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 ...

How to Open DWG Files in Illustrator. The DWG format was originally designed by Mike Riddle in 1977 and licensed to AutoDesk Inc. in 1982 for creating two- and three-dimensional drawings. Although ...

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.