Artificially generated100 new AI jobs.
Everyone talks about AI. Almost nobody counts the new jobs. 19 names are up. The challenge is at least 100.
100 new AI jobs: everyone talks about AI, and almost nobody lists the new jobs that come out of it. The jobs are hard to see. I see them. My challenge: I count at least 100 new kinds of jobs of the AI age. I do not have a hundred yet, but these are the ones I already have: 19 names, on October 1, 2026. Ontology Engineer is one of them. Further down sit 17 postings, from Samba TV to Booz Allen. That is the part a page already calls by that name.
I do not have a hundred yet
Everyone talks about AI. Almost nobody lists the new jobs that come out of it. The jobs are hard to see. I see them. My challenge: I count at least 100 new kinds of jobs of the AI age. I do not have a hundred yet, but these are the ones I already have.
The list that is already here
The names stay as they were said. One sentence beside each says what work the name means. The factor 1000 is part of the name, not a measured productivity.
| Job | What the name means |
|---|---|
| Ontologist | Writes the ontology. The same title also sits on postings further down. |
| Ontology OG | Sets the first objects, before a title sits on a page. |
| Prompt Reviewer | Checks prompt and answer against the ontology. Our name, already in this piece. |
| Promptlog Rocker | Plays the prompt log like a set: which line went in, which answer came out, which one stays. |
| Zivilisationsberater | Advice at the scale of a civilization, not a campaign. |
| Ontology Engineer | Builds the list that makes a company operable for software and agents. |
| Semantic Mining Operator | Pulls meaning out of raw text and lays it into the ontology. |
| 1000X Software Baumeister | Builds software with a machine that multiplies the work. |
| 1000X Scientist | The same multiplication, on the research side. |
| 1000X Engineer | The same multiplication, on the building side. |
| 1000X Politician | The same multiplication, on the political side. |
| 1000X General | The same multiplication, on the side of command in a conflict. |
| 1000X CEO | The same multiplication, on the side of the firm. |
| Ultrafounder who kills Corporations at ease | A founding that replaces a corporation outright, without building the apparatus along with it. |
| Vibe Game Reviewer | Plays and says what the game is worth. The opinion is the work. |
| Vibe Game Test Player | Plays it through so the break shows. The session is the work. |
| Vibe Game Builder | Builds the game in the same loop. |
| Game Master | Runs the game for the people in it. |
| Game Maker | Makes the game. |
Vibe Game Reviewer, Vibe Game Test Player, Vibe Game Builder, Game Master, Game Maker. These keep turning up as new jobs that did not exist in this form. Making money with them is hard. It was already hard. Now it gets harder. Otherwise, cooler games. We will see.
Selling digital things, with nobody on the phone
The most successful models of this kind sell a digital unit, and the buyer speaks to nobody. A file, a seat, a call, attention. All of it digital. That is why they are open to attack: you are faster right now than any enterprise. New paradigm: execution is automated, and that leaves ideas as the thing that still counts.
| Model | Basket | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Digital goods on the App Store: game, subscription, file. The purchase runs with no conversation. | Fact | $149 billion in digital goods and services, 2025. |
| Ads inside the app, same study. The surface is digital. | Fact | $151 billion of in-app advertising, 2025. |
| Google advertising: Search, YouTube ads, Network. An account is enough to start. Large budgets often run with people. | Fact | $294.7 billion, year 2025. |
| File for a card: stock, template, font. Shutterstock content, Envato included. | Fact | $786.7 million of content, on $989.9 million of revenue, 2025. |
| Self-serve software: seat, subscription, card, no salesperson on the first buy. | Hypothesis | The same shape as the digital app: checkout instead of a call. |
| Metered API: a request or a token, billed with no intro call. | Hypothesis | The same shape. Execution sits in the request. |
| Async information product: course, newsletter, file. The reader arrives alone. | Hypothesis | The same shape. The file is the conversation. |
The same App Store study puts $1.14 trillion on food, travel, and stores. That number needs drivers, shops, people. It stays off this list. The layer you can attack is the digital one: $149 billion of goods, $151 billion of in-app ads, $294.7 billion of Google advertising, $786.7 million of file content.
