You don't need an expensive Adobe subscription to open Illustrator files. Here's are three free or low-cost alternative ways to open AI files.

How to Open .Ai Files. A file with the .ai extension is an Adobe Illustrator vector graphic file. Adobe Illustrator is a professional drawing and design application, and saves drawings in a vector ...

Right-click on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host process and select Open file location. The above steps will automatically open the directory in File Explorer where the AI.exe file is located.

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool that lets you use AI to work with files right in File Explorer. Known as AI actions, the new feature will provide several AI-powered commands for images, PDFs ...