Standard architecture: Foundation model developers
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Standard architectureThe parts at least half of the organizations in Foundation model developers have, as many as 11 of them run all together. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 11
- Of their industry
- 55%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 91% of instancesthen
- ProcessLead generationin 82% of instancesthen
- ProcessPretraining and fine-tuning runsin 55% of instanceswork
- ProcessProduct or service designin 100% of instancesinformation
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 73% of instancesthen
- PeopleOrg structurein 73% of instancesthen
- ProcessHiringin 82% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 91% of instances
Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.
Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Pricing
45%
5
Contracts
45%
5
Regulatory compliance
45%
5
Governance and decision rights
45%
5
Model release and versioning
36%
4
Policies and culture
36%
4
Security and access
36%
4
Data protection and security assurance
36%
4
Performance and pay
27%
3
Health, safety and environment
27%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Entropy
Where it runs rough
Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.
- Suppliers and partners4 findingsDependency 4 · at 4 companies
- Training data acquisition and licensing4 findingsDependency 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 4 companies
- Customer onboarding2 findingsDependency 2 · at 2 companies
- Production or delivery2 findingsBottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
- Lead generation2 findingsDependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 2 companies
- Quality control2 findingsBottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
- Sales2 findingsBottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
- Governance and decision rights1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- product9%
Size
- 1000+ people27%
- 201-500 people27%
- 51-200 people9%
Region
- United States27%
- China9%
- France9%
- Japan9%
- North America9%
- San Francisco9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.