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Standard architecture: Machine learning and AI developer tooling

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 Machine learning and AI developer tooling have, as many as 7 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
7
Of their industry
32%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    information
  3. People
    Sales
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Process
    Customer onboarding
    in 100% of instances
    work
  6. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. People
    Customer service and support
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Data protection and security assurance
    in 100% of instances

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

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 8
At least 90% have it
People2
Sales
100%
7
Customer service and support
100%
7
Process4
Lead generation
100%
7
Product or service design
100%
7
Customer onboarding
100%
7
Production or delivery
100%
7
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
7
Data protection and security assurance
100%
7
Variant 17
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Suppliers and partners
57%
4
Org structure
57%
4
Account management
43%
3
Process4
Uptime and incidents
57%
4
Evaluation and red-teaming
43%
3
Logistics and fulfilment
29%
2
Onboarding and training
29%
2
Software1
Integrations
57%
4
Data2
Inventory and assets
43%
3
Compute capacity
43%
3
Decisions7
Policies and culture
71%
5
Security and access
57%
4
Regulatory compliance
57%
4
Contracts
43%
3
Performance and pay
29%
2
Governance and decision rights
29%
2
Usage policies and model documentation
29%
2
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.

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Sales4 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 51-200 people14%
Region
  • United States29%
  • New York, NY14%
  • Redwood City, California (HQ); offices in New York, Shanghai, London, Berlin and Singapore14%
  • Remote-first; offices in Austin, San Francisco and London14%
Instances
The 7 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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