What does an Ontology Engineer do?
He sets object types, fields, links, and actions so a workflow runs on Monday. At Samba TV that means RDF, OWL, SHACL, and a knowledge graph for viewer data, 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. At Booz Allen the same work is called Palantir Foundry: translate the assignment into an ontology, build the pipeline, connect AIP, sit with the customer. At AverIQ, for an oil customer in Houston, the person is the authority for object types, links, and actions, 150,000 to 175,000 dollars. In Cologne, Tenth Revolution is hiring two to three Ontology Developers, remote, for twelve months.
Ontology Designer is our name for the cut before that. Cucumber as object, mustard as field. The boundary is a decision. In the ads this work sits inside the Ontology Engineer and the Ontology Architect, at Carlyle and at Accenture as Senior Ontologist.
Prompt Reviewer is the second name from us. Someone checks the prompt and the answer against the ontology: the right object, an allowed action, approval when money moves. The Scientific Curator at FlyBase, Harvard, reads Drosophila literature, checks AI annotations, and sharpens the prompts that go into the pipeline. The check sits in that curation post. Prompt Reviewer is the name we put on it.
Which titles sat on a page?
Counted on October 1, 2026. A row is a title a page used, or a proposal marked as a proposal. Pay only where the ad states a range.
| Job | Basket | Kind | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Samba TV, knowledge graph. RDF, OWL, SHACL. 150,000 to 180,000 dollars |
| Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Booz Allen, Arlington. Ontology, workflow, AIP. |
| Senior Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | AverIQ, Houston, oil and gas. 150,000 to 175,000 dollars |
| Ontology Developer | Fact | Posting | Tenth Revolution, Cologne, remote, twelve months. |
| Ontology Architect | Fact | Posting | Carlyle Group, New York or Washington. May 2026. |
| Senior Ontologist | Fact | Posting | Accenture, Seattle. OWL 2, RDFS, SKOS. September 30, 2026. |
| Knowledge Graph and Ontology Specialist | Fact | Posting | University of Sheffield. 38,784 to 47,389 pounds |
| Knowledge Graph & Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Fluor, Vadodara. Plant engineering, RDF, SPARQL. |
| Ontology Expert & Knowledge Graph Engineer | Fact | Posting | Siemens, Bengaluru. |
| Knowledge Graph Engineer / Ontologist | Fact | Posting | The Hartford, June 2026. 156,000 to 234,000 dollars |
| Taxonomist / Ontologist | Fact | Posting | Gusto. Taxonomy for AI, prompt work as a capability. |
| Senior Knowledge Graph Engineer | Fact | Posting | EcoVadis. Ontology into a graph for agents. September 24, 2026. |
| Ontology Support Engineer | Fact | Posting | GSPANN. Objects, actions, write-back in operations. |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer | Fact | Posting | Palantir. Many capabilities, one customer. Internal name Delta. |
| Forward Deployed AI Engineer | Fact | Posting | Palantir, on the careers page. |
| Deployment Strategist | Fact | Posting | Palantir, beside it. Closer to the deployment and the conversation. |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Fact | Posting | Anthropic, Munich. 25 to 50 percent travel, Claude in the customer's system. |
| Knowledge Engineer | Fact | Older job | Sheffield is hiring the Specialist and names the Knowledge Engineer in the text. |
| Scientific Curator | Fact | Older job | Harvard, FlyBase. Checks AI annotations, sharpens prompts. |
| Ontology Designer | Hypothesis | Proposal | Our name for the boundary between object and field. |
| Prompt Reviewer | Hypothesis | Proposal | Our name for checking the prompt and the answer against the ontology. |
| Data Modeler | Hypothesis | Older job | The same boundary, earlier, in the ER diagram. |
| Process Analyst | Hypothesis | Older job | The first workflow, before it becomes an object. The FDE does that part in the room. |
| Enterprise Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | The overall model. The postings start at the single workflow. |
| Data Steward | Hypothesis | Older job | Holds the name when sales and assembly mean different things by "customer." |
| Information Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | The navigation of the terms. Gusto posts it as Taxonomist. |
| Solutions Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | Builds the branch into the system. Ontology Architect is the newer title at the same height. |
Seventeen titles, eight old names, two proposals.
