# Tulsa Ecosystem Map

> A plain-language map of the Tulsa and Oklahoma tech ecosystem for founders building an AI company: the standard terms, the well-established tools, and the local organizations, investors, programs and user groups, with how they connect.

1319 entries. Each page has a definition, an example, the official site where there is one, the entries it connects to, and the public sources behind each stated relationship. Every page is plain HTML at its address, and Markdown at the same address with `.md` added.

## For agents and developers

- [MCP server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/developers): `https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mcp`, stateless Streamable HTTP, no authentication. Tools: `search_entries`, `get_entry`, `list_categories`, `get_category`, `list_kinds`, `get_kind`.
- [JSON API](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/api/index.json): static, read-only files; described in [OpenAPI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/openapi.json).
- In the browser, the map registers the same read tools with WebMCP (`document.modelContext`).

## When to use this

- To explain a startup, fundraising, product or technical term in plain language for a first-time founder.
- To find Tulsa and Oklahoma organizations, investors, programs, schools, user groups and places to meet, and how they are publicly connected (for example which venture studio built a company, or which user groups belong to Techlahoma).
- Not for legal, tax or financial advice: This glossary is plain-language orientation, not legal or financial advice. Before you decide on a company structure, a contract, taxes or a fundraising deal, talk with a lawyer or an accountant.
- Connections are limited to what the organizations announced publicly; absence of a link is not evidence of no relationship.

## Categories

- [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business.md): 110 entries
- [Fundraising and equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fundraising.md): 52 entries
- [Product](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/product.md): 34 entries
- [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical.md): 80 entries
- [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud.md): 51 entries
- [Building with AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai.md): 131 entries
- [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools.md): 248 entries
- [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community.md): 77 entries
- [Talent and hiring](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent.md): 50 entries
- [Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa.md): 431 entries
- [Techlahoma and user groups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma-and-user-groups.md): 31 entries
- [Places to meet](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/places.md): 25 entries

## Kinds

- [Investors](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/investors.md): 65 entries
- [Organizations](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/organizations.md): 325 entries
- [Nonprofits](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nonprofits.md): 27 entries
- [Programs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/programs.md): 112 entries
- [Schools](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/schools.md): 22 entries
- [Government](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/government.md): 31 entries

- [Terms, A to Z](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms.md): the plain-language concepts

## Full text

- [Every entry in one file](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sitemap.xml)

## About

- Built by [Sam Carlton](https://samcarlton.com) for founders in Tulsa, with the [Techlahoma](https://www.techlahoma.org/) community in mind. [About the map](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/about).
- [Methodology](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/methodology): how entries, connections and funding figures are chosen and labelled, and the known limits.
- [Corrections](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/corrections): how to report a mistake.
- [Data access and reports](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data): list exports and reports on request.