CHOKEPOINT
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COMPARE

Side-by-side factor and exposure compare for substitution diligence.

NOMINAL
Perplexity AI
United States · ai lab
16
Score

CLEAR — Perplexity AI: sanctions exposure in its immediate supply path in ai lab. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence17
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality0
Sanctioned: No
DoD:
Suppliers: 6
Customers: 0
CRITICAL
Baidu
China · ai lab
58
Score

CRITICAL — Baidu is itself sanctioned (NDAA-1260H); direct suppliers sanctioned: SMIC [BIS-EntityList, NDAA-1260H, NDAA-CMIC], JCET Group [BIS-EntityList]. A sanctioned node in the immediate supply path is a binary procurement risk that overrides all favorable factors.

Foreign-Origin Concentration85
Sole-Source Dependence30
Sanctions Exposure100
Downstream Criticality0
Sanctioned: NDAA-1260H
DoD:
Suppliers: 7
Customers: 0
Shared counterparties
Shared suppliers (3)
Shared customers (0)
None
+82
Δ Foreign-Origin
+13
Δ Sole-Source
+55
Δ Sanctions
0
Δ Downstream
Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.