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Funders’ Role in Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence Innovations

JAMA Ophthalmology 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2026.0085

March 05, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint outlines the entities who have been funding ophthalmic artificial intelligence (AI) innovations in the past 5 years and considers what this shifting balance of power in funding might mean for the next wave of foundation AI models and clinical translation.

Corresponding Author: T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Maumenee 726, Baltimore, MD 21287 (tliu25@jhmi.edu).

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