One of the world' s largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction wITh Stanford UniversITy as the Stanford Research InstITute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profIT organisation under U.S. and California laws. SRI does research and development in many areas, independently and for hire. They produce and sell reports on the independent research. Start . Address: Menlo Park, California, USA Cambridge, UK. (2003-04-12)