The top 10 percent by RPS. Strong, consistent public AI, data, and hiring signal. These organisations are the most visible to AI discovery systems.
Research · Tiers
Three visibility tiers.
The Pulse groups organisations into three visibility tiers by RPS percentile: the top 10 percent are Pacesetters, the next 30 percent are Momentum, and the rest are Emerging. Tiers name what AI systems can observe today; they are not a readiness verdict and do not measure private internal capability.
| Visibility tier | RPS band | Organisations | Mean RPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacesetter | 65 to 86 | 100 | 68.8 |
| Momentum | 57 to 65 | 300 | 60.6 |
| Emerging | 49 to 57 | 600 | 52.7 |
The next 30 percent. Solid and improving public signal, above the index mean, with room to consolidate.
The remaining ~60 percent. Limited or inconsistent public signal. The core of the Asymmetric Visibility finding: described by AI systems before their own signal catches up.
Tiers are defined by RPS percentile over all 1,000 published entities, not by a fixed score threshold. An Emerging-tier organisation may hold strong private capability that is simply not visible to outside-in scoring.