METHODOLOGY

Brand Intelligence Knowledge Graph

How we map 5,600+ companies across 30 verticals using entity classification, relationship edges, structured capabilities, and AI visibility scoring.

Overview

Unlike flat company directories, geo.sig.ai organizes the technology landscape as a knowledge graph — a network of typed entities connected by explicit relationships. Every company, product, and platform in our database is classified by what it is, what it does, who it competes with, and how it connects to the broader ecosystem.

This structure powers our AI visibility scoring, competitive analysis, and the brand intelligence pages that help companies understand their position in AI-powered search results.

5,620+
Entities
30
Verticals
2,970
Capabilities
170+
Relationship Edges

Entity Types

Every entity in the graph is classified into one of six types. This determines how it appears in rankings, how its AI visibility score is computed, and what Schema.org structured data is emitted for search engines.

Company

Legal entities and parent organizations

e.g., OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce

Brand

Market-facing identities (default classification)

e.g., Stripe, Datadog, HubSpot

Product

Specific software offerings of a parent company

e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

Platform

Developer ecosystems and cloud infrastructure

e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Model

AI foundation models

e.g., GPT-4, LLaMA, Mistral

OSS Project

Open-source projects and frameworks

e.g., LangChain, Next.js, PyTorch

Relationship Edges

Entities are connected by typed, directional edges that capture real-world relationships — competitive dynamics, ownership, technology dependencies, and integrations. Symmetric relationships (like competition) are stored in both directions.

Competes With

Direct market competitors in the same category

ChatGPT competes with Claude

Product Of

A product or service offered by a parent company

ChatGPT is a product of OpenAI

Subsidiary Of

An organization owned by a parent company

AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon

Integrates With

Products that work together via API or partnership

Slack integrates with GitHub

Powered By

Uses another entity's core technology

GitHub Copilot is powered by OpenAI

Invested In

Strategic financial investment

Microsoft invested in OpenAI

Acquired By

Corporate acquisition

Slack was acquired by Salesforce

Built On

Core dependency or foundation technology

Vercel is built on Next.js

Capability Taxonomy

Each entity is tagged with structured capabilities — what it actually does — organized by domain (vertical). This replaces free-text categorization with a controlled vocabulary of nearly 3,000 capabilities, enabling precise searches like "find all code generation tools in Developer Tools."

Capabilities are assigned a proficiency level: primary (core function), secondary (additional capability), or emerging (new/experimental feature).

AI Visibility Scoring

Every entity receives an AI Visibility Score (0–100) estimating how often major AI systems — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok — mention the brand when users ask relevant questions in its category.

A
80–100Excellent
B
60–79Good
C
40–59Moderate
D
15–39Growing

Scores are computed from market position signals including industry tier, category rank, brand authority, and cross-platform consensus. Scores are labelled "Estimated (Beta)" while we build real-time AI query tracking. Trend direction (rising, declining, stable) tracks score trajectory over a 12-week window.

Data Sources

Brand profiles are enriched from 20+ external data sources, cross-referenced for accuracy. No single source is trusted in isolation.

Wikidata / Wikipedia
GitHub / GitLab
WHOIS / DNS Intelligence
Tranco (Web Traffic)
Wayback Machine
YouTube
PyPI / npm / Docker Hub
App Store / Google Play
SEC EDGAR (Public Filings)
Semantic Scholar
Hacker News
Reddit
Blog / RSS Feeds
Certificate Transparency
PageSpeed Insights
Trustpilot
Yahoo Finance
Crunchbase Open
OpenCorporates
Knowledge Graph API

API & Agent Access

The knowledge graph is accessible via multiple interfaces:

Brand Graph API
/api/public/brands/brand/{slug}/graph

Entity type, parent/children, edges, and capabilities

Brand Profile API
/api/public/brands/brand/{slug}

Full brand detail with enrichment data

MCP Server
https://geo.sig.ai/mcp

7 tools for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf agents

Markdown Profiles
/brands/{slug}.md

LLM-optimized markdown for each brand

OpenAPI Spec
/api/public/openapi.json

Full API specification for auto-discovery

Explore the Graph

Browse brand profiles to see entity types, competitive edges, and AI visibility scores in action.