Machine learning and AI developer tooling

Companies that sell what teams need to train, serve, evaluate and monitor models. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the AI model developers and AI products schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline: AI model developers and AI products v1
Inherited from: AI model developers and AI products
Mapped on the schema: 0 of 0 placed here
Primitives: 60 in 8 parts
Last updated: 3 Nov 2026

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Focused research on the organizations with the fewest mapped parts in machine learning and ai developer tooling; what it finds is public for everyone.

How automatable each primitive is, estimated from the 0 organizations mapped in public on the AI model developers and AI products schema, which this industry inherits: the share of those with the primitive that run it on software. Estimate from public data: the share of mapped organizations that run this on software. Not a recommendation.

LevelAll60 High6 Medium32 Low22

Primitive	Layer	Automation	Peers on software	Software parts named most
Models, products and target users Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Pipeline generation Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Sales Demand: winning customers	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Packaging and pricing Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Quotes and order forms Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscription agreements Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model and product design Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Sprint and capacity planning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute and data purchasing Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute, cloud and data partners Supply: making or delivering the offer	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model access and service Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Output quality review Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Code, infrastructure and licences Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Provisioning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Uptime and incidents Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute capacity Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Training data acquisition and licensing Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Pretraining and fine-tuning runs Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Evaluation and red-teaming Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model release and versioning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Inference serving Supply: making or delivering the offer	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Developer and enterprise onboarding Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer support Customers: keeping them	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer success Customers: keeping them	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer data Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Renewals Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Churn and expansion Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Invoicing Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Revenue recognition and close Money: getting paid and paying	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Plan and burn Money: getting paid and paying	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscription billing Money: getting paid and paying	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Unit economics Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Usage pricing and metering Money: getting paid and paying	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Org structure People: who does the work	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Hiring People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Onboarding and training People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Performance and pay People: who does the work	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Policies and culture People: who does the work	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Core system of record Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Communication tools Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Integrations Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Metrics and board reporting Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data management Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Security and access Systems: tools and data	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Licences and registrations Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Regulatory compliance Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Insurance and risk Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model safety Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data protection and security assurance Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Usage policies and model documentation Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Strategy and goals Direction: deciding where it goes	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Governance and decision rights Direction: deciding where it goes	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—

The rule, the same for every industry: with 5 or more organizations having the primitive, 50% or more of them on software is high, 20% or more medium, below that low. With fewer, the level rests on the primitive's layer alone and says "Layer only". Software parts are counted once per organization; a detected technology is named by its product. See the blueprint for which organizations run each.

LevelAll60 High6 Medium32 Low22

Primitive	Layer	Automation	Peers on software	Software parts named most
Models, products and target users Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Pipeline generation Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Sales Demand: winning customers	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Packaging and pricing Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Quotes and order forms Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscription agreements Demand: winning customers	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model and product design Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Sprint and capacity planning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute and data purchasing Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute, cloud and data partners Supply: making or delivering the offer	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model access and service Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Output quality review Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Code, infrastructure and licences Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Provisioning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Uptime and incidents Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Compute capacity Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Training data acquisition and licensing Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Pretraining and fine-tuning runs Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Evaluation and red-teaming Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model release and versioning Supply: making or delivering the offer	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Inference serving Supply: making or delivering the offer	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Developer and enterprise onboarding Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer support Customers: keeping them	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer success Customers: keeping them	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer data Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Renewals Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Churn and expansion Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Invoicing Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Revenue recognition and close Money: getting paid and paying	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Plan and burn Money: getting paid and paying	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscription billing Money: getting paid and paying	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Unit economics Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Usage pricing and metering Money: getting paid and paying	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Org structure People: who does the work	People	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Hiring People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Onboarding and training People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Performance and pay People: who does the work	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Policies and culture People: who does the work	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Core system of record Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Communication tools Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Integrations Systems: tools and data	Software	HighLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Metrics and board reporting Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data management Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Security and access Systems: tools and data	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Licences and registrations Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Regulatory compliance Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Insurance and risk Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Model safety Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data protection and security assurance Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Usage policies and model documentation Control: rules the company runs under	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Strategy and goals Direction: deciding where it goes	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Governance and decision rights Direction: deciding where it goes	Decisions	LowLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—