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AI data companies that influence frontier research

I asked people which data companies influence research direction at the frontier:
VotesCompanyFoundersTeam sizeHQ
16 Surge Edwin Chen (@echen)Edwin ChenC. 101-250 SF
13 Proximal Calvin Chen (@calvinchen)Justus Mattern (@MatternJustus)Calvin ChenC., Justus MatternM. 26-50 SF
8 Preference Model Jennifer Zhou (@chem_safety)Ning Cao (@Ning_Catsnail)Jennifer ZhouZ., Ning CaoC. 11-25 SF
7 Datacurve Serena Ge (@serenaa_ge)Charley Lee (@charleyslee)Serena GeG., Charley LeeL. 26-50 SF
6 Mechanize (pre-acquisition) Tamay Besiroglu (@tamaybes)Ege Erdil (@EgeErdil2)Matthew Barnett (@MatthewJBar)Tamay BesirogluB., Ege ErdilE., Matthew BarnettB. 26-50 SF
6 Mercor Brendan Foody (@BrendanFoody)Adarsh Hiremath (@adarsh_exe)Surya Midha (@suryamidha)Brendan FoodyF., Adarsh HiremathH., Surya MidhaM. 250+ SF
5 Fleet Nicolai Ouporov (@nicoup)Andrew Zhou (@andrewthezhou)Nicolai OuporovO., Andrew ZhouZ. 51-100 SF / NYC
4 AfterQuery Carlos Georgescu (@CarlosGeorgescu)Spencer Mateega (@spencermateega)Carlos GeorgescuG., Spencer MateegaM. 51-100 SF
4 Prime Intellect Vincent Weisser (@vincentweisser)Johannes Hagemann (@johannes_hage)Vincent WeisserW., Johannes HagemannH. 51-100 SF
3 Latch Alfredo Andere (@AlfredoAndere)Kenny Workman (@kenbwork)Kyle Giffin (@kylegiff)Alfredo AndereA., Kenny WorkmanW., Kyle GiffinG. 51-100 SF
2 Abundant Jesse Hu (@huyouare)Ke Huang (@kehuangsf)Meji Abidoye (@meji_abidoye)Jesse HuH., Ke HuangH., Meji AbidoyeA. 1-10 SF
2 Artificial Analysis Micah Hill-Smith (@_micah_h)George Cameron (@grmcameron)Micah Hill-SmithH., George CameronC. 51-100 SF
2 Bespoke Labs Mahesh Sathiamoorthy (@madiator)Alex Dimakis (@AlexGDimakis)Mahesh SathiamoorthyS., Alex DimakisD. 11-25 Mountain View
2 micro1 Ali Ansari (@aliansarinik)Ali AnsariA. 101-250 SF
2 Terminal-Bench Mike Merrill (@Mike_A_Merrill)Alex Shaw (@alexgshaw)Mike MerrillM., Alex ShawS. 1-10 SF

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EmulatedMercorArcanumAutocomputerBelvedirConvergentDecagonHillclimbHUDHugging FacellmhMidcenturyMirendilNebiusNVIDIAOlam LabsOriginatorPaper InstrumentsParetoPatronusPhyseraPrime IntellectRecursiveScaleSF DataSieveSignalFireTeracThinking MachinesTLDRTrajectory LabsUC BerkeleyVettoWaferZero Billion
Voted by 50 people
Brandon Guo@brandonguoDaniel Rupawalla@danielrupawallaZachary Yu@thezacharyyuPhoebe Yao@phoebeyaoTim Shi@timshi_aiemilio andere@gpuemiAvery Lamp@AveryLampRyan Wexler@RyanMWexlerAayush Gupta@yush_gAndrew Tan@andrewztanMichael Elabd@MichaelElabdDaanish Khazi@bertgodelDebnil Sur@debnilsurAnsh Chopra@anshchopra_Iliya Shadfar@Ili6a_Sid Patllollu@sidpatlsensho@senshoMadhav Singhal@madhavsinghal_Quentin Gallouédec@QGallouedecLaurence Allen@laurence1allenJun Park@jparkjmcAmit Prakash@amit05prakashArno@aarnogau@mr_sunglowJessica Wu@jessiicawuCynthia Chen@chenxcynthiaJay@jayendra_ramrohan@rohan__sanjayIbragim@ibragim_badSid Potdar@sid_potdar_Prakash@pajeeter_parkerJoseph Wang@_josephwang_David Guo@dgmonsoonGabriel Kertesz Noya@gabrielnoya7Ryan Hu@ryanhu20Hatem Dawaghreh@heyhatemAshwarya Maratha@AshwaryaMarathaMokshith Voodarla@mokshithLucas Smaira@LucasSmairaEthan Plous@eplou5Zac Baker@zacbakerrBenjamin Cambier@BenjaminCambierastra@astra_dataMohammadHossein Rezaei@mhrezaeicsDev Mandal@DevvMandalAnand Kannappan@anandnk24Florian Brand@xeophonAshton Chew@iamashtonchewDhaval Patel@dhaval_txt