As of 2026, Hugging Face is the most compassionate AI lab (88.1/100, Exemplary) and xAI/Grok the least (0.0/100, Critical) on the Compassion Benchmark AI Labs Index, which scores 50 AI labs across 8 dimensions.
AI Labs Compassion Benchmark · 2026
AI Labs Compassion Benchmark Index 2026
Benchmark of 50 leading AI organizations across safety governance, transparency, accountability, deployment boundaries, equity, and institutional integrity.
50Labs ranked
43.6Mean score
46.1Median score
8Dimensions
2026Publication year
Band distribution
| Band | Range | Count | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| exemplary | 81-100 | 4 | 8% |
| established | 61-80 | 8 | 16% |
| functional | 41-60 | 15 | 30% |
| developing | 21-40 | 18 | 36% |
| critical | 0-20 | 5 | 10% |
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| Rank | Lab | Sector | HQ | AWR | EMP | ACT | EQU | BND | ACC | SYS | INT | Score | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugging Face | AI/Open Source | USA/France | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 88.1 | exemplary |
| 2 | Aleph Alpha | AI Research | Germany | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 81.4 | exemplary |
| 3 | Imbue | AI Safety/Research | USA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 81.4 | exemplary |
| 4 | Microsoft AI | AI/Technology | USA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 81.4 | exemplary |
| 5 | Abridge | AI/Healthcare | USA | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 6 | AI21 Labs | AI Research | Israel | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 7 | Cerebras Systems | AI/Hardware | USA | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 8 | Cohere | AI/Enterprise | Canada | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 9 | Isomorphic Labs | AI/Drug Discovery | UK | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 10 | Recursion Pharma | AI/Drug Discovery | USA | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 11 | Sakana AI | AI Research | Japan | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 12 | Tempus AI | AI/Healthcare | USA | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 60.9 | established |
| 13 | Anthropic | AI Safety/Research | USA | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 59.1 | functional |
| 14 | DeepMind/Google | AI Research | UK/USA | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.6 | 3 | 56.9 | functional |
| 15 | 1X Technologies | AI/Robotics | Norway | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50 | functional |
| 16 | Together AI | AI/Open Source | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50 | functional |
| 17 | Adept AI | AI/Automation | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 18 | Databricks | AI/Data Platform | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 19 | Groq | AI/Hardware | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 20 | Harvey AI | AI/Legal | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 21 | Inflection AI | AI/Consumer | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 22 | Labelbox | AI/Data | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 23 | SambaNova Systems | AI/Hardware | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 24 | Typeface | AI/Enterprise | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.4 | functional |
| 25 | Mistral AI | AI Research | France | 2.75 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.75 | 3.25 | 3.5 | 46.9 | functional |
| 26 | CoreWeave | AI/Infrastructure | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 45.3 | functional |
| 27 | Perplexity AI | AI/Search | USA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 45.3 | functional |
| 28 | Cognition AI | AI/Software Dev | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 37.5 | developing |
| 29 | Figure AI | AI/Robotics | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 37.5 | developing |
| 30 | Lightmatter | AI/Hardware | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 37.5 | developing |
| 31 | Poolside | AI/Software Dev | USA/France | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 37.5 | developing |
| 32 | Waymo | AI/Autonomous | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 35.9 | developing |
| 33 | Amazon AWS AI | AI/Cloud | USA | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 35.9 | developing |
| 34 | Axon AI | AI/Public Safety | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 35.9 | developing |
| 35 | Runway | AI/Creative | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 35.9 | developing |
| 36 | Scale AI | AI/Data | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 35.9 | developing |
| 37 | ElevenLabs | AI/Audio | USA/Poland | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 32.8 | developing |
| 38 | Pika Labs | AI/Creative | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 32.8 | developing |
| 39 | Stability AI | AI/Creative | UK | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 32.8 | developing |
| 40 | Anduril | AI/Defense | USA | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 31.3 | developing |
| 41 | C3.ai | AI/Enterprise | USA | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 31.3 | developing |
| 42 | OpenAI | AI Research/Products | USA | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 27.5 | developing |
| 43 | Meta AI | AI Research/Social | USA | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 26.3 | developing |
| 44 | Midjourney | AI/Creative | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 21.9 | developing |
| 45 | Replika | AI/Consumer | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 21.9 | developing |
| 46 | DeepSeek | AI Research | China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 18.8 | critical |
| 47 | Clearview AI | AI/Surveillance | USA | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 10.9 | critical |
| 48 | Character AI | AI/Consumer | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | critical |
| 49 | Palantir AI | AI/Government | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | critical |
| 50 | xAI/Grok | AI Research | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | critical |
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AI Labs Compassion Benchmark Index 2026 — Complete Rankings
| Rank | Lab | Composite Score | Band | AWR | EMP | ACT | EQU | BND | ACC | SYS | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugging Face | 88.1 | exemplary | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Aleph Alpha | 81.4 | exemplary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Imbue | 81.4 | exemplary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Microsoft AI | 81.4 | exemplary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Abridge | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 6 | AI21 Labs | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Cerebras Systems | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Cohere | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Isomorphic Labs | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Recursion Pharma | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Sakana AI | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 12 | Tempus AI | 60.9 | established | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Anthropic | 59.1 | functional | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 14 | DeepMind/Google | 56.9 | functional | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 15 | 1X Technologies | 50 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Together AI | 50 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Adept AI | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Databricks | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Groq | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Harvey AI | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Inflection AI | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Labelbox | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | SambaNova Systems | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Typeface | 48.4 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Mistral AI | 46.9 | functional | 2.75 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.75 | 3.25 | 3.5 |
| 26 | CoreWeave | 45.3 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 27 | Perplexity AI | 45.3 | functional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 28 | Cognition AI | 37.5 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 29 | Figure AI | 37.5 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 30 | Lightmatter | 37.5 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 31 | Poolside | 37.5 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 32 | Waymo | 35.9 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 33 | Amazon AWS AI | 35.9 | developing | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Axon AI | 35.9 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 35 | Runway | 35.9 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 36 | Scale AI | 35.9 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 37 | ElevenLabs | 32.8 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 38 | Pika Labs | 32.8 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 39 | Stability AI | 32.8 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 40 | Anduril | 31.3 | developing | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 41 | C3.ai | 31.3 | developing | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 42 | OpenAI | 27.5 | developing | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 43 | Meta AI | 26.3 | developing | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 44 | Midjourney | 21.9 | developing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Replika | 21.9 | developing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | DeepSeek | 18.8 | critical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 47 | Clearview AI | 10.9 | critical | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 48 | Character AI | 0 | critical | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Palantir AI | 0 | critical | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | xAI/Grok | 0 | critical | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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