Standard architecture: Foundation model developers

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Mostly process steps.

Standard architectureThe parts at least half of the organizations in Foundation model developers have, as many as 5 of them run all together. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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Organizations running it: 5
Of their industry: 100%

The pattern

What every instance has, in order

People
Sales
in 100% of instances
then
Process
Product or service design
in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure

Groups Layers Everything

Element

Share of instances

Companies

Systems: tools and data

20%

Variant · where they differ

Member

Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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Couplings · what comes together

Member

Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

See Member

Entropy

Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

Customer onboarding1 finding
Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Governance and decision rights1 finding
Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Market and positioning1 finding
Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
Quality control1 finding
Bottleneck 1 · at 1 company
Suppliers and partners1 finding
Dependency 1 · at 1 company

Seen across

Where it holds

Industries

Foundation model developers100%

Business model

product20%

Size

1000+ people60%
201-500 people20%

Region

United States40%
China20%
France20%
United Kingdom20%

Instances

The 5 companies it was seen at

Member

Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

See Member