Zeki Data has identified the 2,000 main individuals specializing in research and engineering in a global scale and has evaluated their future innovation potential-including undervalued players neglected by talent scouts.
LONDON,, April 3, 2025 / Prnewswire / – Zeki Data, an alternative data company based in the United Kingdom that provides high -precision R&D talents, has identified the “players” who will develop the next generation of border AI models.

Released today, Ai Money is a free Zeki data briefing on where the Top Frontier AI talent is located today, which distinguishes them and finding this new emerging talent.
“ We can see precisely who the next wave of individuals of the border AI is to direct the innovation of the agentic AI and other growth of the vertical market, ” said TOM HURDCEO and co-founder of Zeki Data. “The current Cohort of Frontier AI considerably surpasses its peers, and we know which players of players must attract to continue to strike innovative circuits.”
How does he know?
Zeki data compared a cohort of the 2,000 main individuals behind the creation of the most powerful front IA models outside China Against a cohort of 30,000 with the same areas of expertise in AI but which have not been selected or have not chosen to work on border AI models.
ZEKI data followed and evaluated the progress of the two cohorts over 10 years using a proprietary rating system based on more than 50 variables. The variables of Zeki Data measure their areas of expertise, the history of innovation, career positioning, skills, influence and reputation among peers.
The results paint a painting of an increasingly concentrated set of elite artists
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The distinctive behavior of the AI Frontier cohort is described in detail for free in Zeki Data’s Ai Moneyballincluding:
- Top Expertise Domaines: The areas of expertise of the cohort are strongly concentrated in eight main specializations in AI on more than 100 classified by ZEKI data.
- Top Employers Country: The United States leads as expected, but European and Asian countries list alongside the United Kingdom, Canada And Australia.
- Top three characteristics of talents: There are education and career experiences that are consistent in the 2,000 border AI cohort and missing in the comparison cohort of 30,000.
Ai Money identifies the difference between ‘Power strikers,‘ ‘Contact strikers‘ And ‘Opposite field strikers‘ In the major AI Frontier league. ZEKI data detail that companies lead or are late and the impact of data -based talent decisions.
Additional information on R&D talents and the complete BRIEFING of the Moneyball AI is available at www.zekidata.com.
Source of ZEKI data



