Company, United States

Core Competence

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
3
Full moves in and out
1 in, 1 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 3 people shaping AI have worked at Core Competence, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, Core Competence is tied for 204th among 3,344 companies (tied for 1,291st of 8,827 organizations overall). All 3 people with profile topics work in language and speech. In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 3 people in 1985–1988, with the last dated stint ending in 1996. Across dated career transitions, we record 1 full move in and 1 out.

Active work stints peaked at 3 people in 1985–1988, with the last dated stint ending in 1996.Annual estimates from 1985 through 2025. Each person counts once per year with a dated work stint; degrees and undated roles are excluded.

A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Core Competence from 1985 to 1996. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.

Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearOtherPeople
198533
198633
198733
198833
198922
199022
199111
199211
199311
199411
199511
199611

Across work histories (excluding degrees), 3 of the 3 people who have worked at Core Competence (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Core Competence to 13 peer institutions.

AT&T shares the largest career overlap with Core Competence (3 people), ahead of Bell Communications Research (2).Organizations where people with work records at Core Competence also worked at any time in their careers (3 people across 13 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Core Competence. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
AT&T3
Bell Communications Research2
Bates College1
British Library1
Columbia University1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 1996. All 3 people associated with Core Competence appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 3 people who formerly worked at Core Competence. 3 of the 3 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 3 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 86,116 (median h-index 36).

Posts that include Core Competence

Core Competence appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.