{"id":"Q-4","type":"question","title":"Does the same elimination repeat across evaluators in a second category?","created":"2026-07-20","status":"open","authors":["Upstream Zero"],"edges":[],"commercialRelevance":{"affectedBuyers":"Companies measured on more than one AI evaluator","affectedCategories":"Any category with a strong incumbent field","potentialProductImpact":"Whether an elimination has to be measured per evaluator or transfers across them","currentConfidence":"Open. One category has been paired across surfaces so far."},"whatWouldCountAsAnAnswer":"A cross-surface pair on a category other than accounting, run under the same frozen requirement sequence on two evaluators, showing whether the leaders are eliminated at the same requirement on both, or whether the effect is specific to accounting.","pubState":"published","body":"The first cross-surface pair, in accounting, showed the same elimination on two\nevaluators. That is a single category. This question asks whether the same\nholds in a second category, which would separate a general effect from an\naccounting-specific one.","url":"/questions/Q-4","machineUrl":"/objects/Q-4","referencedBy":[],"_meta":{"site":"Upstream Zero · Commercial Intelligence for AI-Mediated Commercial Evaluation","version":"0.1","note":"Claims are presented at their evidence tier; Narrated is the lowest. Verify by walking edges, not by trusting us."}}