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About the AI Power Map

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Why I built this

The AI Power Map grew out of my work in organizational network analysis, organizational behavior, and knowledge strategy.

I initially built it as a way to better understand the AI industry through its people, institutions, and public relationships. After analyzing the data with multiple machine learning methods, I found patterns that would have been valuable to see earlier in my own career. That motivated me to make the project public as an educational resource.

AI is often explained through companies, products, funding rounds, and technical milestones. This project adds another lens: how people, schools, labs, investors, founders, researchers, and operators are connected across the ecosystem.

The same method can be applied to many industries. When public signals are studied together, patterns often become clearer. The important boundary is privacy: this project only uses public information and is designed to support education and industry literacy.

If you are named in the map

If your profile is inaccurate, missing context, or includes information you believe should not be public, click the Contribute button on the map and submit a request. We will review it and correct it within 1 week.

Methodology

The full methodology, sources, and limitations are documented in the book:

Appendix 1: Editorial Notice & Legal Disclaimer

Appendix 2: How to Read the Map

For media

Start with the Preface, which explains who should read which sections.

Selected sections for coverage:

5 Headline Findings Founding Cohort Wave Talent Flow Sankey 5 Paths to AI Influence Top 10 AI Acquirers AI Enterprise Stack 5 AI Conflict Timelines Bridges by Relationship Type Cofounder Clusters No Revenue, Nine Figure Exits Age and Education to Influence

Screenshots available on request.

Contact: @yumi_willems on X · LinkedIn

About the author

Yumi Kimura. Founder of BehaviorGraph, building the organizational-behavior layer for enterprise AI agents. Columbia University.

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