Methodology
How the AMPulse Score is made
The AMPulse Score is an AI-assisted assessment of a company’s publicly visible position in the additive manufacturing market. It is AMPulse analysis, not disclosed fact, and it never overrides your judgment: AMPulse connects the evidence, you make the call.
What it reads
Each evaluation reads the company’s enriched public profile: disclosed funding history, patent activity, news coverage, team and leadership information, technology descriptions, and competitive context. Only public evidence enters the evaluation. When a field could not be verified, the category is scored on the evidence that exists and the gap is treated as a gap, not as a zero.
The eight categories
Each category is scored 0 to 100 and the overall score is a weighted average. Categories without enough evidence are marked not rated and excluded from the average rather than counted as zero.
How AI is involved
Evaluations are produced by a large language model reading the company’s evidence profile against a fixed rubric, with automated consistency checks. The model does not browse freely at scoring time; it reads what the AMPulse enrichment pipeline has already collected and verified. Scores are re-evaluated in batches as profiles change, and each evaluation records which model produced it and when.
Grades
Free plans see the coarse grade; the precise score and per-category breakdown are part of the paid depth tier. The bands:
What it is not
- Not investment advice, and not a substitute for diligence.
- Not a measure of company quality beyond what public evidence shows. A private company that discloses little will score conservatively.
- Never influenced by payment. No company can buy a higher score.
See something wrong?
If a score rests on data you know to be inaccurate, use the Report Inaccuracy button on the company’s page, or start from submit-company to correct your own profile. Corrections feed the next evaluation.