Market Map of the Agentic Economy
148 companies across seven layers — click any name to learn more
built with
coordinated by
monitored by
Orchestration / Agent Runtime
Observability & Eval
deploy to
query & store
transact through
App & Backend Infrastructure
Databases & Vector Stores
Commerce & Enterprise
serve models via API
ground with RAG
embed in workflows
Generative Media
World Models & Embodied AI
trained on
built with
Knowledge / Data Assets
Model-Building Toolchain
training runs on
inference served by
powered by
housed in
connected by
Silicon & Semiconductors
Data Centers & Networking
Energy
Cross-cutting
Governance, Safety & Alignment
Touches every layer: from training data curation (L5) to model behavior guardrails (L4) to agent action boundaries (L1)
Agent Identity & Auth
Who is an agent? What is it authorized to do? Who is liable when it acts? Spans L1 through L3
Billing & Metering
When an agent composes six services in one action, who pays whom? Spans L1 through L6
Data Rights & Licensing
Who owns training data? Who profits from it? Reshaping copyright, journalism, and content economics
How to read this map
Bidirectional dependency:
upper layer consumes,
lower layer provides
upper layer consumes,
lower layer provides
Cross-cutting concern:
spans multiple layers
spans multiple layers
Company
Clickable — links to
company concept page
company concept page