Circular shapes, central openings, radiating lines: Radek Sienkiewicz, aka VelvetShark, has an idea why AI company logos resemble buttholes. “Circles represent wholeness, completion, and infinity—concepts that align with AI’s promise. They’re also friendly and non-threatening, qualities companies desperately want to project when selling potentially job-replacing technology.” The visual conformity reveals a race for legitimacy, Sienkiewicz concludes, and ”the fear of standing out.”