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Founder-Research Correlation

Explore OpenAlex-enriched founder profiles and investor-style research charts from the same pipeline run.

Quick demo — founder→researcher matches are generated automatically from public data and may not be perfect. Each profile carries a match_confidence score that estimates how trustworthy the match is. See the tab for details.

Research signal charts

Where matched founders cluster, how much they published before founding, and how their research fields connect to what they build.

Institution distribution

Top last-known institutions among founders with a research profile.

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    Research field distribution

    Most common OpenAlex topics (up to two per matched founder).

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      Papers before founding

      Share of matched founders by number of pre-founding publications in OpenAlex.

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        Research fields → company themes

        Flows from research topics to each founder's primary startup theme.

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            Caveats