The AI Economy Institute is Microsoft’s flagship think tank dedicated to shaping an inclusive, trustworthy AI economy. We’re building a network of scholars and convening that network with our own subject matter experts to explore how AI is transforming work, education, and productivity.
Through workshops, convenings, and applied research, the AI Economy Institute is poised to become a leading voice in the global conversation on AI and economic transformation—ensuring that the benefits of AI are broadly shared and that the infrastructure for inclusive growth is built alongside the technology itself.
Explore how AI adoption is accelerating across the U.S. and globally in the first quarter of 2026, including trends in usage, productivity, and workforce impact.
Listen to Brad Smith and Juan Lavista Ferres discuss what Microsoft’s US AI Diffusion Report reveals about how AI adoption varies across states and counties and what that means for economic opportunity across the country.
Meet the newest cohort of AI Economy Institute senior fellows
Brian Jabarian
Carnegie Mellon University
Caspar David Peter
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Christoph Siemroth
University of Essex
Daniel Yue
Georgia Institute of Technology (AIEI Cohort 3 Senior Fellow)
Edoardo Maria Acabbi
University of Mannheim
Frank Nagle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (co-PI)
Friederike Mengel
University of Essex; Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gianmarco Ottaviano
Bocconi University
Ilan Strauss
AI Disclosures Project
Johannes Wachs
Corvinus University, Budapest
Laura Nurski
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Luca Henkel
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Luca Mazzonne
University of Montreal
Meeyoung (Mia) Cha
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Mustafa Afacan
MBZUAI; Sabancı University
Nataliya Wright
Columbia University
Nuriye Melisa Bilgin
Koç University
Pëllumb Reshidi
Florida State University
Pierre-Alexandre Balland
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Salman Khan
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
Serena Booth
Brown University
Wesley Rosslyn-Smith
University of Pretoria
Yingfei Wang
Foster School of Business, University of Washington
