Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Benchmark 01
Revenue per human
Annualised revenue ÷ (founders + employees), computed only when the revenue and headcount observations describe periods within 12 months of each other. Contractors and outsourced labour are excluded from the denominator and flagged; that can flatter companies that outsource.
- Computable
- 6 of 10
- Median (all classes)
- Insufficient sample (n=6)
- Zero-employee companies
- 2 computable
| Company | Class | Revenue / human | How it was computed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medvi | WATCHLIST | $201M C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (annual revenue) ÷ 2 founders + employees; excludes material outsourced or contracted labour |
| Polsia | ZE-OPERATIONAL | ≥$10M C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (run rate) ÷ 1 founders + employees; excludes disclosed contractors |
| Midjourney | ULTRA-LEAN | ≥$5M (stale) C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (annual revenue) ÷ 40 founders + employees |
| Photo AI | ZE-OPERATIONAL | $1.26M (stale) C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (monthly revenue × 12) ÷ 1 founders + employees; excludes disclosed contractors |
| Swan AI | WATCHLIST | ≥$250k C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (run rate) ÷ 4 founders + employees |
| ShipFast | WATCHLIST | $16.7k C Grade C · First-party Founder or company statements, including dashboards they control.
| Annualised revenue (monthly revenue × 12) ÷ 1 founders + employees |
Not computable for 4 companies: missing headcount, an upper-bound headcount, or revenue and headcount from different periods.
Benchmark 02
Evidence coverage
How much of each company's operating picture is publicly evidenced, across 9 tracked fields. Higher coverage means more of its ZE Score can eventually be computed.
| Company | Known fields | Sources | A/B observations | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polsia | 7/9 | 13 | 2 | Founder hours, Workflow automation share |
| Medvi | 6/9 | 13 | 0 | Valuation, Founder hours, Workflow automation share |
| Photo AI | 5/9 | 15 | 0 | Valuation, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Country |
| TypingMind | 5/9 | 11 | 0 | Valuation, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Country |
| Base44 | 4/9 | 9 | 5 | Revenue, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map, Founded |
| Midjourney | 4/9 | 15 | 4 | Valuation, Contractors, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map |
| ShipFast | 4/9 | 10 | 0 | Valuation, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map, Country |
| Postiz | 3/9 | 7 | 2 | Valuation, Employees, Contractors, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map |
| SEObot (SEO Bot AI) | 3/9 | 4 | 2 | Valuation, Contractors, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map, Country |
| Swan AI | 2/9 | 5 | 0 | Valuation, Contractors, Founder hours, Workflow automation share, Autonomy map, Country, Founded |