# Act 2 Alignment Verification ✅

## **Canonical Competitor List (9 Platforms)**

All Act 2 slides now consistently reference these 9 competitors:

| # | **Platform** | **Slide 4** | **Slide 5** | **Slide 6** | **Status** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Kubernaut** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 2 | **Datadog** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 3 | **Dynatrace** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 4 | **Akuity AI** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 5 | **Komodor** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 6 | **ServiceNow** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 7 | **IBM Turbonomic** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 8 | **Aisera** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |
| 9 | **ScienceLogic** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Aligned |

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## **Removed Competitors (Non-Canonical)**

These competitors were mentioned in Slides 5 and 6 but have been removed for consistency:

| **Platform** | **Reason for Removal** | **Status** |
|---|---|---|
| **CAST AI** | Niche specialist (cost optimization only) | ❌ Removed |
| **K8sGPT** | Open source assistant (not enterprise competitor) | ❌ Removed |
| **PagerDuty** | Incident management (not remediation) | ❌ Removed |
| **SentinelOne** | Security specialist (not full-stack) | ❌ Removed |

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## **Verification Results**

### **Slide 4 (Market Segmentation)**
```
✅ 9 competitors in quadrant chart
✅ Distributed across all 4 quadrants
✅ Labels positioned for readability
```

### **Slide 5 (The Gaps)**
```
✅ 9 competitors in quadrant chart (matches Slide 4)
✅ 6 competitors in Gap Summary Table
✅ All text references use canonical competitors
✅ Removed 4 non-canonical competitors
```

### **Slide 6 (White Space)**
```
✅ 9 competitors in quadrant chart (matches Slide 4)
✅ All diagram references use canonical competitors
✅ Removed 3 non-canonical competitors
```

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## **✅ Final Status: COMPLETE**

**Confidence**: 100%
**Alignment**: Perfect across all Act 2 slides
**Consistency**: All 9 canonical competitors referenced consistently

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**Completion Date**: October 19, 2025
**Task**: Rework Act 2 slides to align with quadrant chart
**Result**: ✅ All slides aligned to canonical competitor list