The Forward Deployed Software Engineer is the row where Palantir named the craft. Product engineer: one capability, many customers. FDSE: many capabilities, one customer. The careers page keeps the title, plus Forward Deployed AI Engineer and Deployment Strategist. Anthropic posts the same first name in Munich, with a travel share and with Claude in the customer's system. What the role does to the margin, and why the installation looks like consulting while the invoice looks like software, is in the ontology. The McGrinsey Ratio for Palantir sits there at 132.
The rest of the list is the layer under the new word. Knowledge Engineer is the older title. Sheffield uses it in the running text of a 2026 ad. Data Modeler, Process Analyst, Enterprise Architect, Data Steward, Information Architect, Solutions Architect: the work is known. The ads this autumn rarely call it that. Someone looking for a job looks for Ontology Engineer. Someone building a company starts with five objects, not the org chart.
Five objects, one burger, one action with an approval. The tool for that sits in the frame article.
17 pages. Two proposals.
| Statement | Basket | From |
|---|---|---|
| 19 names sit on the challenge list on October 1, 2026, from Ontologist to Game Maker. The count aims at at least 100. | Fact | John McGrinsey, this piece. The names are set. |
| Ontologist, Ontology OG, Prompt Reviewer, Promptlog Rocker, Zivilisationsberater, Ontology Engineer, Semantic Mining Operator, the six 1000X names, and the Ultrafounder are new jobs of the AI age. | Hypothesis | John's count. Prompt Reviewer was already a proposal in this piece. Ontology Engineer and Ontologist also sit on postings. |
| Vibe Game Reviewer, Vibe Game Test Player, Vibe Game Builder, Game Master, and Game Maker are new jobs that did not exist in this form. Making money with them is hard. It was already hard. It gets harder. Cooler games sit on the other side. | Hypothesis | John's count, October 1, 2026. Game Master and Game Maker are older words. New is the form. |
| Digital goods and services on the App Store: $149 billion in 2025. In-app advertising: $151 billion. Food, travel, and stores in the same study: $1.14 trillion. | Fact | Apple, Analysis Group, June 4, 2026. |
| Google advertising 2025: $294.7 billion. Search and other 224.5, YouTube ads 40.4, Network 29.8. | Fact | Alphabet Form 10-K for 2025, filed February 5, 2026. Google advertising line, in millions: 294,691. |
| Shutterstock 2025: $989.9 million revenue, of which $786.7 million is content. | Fact | Shutterstock full-year release, February 17, 2026. |
| These digital models are open to attack because the whole thing is digital and execution runs automated. Ideas are what still counts. You are faster right now than any enterprise. | Hypothesis | John's reading, October 1, 2026. |
| 17 titles sat on a posting or a careers page on October 1, 2026. | Fact | Sources below, one address per title. |
| Samba TV: Ontology Engineer, 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. AverIQ: 150,000 to 175,000. Sheffield: 38,784 to 47,389 pounds. | Fact | The range is in the ad. |
| Palantir: the FDSE unlocks many capabilities for one customer. The product engineer builds one capability for many customers. Internal name Delta. | Fact | Palantir blog, A Day in the Life, 2020. Careers page September 29, 2026. |
| Ontology Designer and Prompt Reviewer are names from this piece. The work sits with the Ontology Engineer, the Architect, and the Scientific Curator. | Hypothesis | Our naming, after the tasks in the ads. |
| Data Modeler, Process Analyst, Enterprise Architect, Data Steward, Information Architect, Solutions Architect are the same layer under older names. | Hypothesis | A reading from the tasks in the ads, not from a single page with this title. |
