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 "dataset": "countries",
 "source": "Founding Hires, Atlas of AI research, foundinghires.tech/data.html",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
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 "windows": {},
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  "country",
  "researchers"
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  {
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  },
  {
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   "country": "Germany",
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  },
  {
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   "country": "United Kingdom",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "IN",
   "country": "India",
   "researchers": 11286
  },
  {
   "country_code": "FR",
   "country": "France",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "KR",
   "country": "South Korea",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "CA",
   "country": "Canada",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "IT",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "JP",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "AU",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "CH",
   "country": "Switzerland",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "HK",
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   "researchers": 4930
  },
  {
   "country_code": "ES",
   "country": "Spain",
   "researchers": 4748
  },
  {
   "country_code": "NL",
   "country": "Netherlands",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "SG",
   "country": "Singapore",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "TW",
   "country": "Taiwan",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "IL",
   "country": "Israel",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "BR",
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  {
   "country_code": "RU",
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   "country_code": "SE",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "AT",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "PL",
   "country": "Poland",
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  },
  {
   "country_code": "IR",
   "country": "Iran",
   "researchers": 1933
  }
 ]
}