Abstract:Taking 41 artificial intelligence listed companies in China as samples,this paper uses the three-stage DEA model to measure the innovation efficiency of artificial intelligence enterprises effectively. The results show that the improvement of enterprise scale,establishment period,government subsidies,regional opening-up level and economic development level contribute to the improvement of enterprise innovation efficiency,while the improvement of enterprise innovation efficiency is restricted by the nature of equity, ownership concentration and informatization level. After eliminating environmental effects and statistical noise,the innovation efficiency and pure technology efficiency of the vast majority of enterprises increase,but they are still at a lower level. There are differences in the innovation efficiency among different types of artificial intelligence enterprises. The application layer enterprises are the highest,the basic layer enterprises are the second,and the technology layer enterprises are the lowest.In order to further enhance the innovation efficiency of artificial intelligence industry,the government should implement differentiated strategies,increase subsidies,implement supporting policies and strengthen intellectual property protection. Enterprises should expand the scale of R D,improve management mechanisms,strengthen university-institute-industry collaboration,and deepen the reform of shareholding structure.