- Samba TV, Ontology EngineerRDF, OWL, SHACL. 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. September 27, 2026.https://startup.jobs/ontology-engineer-knowledge-graph-identity-samba-tv-7858978
- Booz Allen, Palantir Foundry Ontology EngineerArlington. Ontology, workflow, AIP.https://jobswithdod.com/defense-company-jobs/palantir-foundry-ontology-engineer-3/
- AverIQ, Senior Palantir Foundry Ontology EngineerHouston. 150,000 to 175,000 dollars.https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ced42e7b4c09a19f
- Tenth Revolution, Ontology DeveloperCologne, remote, twelve months. October 1, 2026.https://www.freelancermap.de/projekt/palantir-foundry-ontology-developer-m-f-d-remote
- Ontology Architect, CarlyleNew York or Washington. May 2026.https://vividresourcing.com/job/ontology-architect-palantir/
- Accenture, Senior OntologistSeattle. OWL 2, RDFS, SKOS. September 30, 2026.https://haystackapp.io/jobs/8f0d8c5f-2ea4-4786-9693-a591aff5a611
- University of SheffieldKnowledge Graph and Ontology Specialist. 38,784 to 47,389 pounds. September 29, 2026.https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/knowledge-graph-and-ontology-specialist-at-the-university-of-sheffield-4462517616
- Fluor, Knowledge Graph & Ontology EngineerVadodara. RDF, OWL, SPARQL.https://thrivecareers.fluor.com/job/Vadodara-Knowledge-Graph-&-Ontology-Engineer-GJ/1378147500/
- Siemens, Ontology ExpertBengaluru. Ontology and knowledge graph.https://www.naukri.com/job-listings-ontology-expert-knowledge-graph-engineer-siemens-limited-bengaluru-6-to-11-years-190126909029
- The Hartford, OntologistJune 2026. 156,000 to 234,000 dollars.https://simplify.jobs/p/69395e94-1829-48af-a718-5ba18bde7b04/Knowledge-Graph-Engineer--Ontologist
- Gusto, Taxonomist / OntologistTaxonomy for AI systems.https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/7364020
- EcoVadis, Senior Knowledge Graph EngineerSeptember 24, 2026.https://startup.jobs/senior-knowledge-graph-engineer-ecovadis-8803001
- GSPANN, Ontology Support EngineerObjects, actions, write-back.https://haystackapp.io/jobs/06889203-2eaa-4bd4-ad1b-06dce235ad4d
- Palantir, careersForward Deployed Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Deployment Strategist.https://www.palantir.com/careers/open-positions/
- Palantir blog, FDSEMany capabilities, one customer. Internal name Delta.https://blog.palantir.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-palantir-forward-deployed-software-engineer-45ef2de257b1
- Anthropic, Forward Deployed EngineerMunich. 25 to 50 percent travel. August 17, 2026.https://jobs.accel.com/companies/anthropic/jobs/90192188-forward-deployed-engineer
- Harvard, FlyBase, Scientific CuratorCheck of AI annotations, prompts in the curation pipeline.https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37972743/scientific-curator/
- Apple, App Store ecosystem 2025Analysis Group. Digital goods and services $149 billion. In-app advertising $151 billion. Physical goods $1.14 trillion. June 4, 2026.https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/app-store-ecosystem-reaches-1-point-4-trillion-usd-as-developers-thrive-globally/
- Alphabet, Form 10-K 2025Google advertising $294,691 million. Filed February 5, 2026.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm
- Shutterstock, full year 2025Revenue $989.9 million. Content $786.7 million. February 17, 2026.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shutterstock-reports-full-year-2025-and-fourth-quarter-financial-results-302688474.html
- Ontology, the frameFour primitives, mini-ontology, Palantir, McGrinsey Ratio 132.https://mcgrinsey.com/magazin/ontology-four-primitives/
Research: October 1, 2026.
