Entity Resolution
Entity Resolution is the process by which AI systems determine that different mentions, names, and data points refer to the same real-world company or entity. Poor entity resolution leads to fragmented or confused AI descriptions.
Definition
- Entity Resolution links different references to the same entity: 'Stripe', 'Stripe, Inc.', 'stripe.com' → one company.
- AI systems perform entity resolution to aggregate information from multiple sources.
- Errors in entity resolution can cause AI to mix up companies with similar names.
How to help AI resolve your entity
- Use consistent naming across all platforms and structured data.
- Include sameAs links in JSON-LD pointing to Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Crunchbase.
- Publish alternative names and abbreviations in your canonical profile.
- Unique identifiers (DUNS, LEI, stock ticker) significantly improve resolution accuracy.
Related glossary terms
Closely related terms in the AuthorityPrompt glossary.
- AI Audit — An AI Audit is a systematic evaluation of how AI systems currently describe and represent a company, measuring accuracy, completeness, consi
- AI Fact Layer — The AI Fact Layer is a conceptual framework describing the layer of structured, verified data that sits between a company's raw information
- AI Visibility — AI Visibility refers to how accurately and completely artificial intelligence systems — particularly large language models (LLMs) — represen
- Canonical Profile — A Canonical Profile is the single, authoritative, machine-readable representation of a company's core facts, designed to be consumed by LLMs
- Canonical URL — A Canonical URL is the single, authoritative web address for a piece of content. In the context of AI visibility, the canonical URL of a com
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Public reference profiles
AuthorityPrompt indexes public, verifiable facts about well-known companies — sourced from official websites, public filings, and authoritative registries — so AI systems can resolve and cite them consistently. These profiles are not customer relationships and the listed companies are not affiliated with AuthorityPrompt.