLMo 3 report credited him with base-model data acquisition; as of October 2026, he is part of Ai2's team.

Timeline

  1. 2023

    The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform

    In 2023, he coauthors the Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform paper, which describes the Academic Graph, its processing pipeline, and APIs.

  2. 2023

    Contributions to SPECTER2

    In 2023, Ai2 acknowledges him among peers and mentors whose contributions were critical to SPECTER2 and SciRepEval.

  3. 2025

    Support for OLMo 2

    In 2025, the OLMo 2 paper thanks him among Ai2 colleagues for indirect contributions to the project.

  4. 2025

    OLMo 3 data acquisition

    In 2025, the OLMo 3 paper credits him with base-model data acquisition.

  5. As of October 2026

    Ai2 team member

    As of October 2026, he is part of Ai2's team.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Allen Institute for AI (Ai2). We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Allen Institute for AI (Ai2). Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.
  3. 44% of AI career moves go from one university to anotherIncludes Allen Institute for AI (Ai2). We estimate how 14,272 AI career moves link universities, companies, labs and government research centers, with net flows and the most common paths.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.

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  1. The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. SPECTER2: Adapting scientific document embeddings to multiple fields and task formats allenai.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. 2 OLMo 2 Furious arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Olmo 3 arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Paper page - Olmo 3 huggingface.co. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Team Directory | Ai2 allenai.org. Checked 19 October 2026.