AI Bubble Naming Indicators

Tracking how companies adopted and abandoned AI-related terms in their names during the artificial intelligence boom

Project Repository Data Files

Corporate Rebranding Activity During the AI Boom by Month (%)

These charts show the percentage breakdown of company name changes, highlighting the ChatGPT release in November 2022.

Companies with AI Terms in Their Names Over Time

Companies Adding AI Terms to Names

Sample of listed companies that added AI-related terms to their names.

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Companies Removing AI Terms from Names

Sample of listed companies that removed AI-related terms from their names.

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Methodology

This analysis tracks corporate naming patterns related to the artificial intelligence boom by analyzing company filing data from the SEC.

Key methodology details:

  • Data is sourced from the SEC's company filing metadata
  • Companies with AI terms must have any of the following as standalone words in their names:
    • AI, A.I., or ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • GPT (referring to generative pre-trained transformers)
    • LLM (large language model)
    • ML or MACHINE LEARNING
    • NLP (natural language processing)
    • NEURAL (referring to neural networks)
    • DEEP LEARNING
    • TENSOR (referring to TensorFlow-related technologies)
    • TRANSFORMER (AI architecture)
    • AGI (artificial general intelligence)
    • COGNITIVE
    • INTELLIGENCE (when not part of "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE")
  • The detection is case-insensitive (e.g., "Ai" and "AI" are both counted)
  • Daily counts track companies that had any of these terms in their name on each specific date
  • The day a company changes its name is excluded from the count
  • All data is updated daily through an automated process

For more details on the data processing methodology, visit the GitHub repository.