What is KCAI?
DATA AS OF 2026-08-03 · METHODOLOGY v0.2 · N=33
How we operate
KCAI’s data comes from an AI-assisted collection pipeline combined with editorial verification. Collection agents gather facts from primary sources — the Shopify, Google, and Amazon partner directories, DART filings, hiring and company-information platforms, and public materials from agencies and their clients. Every fact is stored with a source URL, an observation date, and an evidence grade (E1–E6). Collected facts are published only after editorial review; each step of collection and verification is disclosed on the verification page. The full grading definitions are on the methodology page.
References and data sources
KCAI collects and verifies agency data through three pathways:
Official data sources (E1–E2)
- Official platform directories: Shopify Partner Directory, Google Partners Directory, Amazon Ads Partner Directory — partner tier, capabilities, regions
- Public filings: DART (listed-company disclosures), National Tax Service business registration — entity verification, financial disclosures
- Hiring and company-information platforms: Saramin, JobKorea, Wanted, NICE — job postings, company profiles, operating-continuity signals
Blog and media searches (E4)
- Press: agency news, business expansion, awards, and other independent media coverage
- Blogs and communities: independent authors' agency reviews, analysis, and portfolio mentions
- Client press releases and websites: official client press releases and websites mentioning the agency (used for portfolio verification)
Internal verification records (E3)
- Client-verified projects: de-identified contracts, client emails, invoices, and other evidence of client-verified project data (V2+ reviews)
- Technology fingerprinting: direct verification of platform use on client sites via technology fingerprinting (e.g., Shopify detection)
See the methodology page, “Data sources” section, for the full definition of each evidence grade and current collection status.
Contact & correction channel
If you find an error in an agency’s data or want to request a new listing, submit it through the submit a correction page. All submissions are reviewed and assigned an evidence grade before publication — they are not reflected immediately.
Operating entity information
Operating-entity information will be published on this page once finalized.
The legal entity name, representative, business registration number, and business address will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed. No value is currently finalized, so none is shown here.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure policy
Agencies with a commercial relationship to the operator will have that relationship disclosed on their profile and in rankings. Commercial or paid relationships are structurally excluded from ranking-input data at the database-permission level. The specific disclosure format will be published once the policy is finalized.