What is the best AI company leaderboard?

Sector HQ tracks 500+ AI companies and publishes rankings for the top 100 by signal strength, with real-time updates every 5 minutes. Unlike other rankings based on funding or press releases, we measure actual activity from GitHub, arXiv, and tech communities.

How are AI companies ranked?

Rankings are calculated from 5 dimensions weighted by time-decayed event activity: Innovation (25%), Adoption (25%), Market Impact (20%), Media Attention (15%), and Technical (15%). Sentiment and Hype/Reality are tracked separately as supplementary signals. Rankings update every 5 minutes.

Who are the top 10 AI companies right now?

Based on real-time data: 1. OpenAI, 2. Anthropic, 3. Google, 4. Microsoft, 5. Nvidia, 6. Meta, 7. Apple, 8. Amazon, 9. Alibaba, 10. xAI. Rankings update every 5 minutes based on actual activity.

How often do AI company rankings update?

Sector HQ rankings update every 5 minutes with the latest data from 211 verified sources including GitHub, arXiv, Reddit, and tech news. This makes our leaderboard one of the most up-to-date AI company trackers available.

What is Hype Detection in AI rankings?

Hype Detection measures the gap between a company's marketing claims and actual technical activity. We compare press release mentions against real GitHub commits, research papers, and community engagement to show which companies are genuinely innovating versus just promoting.

AI Company Rankings & Leaderboard

Name: AI Company Rankings Dataset - Real-Time Leaderboard
Creator: Sector HQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Tracking 563 AI companies, ranking the top 100 by signal strength across 223 verified sources

Updated just now • Updates every 5 minutes

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Amazon#8

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AI Weekly: Feb 11-17, 2026

Apple's Foundation Models Framework: Run AI On-Device With Just a Few Lines of Swift

Alibaba's new Qwen 3.5 beats its larger trillion-parameter model - at a fraction of the cost

What's Happening in AI

20 companies active · 294 events in the last 24h

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Amazon

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AI Weekly: Feb 11-17, 2026

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Apple

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Apple's Foundation Models Framework: Run AI On-Device With Just a Few Lines of Swift

75%

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Alibaba

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Alibaba's new Qwen 3.5 beats its larger trillion-parameter model - at a fraction of the cost

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OpenAI

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OpenClaw for Developers: Building Solo-Dev Companies

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Nvidia

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Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power

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Hype Gap

🎯 AI Intelligence Highlights

🔥 OpenAI is DOMINATING with 273 events this week

📉 Snyk sentiment tanking at -40% - community is NOT happy

💩 Nintendo talks 8% more than they ship

✨ Zhipu AI quietly shipping - under-promise, over-deliver champion

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Rank	Company	Score	7d Events	Movement	Sentiment
#1	OpenAI	1000.0	16.5K273 this week	—+75.6 pts	23%
#2	Anthropic	791.0+2	6.4K210 this week	↑ +2+128.3 pts	27%
#3	Google	764.6	2.3K181 this week	—+73.3 pts	32%
#4	Microsoft	455.5+4	2.6K79 this week	↑ +4+13.9 pts	12%
#5	Nvidia	453.3−3	2.4K113 this week	↓ −3+63.5 pts	35%
#6	Meta	357.8+33	97857 this week	↑ +33+44.3 pts	9%
#7	Apple	283.7−2	1.2K82 this week	↓ −2+54.6 pts	31%
#8	Amazon	268.1−2	2.0K21 this week	↓ −2+17.2 pts	18%
#9	Alibaba	243.1−2	13320 this week	↓ −2+20.7 pts	53%
#10	xAI	186.0+13	21224 this week	↑ +13+11.3 pts	5%

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How This Works

We track AI-related events from Reddit, arXiv, GitHub, company blogs, tech news, and other places where actual AI stuff happens. Not just press releases.

Scoring Formula

Score = Σ[(Innovation × 25% + Adoption × 25% + Market Impact × 20% + Media × 15% + Technical × 15%) × Time Decay]

Events are scored across 5 dimensions with time decay — recent activity matters more than old news. Sentiment and Hype/Reality are tracked separately as supplementary signals.

✓ What We Track

→ Product launches (actual demos)
→ Research papers (arXiv, journals)
→ GitHub activity (real code)
→ Partnerships (with substance)
→ Funding rounds (validated)
→ Hiring/layoffs (market signals)

✗ What We Ignore

→ Vague press releases
→ "Exploring AI" announcements
→ Repackaged old news
→ Executive quotes about AI
→ Generic "AI strategy" posts
→ Marketing without product

Full methodology breakdown

Why Sector HQ vs Other AI Rankings?

	Sector HQ	Other Rankings
Update Frequency	Every 5 minutes✅	Monthly/Quarterly❌
Data Sources	223 verified sources✅	Press releases only❌
Hype Detection	Marketing vs Reality✅	No hype analysis❌
Ranking Basis	Actual activity & code✅	Funding & PR❌
Companies Tracked	100+ companies✅	Top 10-50 only❌

No bias, no pay-for-ranking. Our rankings are 100% algorithmic, based on real activity from GitHub, arXiv, Reddit, and tech communities. We measure what companies do, not what they say.

How We Rank AI Companies

Our proprietary algorithm analyzes real-time activity to rank companies by what they're actually doing, not what they're saying.

Event Collection

We monitor 223 verified sources including GitHub repositories, arXiv research papers, Reddit discussions, Hacker News, tech news sites, and product launches. Every 5 minutes, we scan for new activity.

Signal Processing

Our AI filters out marketing fluff, press release spam, and duplicate content. We focus on substantive events: code commits, research publications, product releases, and genuine community engagement.

Hype Detection

We compare marketing claims (blog posts, announcements) against actual technical activity (GitHub commits, research citations). Companies with high "Hype Gap" talk more than they ship.

Ranking Algorithm

Companies are scored across 5 dimensions, weighted by time-decayed event activity:

Score = Σ[(Innovation × 25% + Adoption × 25% + Market Impact × 20% + Media × 15% + Technical × 15%) × Time Decay]

• Innovation (25%): Product launches, breakthroughs, novel capabilities

• Adoption (25%): User growth, integrations, developer ecosystem

• Market Impact (20%): Funding, partnerships, acquisitions

• Media Attention (15%): Press coverage, community discussion

• Technical (15%): Research papers, benchmarks, open source

Sentiment and Hype/Reality are tracked separately as supplementary signals.

Real-Time Updates

Rankings refresh every 5 minutes. No human bias, no pay-for-ranking, no editorial interference. Pure algorithmic transparency.

Why trust our rankings? Unlike traditional lists compiled by journalists or based on funding rounds, our system is fully automated and measures real developer activity, research output, and community sentiment—the true signals of AI innovation.