AI Company Rankings & Leaderboard

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

Tracking 565 AI companies, ranking the top 100 by signal strength across 261 verified sources

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IBM#22

Breaking

Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, which sends 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% - IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and counting

Benchmarked 3 Small MoE Models (~30B/A3B) on M1 Max 64GB: GLM-4.7-Flash vs Nemotron-3-Nano vs Qwen3-Coder

xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems, Anthropic Given Ultimatum

What's Happening in AI

20 companies active · 259 events in the last 24h

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IBM

#22

Breaking

Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, which sends 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% - IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and counting

78%

7events

Zhipu AI

#33

News

Benchmarked 3 Small MoE Models (~30B/A3B) on M1 Max 64GB: GLM-4.7-Flash vs Nemotron-3-Nano vs Qwen3-Coder

78%

4events★36

xAI

#10

Breaking

xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems, Anthropic Given Ultimatum

78%

6events

Anthropic

Breaking

Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, which sends 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% - IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and counting

77%

68events

Tesla

#20

Funding

Tesla Killed Two Cars to Build a Robot That Doesn't Work. Its Competitors Are Already Shipping.

77%

3events

Apple

Breaking

US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 - Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'

77%

13events

Today's movers This week Emerging companies

Hype Gap

🎯 AI Intelligence Highlights

🔥 OpenAI is DOMINATING with 240 events this week

📉 Snyk sentiment tanking at -28% - community is NOT happy

💩 Toyota talks 10% more than they ship

✨ Databricks quietly shipping - under-promise, over-deliver champion

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AI Company Rankings — Top 10 companies ranked by activity score
Rank	Company	Score	7d Events	Movement	Sentiment
#1	OpenAI	1000.0	16.0K240 this week	—+15.9 pts	26%
#2	Anthropic	851.6+1	6.3K232 this week	↑ +1+84.2 pts	30%
#3	Google	794.8−1	2.2K189 this week	↓ −1+13.7 pts	37%
#4	Nvidia	496.0+1	2.5K140 this week	↑ +1-7.2 pts	39%
#5	Microsoft	493.1−1	2.5K101 this week	↓ −1+23.0 pts	17%
#6	Meta	418.3	95761 this week	—+29.3 pts	16%
#7	Amazon	274.3	2.0K42 this week	—	30%
#8	Apple	260.9	1.1K73 this week	—+28.4 pts	29%
#9	Alibaba	219.6	1197 this week	—+8.7 pts	56%
#10	xAI	156.8	17011 this week	—-3.4 pts	22%

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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

AI Company Rankings

Rank	Company	Score	7d Events
#1	OpenAI	1000	240
#2	Anthropic	852	232
#3	Google	795	189
#4	Nvidia	496	140
#5	Microsoft	493	101
#6	Meta	418	61
#7	Amazon	274	42
#8	Apple	261	73
#9	Alibaba	220	7
#10	xAI	157	11
#11	HuggingFace	151	30
#12	Bytedance	139	18
#13	Mistral AI	139	19
#14	DeepSeek	137	31
#15	SpaceX	132	9
#16	Samsung	130	28
#17	AMD	118	33
#18	Moonshot AI	101	7
#19	Perplexity	92	8
#20	Tesla	86	21

Frequently Asked Questions

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. Nvidia, 5. Microsoft, 6. Meta, 7. Amazon, 8. Apple, 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.

Why Sector HQ vs Other AI Rankings?

	Sector HQ	Other Rankings
Update Frequency	Every 5 minutes✅	Monthly/Quarterly❌
Data Sources	261 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 261 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.