Ownership and disclosures
Who owns theTN.ai, who pays for it, and which companies we have a connection to.
Ownership
theTN.ai is owned by Paul Jeevanesan, who is also its Founder and Chief Editor. It is self-funded.
Independence
theTN.ai is independent and not affiliated with the Government of Tamil Nadu. We do not use the state emblem and never describe anything here as official.
Related parties
Paul Jeevanesan founded StudAI One (StudAI Edutech Private Limited) and Zolra. Whenever either company or one of their products appears on theTN.ai, the item carries a Related party label. They get no special treatment in the brief, the map, the scheme finder or the TN AI 50, and their staff cannot be listed in the TN AI 50.
Advertising and sponsorship
theTN.ai carries no paid placements today. If that changes, sponsored content will be labelled "Sponsored" and listed on this page.
Use of AI
AI agents draft and check our content; a person approves every item before it is published. How it's made explains each step.
Anthropic and Claude
Our drafts are written with Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. Anthropic is also a subject on our AI tech page and its models appear in our model comparison. Items about Anthropic carry an About Anthropic label and get an extra human read, and Anthropic's models are ranked by the same published scores as everyone else's.