STRUCTURAL CONTROL · HUMAN JUDGMENT · AI SOVEREIGNTY
Structural intelligence
for competitive systems
I develop frameworks that reveal where control, judgment, and strategic advantage are shifting
Current work spans artificial intelligence, institutions, markets, geopolitics, and competitive systems
Research
Current programs
Six connected lines of inquiry into structural control, human judgment, sovereignty, and competitive advantage
Flagship Framework
ASCI
AI Structural Control Index
Who controls the models, compute, infrastructure, economic value, and strategic decisions shaping the AI economy
Research Program
Politics of Structural Control
How political systems build and sustain structural advantage
Research Program
Decision Risk
How organizations preserve judgment in an AI-native world
Research Program
Human-Led AI
How leaders retain agency as machines become more capable
Research Program
AI Sovereignty
How nations retain strategic control across the AI stack
Applied Laboratory
R-Factor
Structural intelligence applied to rhythm, adaptation, and control in basketball
Independent Research Institute and Advisory
Amphora Analytics
Amphora Analytics develops structural intelligence across technology, institutions, markets, geopolitics, and competitive systems
Contact Amphora Analytics →Research Platform
AI at Altitude
AI at Altitude is Amphora Analytics’ flagship publication on structural intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence It looks beyond model performance and market narratives to examine who controls, finances, governs, and captures value from AI
Explore the research →Flagship Framework
AI Structural
Control Index
ASCI evaluates structural power across the AI economy: who can modify the models, allocate the compute, shut down the infrastructure, capture the economic value, and ultimately decide
Explore the ASCI front door →Basketball Analytics Laboratory
R-Factor
Rhythm is not a vibe It’s a structure
R-Factor applies structural intelligence to competitive sports, examining how control, adaptation, and rhythm shape basketball outcomes before conventional statistics fully explain them
Explore R-Factor Lab →About
Mark Barnekow
Mark Barnekow develops frameworks for structural intelligence and applies them across artificial intelligence, institutions, markets, geopolitics, and competitive systems He is the founder of Amphora Analytics, publisher of AI at Altitude, and creator of the AI Structural Control Index He previously led technology companies in Silicon Valley and served as Executive Director of the University of Chicago’s Hong Kong campus
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