We Launched the Company Profile Standard: Fields, Sources, Update Timestamp

One of the core challenges with LLM-generated answers about companies is inconsistency. Different sources describe the same company using different facts, formats, and levels of detail. Models then attempt to reconcile these discrepancies on their own. To address this, AuthorityPrompt has introduced a standardized company profile format designed specifically for machine consumption. The profile standard defines: • a fixed set of factual fields (identity, operations, products, legal status), • explicit source attribution for each fact, • and a mandatory “last verified” timestamp. This structure reduces ambiguity. LLMs can identify what a fact represents, where it comes from, and how recent it is. For enterprises, this creates a single authoritative reference that can be reused across AI systems. The standard is intentionally neutral in tone. Marketing language is excluded by design. Each field is constrained to factual statements that can be verified or documented. By introducing a consistent profile format, AuthorityPrompt lays the foundation for reliable AI-level representation of companies — not as narratives, but as structured knowledge objects.