Deming’s List

The FDE market map: AI deployment companies, verified roles, and specialist search.

Directory updated August 12, 2026

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Independents

Company Founders Background Site
Ampersand FoundersStealth BackgroundUndisclosed Sitewithampersand.ai
Augusta Labs FoundersRodrigo Fernandes, João Cerejeira BackgroundSword Health, McKinsey Siteaugustalabs.ai
Cerenovus FoundersLucas Baur, Oliver Moreland, Jonathan Waldorf BackgroundQuEra Sitecerenovus.ai
Ciridae FoundersJack Soslow, Jack Weissenberger BackgroundAndreessen Horowitz, Apple Siteciridae.com
Dataland FoundersArthur Wu, Howard Zuo BackgroundPalantir Sitedataland.io
Distyl AI FoundersArjun Prakash, Derek Ho BackgroundPalantir Sitedistyl.ai
Mechanical Orchard FoundersRob Mee, Matthew Work BackgroundPivotal Labs, Amazon Sitemechanical-orchard.com
OHDC FoundersJake Ottiger, Patrick Hultquist BackgroundThrive Capital, Playground AI Siteottigerllc.com
Percepta FoundersHirsh Jain, Thomas Mathew, Athul Paul Jacob, Radha Jain, Michael Rochlin, Constantinos “Costis” Daskalakis BackgroundPalantir, MIT, Meta FAIR Sitepercepta.ai
Plank FoundersPrivahini Bradoo, Anusheel Bhushan BackgroundBlueOak, Plato.ai Sitejoinplank.com
Poetic FoundersMarkie Wagner BackgroundGoogle, Waymo Sitepoetic.com
Tribe AI FoundersJaclyn “Jackie” Rice Nelson, Noah Gale BackgroundGoogle, Gigster Sitetribe.ai
Trope FoundersMatthew Chow, Victor Vannara BackgroundTesla, Zipline, Amazon Sitetrope.ai
Varick Agents FoundersVasuman “Vas” Moza BackgroundMeta Sitevarickagents.com
Wonderful FoundersBar Winkler, Roey Lalazar BackgroundApprove.com, Kaps Sitewonderful.ai

Acquired

Company Founders Acquired by Site
Faculty FoundersMarc Warner, Angie Ma, Andrew Brookes Acquired byAccenture Sitefaculty.ai
Fractional AI FoundersChris Taylor, Eddie Siegel, Travis May Acquired byOde with Anthropic Sitefractional.ai
Northslope FoundersBill Ward Acquired byOpenAI Deployment Company Sitenorthslope.com
Tomoro FoundersEd Broussard, Ash Garner, Albert Phelps, Chloe Kelleher, Chris Spencer, Rishabh Sagar, Sam Netherwood, Sandi Chanda Acquired byOpenAI Deployment Company Sitetomoro.ai

Majors

Company Leadership Site
Ode with Anthropic LeadershipChris Taylor, CEO Siteode.com
OpenAI Deployment Company LeadershipBrad Lightcap, OpenAI COO Sitedeploy.co
Palantir LeadershipShyam Sankar, CTO Sitepalantir.com