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The Map · Updated July 2026

Seven layers of
the AI economy.

A living map of the companies building intelligence — from energy and silicon at the bottom to consumer applications at the top.

Currently tracking 565 companies across 57 categories with 38,551 open roles.

The Stack

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L6

Applications & Products

AI for FinanceAI for HealthcareAI for LegalAI SecurityAI-Assisted DevelopmentConsumer & Productivity AICreative & Media ToolsEnterprise AI PlatformsGTM AIRobotics & Physical AI
186Companies
L5

Orchestration & Frameworks

Agent Frameworks & SDKsEvaluation & TestingGuardrails & SafetyLLM Observability & TracingLow-Code AI BuildersMemoryPrompt & Context ManagementRAG & RetrievalTool Integration & ExecutionWorkflow & Task Orchestration
73Companies
L4

Models & Training

Audio & SpeechEdge & Distributed InferenceFrontier Foundation Model LabsImage & Visual GenerationMLOps & Experiment TrackingModel Distribution & ServingRobotics & Embodied AI ModelsSpecialized & EmergingVideo Generation
73Companies
L3

Data & Storage

AI Data ToolsData Integration & PipelinesData Labeling & AnnotationData Platforms & WarehousesData Quality & GovernanceObject & File StorageSearch EnginesUnstructured Data ProcessingVector Databases
84Companies
L2

Cloud & Virtualization

Cloud Cost ManagementGeneral IaaS / HostingGPU Cloud / AI ComputeHyperscale Cloud PlatformsServerless Inference
35Companies
L1

Silicon & Compute

General-Purpose ProcessorsGPU & AI AcceleratorsManufacturing & PackagingMemory & Storage SiliconNetworking SiliconOptical Interconnect & PhotonicsSemiconductor Foundries
52Companies
L0

Physical Infrastructure

Construction & EngineeringCooling & Thermal ManagementData Center OperatorsInfrastructure InvestmentPhysical ConnectivityPower Distribution & ElectricalPower Generation
62Companies