Who runs data and AI

Moves, 30 days103In their seats384

103 moves, 30 days · 384 in their seats

Sources and method

Coverage

The scope is every company in the shared registry at companies.fru.dev that is not acquired: 934 so far, and it grows as the registry does. A current chief executive is on record for 591 of them (63%), and an AI or data leader for 117 (13%); at 268 more, research found none publicly named. The roster reads 2,032 sources, and each run adds the new ones it finds.

AI and data leaders

117 of 934 companies in scope (13%) have a named Chief AI, Data or Analytics Officer, chief scientist, or head of AI or data on record; at 106 of them the seat is checked against its source, the rest are marked Unverified. New AI and data seats are taken from the company's own pages and releases and its SEC filings; where those name nobody, the company stays uncovered rather than filled from elsewhere.

  • Fintech25 of 78
  • Other2 of 9
  • Robotics4 of 19
  • Data20 of 101
  • Semiconductors9 of 62
  • AI22 of 168
  • Internet10 of 90
  • Hardware6 of 76
  • Software13 of 183
  • Security5 of 75
  • Cloud1 of 27
  • Developer tools0 of 26
  • Aerospace0 of 20

named leader checked, none publicly named · Roles: Heads of AI at 49, Chief AI Officers at 27, Chief Scientists at 25, Chief Data and AI Officers at 13, Chief Data Officers at 9, Heads of Data at 9, Chief Analytics Officers at 2.

Sources

Every seat and every move links to where it is stated: the company's own leadership, team or about page and its newsroom; SEC filings (the executive officers in a 10-K or proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.02, where US public companies report officer appointments and departures); Wikidata and Wikipedia (with the citation they give); Y Combinator company pages; and reputable news. Dates are the announcement date; an effective date is shown only when the source gives one. LinkedIn, X and Crunchbase are never used.

The daily agent

Every day at 06:00 UTC (and again at 16:30 UTC, to catch up when the model was busy) an agent syncs the registry, probes a dozen registry companies it has no source for yet (their leadership pages, newsroom and feeds become sources), re-reads the leadership pages, 8-K filing lists and newsroom feeds it checked longest ago, and re-checks a slice of Wikidata. It also searches SEC EDGAR full-text search for new 8-K filings naming a Chief Data, AI or Analytics Officer anywhere. Appointments and departures are read by pattern from the filing or release sentence (or by a language model when one is set up), and kept only when the person's name and the title appear in the source text. Agent finds carry an Unverified badge until checked by hand.

Why

The reason shown for a move is only what the source states, quoted where possible. Nothing is inferred; when a source gives no reason, none is shown.

Who runs data now

A company's current leaders come from its sources: the best source wins (a filing over the company's site over Wikipedia over Wikidata), a newer holder of a single seat (CEO, CFO, CTO, a data or AI chief) ends the earlier one, and a departure ends the seat. Nothing is deleted: an ended seat keeps its dates and source, and every change is logged on the changes page. A seat nobody announced a change to may be out of date.

People and photos

Only public professional roles appear. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons (matched through Wikidata by name and company, never by name alone) or from the company's own leadership page, each credited on the person's page with its license. Where there is no such photo, the person shows as initials. Nothing is copied from LinkedIn, X or image search. A LinkedIn link appears only when the source or the company names it.

Types

  • Appointed: Hired or named into the role from outside.
  • Poached: Hired directly from a named competitor, as the source reports it.
  • Promoted: Moved up or into the role inside the same company.
  • Departed: Left the role, as the company or source reports it.
  • Retired: Retiring from the role, as announced.

Across Glyph Ibis

Company names and slugs follow the shared registry at companies.fru.dev; company pages link to the same company on the other Glyph Ibis sources.

For AI agents

The data is free to read as JSON, with an OpenAPI spec and llms.txt: see For AI agents.

Disclaimer

Leaders and moves from company leadership pages, SEC filings, press releases and news, with roles as reported on the date shown. New moves are found by a daily agent; unverified ones are marked until checked by hand. The list grows as new moves are announced. Photos from Wikimedia Commons and official company pages, with credit. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners. Anonymous usage stats via Google Analytics. Use Suggest a correction on any page.