<table name="logo_release" border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="5" align="right">   <tbody>    <tr>     <td><img src="https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/2463194/5249264/Zeki_Logo.jpg?p=medium600" border="0" alt="" title="logo" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="118" /></td>    </tr>   </tbody>  </table>  <p><i>Zeki Data has identified the top 2,000 individuals specialising in boundary-pushing research and engineering globally and assessed their future innovation potential??including undervalued players overlooked by talent scouts.</i></p>  <p><span class="legendSpanClass"><span class="xn-location">LONDON</span></span>, <span class="legendSpanClass"><span class="xn-chron">April 3, 2025</span></span> /PRNewswire/ -- Zeki Data, a UK-based alternative data company that provides high-precision R&amp;D talent intelligence, has identified the 'players' who will develop the next generation of Frontier AI models.</p>  <p><b>Released today,</b>&nbsp;<a href="https://zekidata.com/report/ai-moneyball/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>AI Moneyball</b></a><b>&nbsp;is a free Zeki Data briefing on where the top Frontier AI talent is today, what makes them stand out and where to find this new, emerging talent.</b></p>  <p>'We can see precisely who the next wave of Frontier AI individuals is to lead agentic AI innovation and other vertical market growth,' said <span class="xn-person">Tom Hurd</span>, Zeki Data CEO &amp; Co-founder. 'The current Frontier AI cohort significantly outperforms its peers, and we know which players companies need to attract to keep hitting innovation home runs.'</p>  <p><b>How Does Zeki Know?</b></p>  <p>Zeki Data compared a cohort of the top 2,000 individuals behind the creation of the most powerful Fronter AI models outside <span class="xn-location">China</span> against a cohort of 30,000 with the same areas of expertise in AI but who were not selected or did not choose to work on Frontier AI models.</p>  <p>Zeki Data tracked and evaluated the two cohorts' progress over 10 years using a proprietary scoring system based on more than 50 variables. Zeki Data's variables measure their areas of expertise, innovation track record, career positioning, skills, influence and reputation amongst peers.</p>  <p><b>The results paint a picture of an increasingly concentrated set of elite performers </b><br /><b>in AI.</b></p>  <p>The Frontier AI cohort's distinctive behaviour is outlined in detail for free in <a href="https://zekidata.com/report/ai-moneyball/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Zeki Data's AI Moneyball</b></a>, including:</p>  <ul type="disc">   <li><b>Top Expertise Areas</b>: The cohort's areas of expertise are highly concentrated in eight main specialisations in AI out of over 100 categorised by Zeki Data.</li>   <li><b>Top Employer Countries</b>:&nbsp;The US leads as expected, but European and Asian countries make the list alongside the UK, <span class="xn-location">Canada</span> and <span class="xn-location">Australia</span>.</li>   <li><b>Top Three Talent Characteristics</b>: There are education and career experiences that are consistent across the Frontier AI cohort of 2,000 and lacking in the comparison cohort of 30,000.</li>  </ul>  <p><a href="https://zekidata.com/report/ai-moneyball/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>AI Moneyball</b></a>&nbsp;identifies the difference between <b>'</b>Power Hitters,<b>'</b> <b>'</b>Contact Hitters<b>'</b> and <b>'</b>Opposite Field Hitters<b>'</b> in the major league of Frontier AI. Zeki Data details which companies are leading or lagging and the impact of data-driven talent decisions.</p>  <p>Additional R&amp;D talent insights and the full AI Moneyball briefing are available at <a href="https://www.zekidata.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.zekidata.com</a>.</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>