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Most Controversial AI CompaniesYear to Date

Companies with negative sentiment and community criticism

Data updated: • Live (updates every 60 seconds)
Total Companies
50
Average Score
114.3
Last Updated
4/16/2026
1

SoftBank

Rank #34
Sentiment
1%
Overall Score
35.2
7-Day Events
6
Sentiment
1%
2

Uber

Rank #56
Sentiment
3%
Overall Score
18.1
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
3%
3

Cisco

Rank #28
Sentiment
7%
Overall Score
51.9
7-Day Events
11
Sentiment
7%
4

Atlassian

Rank #91
Sentiment
7%
Overall Score
10.8
7-Day Events
3
Sentiment
7%
5

Oracle

Rank #19
Sentiment
7%
Overall Score
82.2
7-Day Events
14
Sentiment
7%
6

HubSpot

Rank #72
Sentiment
7%
Overall Score
14.6
7-Day Events
6
Sentiment
7%
7

Palantir

Rank #29
Sentiment
8%
Overall Score
47.6
7-Day Events
8
Sentiment
8%
8

Accel

Rank #90
Sentiment
13%
Overall Score
11.1
7-Day Events
8
Sentiment
13%
9

Perplexity

Rank #21
Sentiment
14%
Overall Score
76.0
7-Day Events
19
Sentiment
14%
10

CrowdStrike

Rank #33
Sentiment
15%
Overall Score
37.2
7-Day Events
7
Sentiment
15%
11

IBM

Rank #23
Sentiment
15%
Overall Score
74.6
7-Day Events
14
Sentiment
15%
12

Y Combinator

Rank #36
Sentiment
16%
Overall Score
34.2
7-Day Events
8
Sentiment
16%
13

Spotify

Rank #48
Sentiment
16%
Overall Score
21.0
7-Day Events
7
Sentiment
16%
14

Huawei

Rank #41
Sentiment
17%
Overall Score
25.1
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
17%
15

DeepSeek

Rank #22
Sentiment
20%
Overall Score
74.9
7-Day Events
26
Sentiment
20%
16

OpenAI

Rank #2
Sentiment
20%
Overall Score
705.0
7-Day Events
532
Sentiment
20%
17

Lovable

Rank #59
Sentiment
20%
Overall Score
17.5
7-Day Events
5
Sentiment
20%
18

TSMC

Rank #30
Sentiment
20%
Overall Score
43.8
7-Day Events
8
Sentiment
20%
19

Meta

Rank #5
Sentiment
21%
Overall Score
375.4
7-Day Events
109
Sentiment
21%
20

AMD

Rank #17
Sentiment
21%
Overall Score
88.6
7-Day Events
37
Sentiment
21%
21

SAP

Rank #93
Sentiment
21%
Overall Score
10.8
7-Day Events
6
Sentiment
21%
22

Bytedance

Rank #27
Sentiment
22%
Overall Score
52.4
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
22%
23

Apple

Rank #8
Sentiment
22%
Overall Score
199.9
7-Day Events
122
Sentiment
22%
24

Dell

Rank #99
Sentiment
24%
Overall Score
10.1
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
24%
25

Linux Foundation

Rank #32
Sentiment
24%
Overall Score
39.4
7-Day Events
14
Sentiment
24%
26

Netflix

Rank #69
Sentiment
24%
Overall Score
15.2
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
24%
27

Microsoft

Rank #4
Sentiment
24%
Overall Score
405.3
7-Day Events
133
Sentiment
24%
28

Tesla

Rank #31
Sentiment
25%
Overall Score
41.7
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
25%
29

Goldman Sachs

Rank #98
Sentiment
26%
Overall Score
10.2
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
26%
30

SpaceX

Rank #14
Sentiment
26%
Overall Score
103.7
7-Day Events
9
Sentiment
26%
31

Broadcom

Rank #13
Sentiment
28%
Overall Score
104.0
7-Day Events
15
Sentiment
28%
32

Amazon

Rank #7
Sentiment
28%
Overall Score
272.3
7-Day Events
56
Sentiment
28%
33

ServiceNow

Rank #60
Sentiment
29%
Overall Score
17.2
7-Day Events
6
Sentiment
29%
34

Anthropic

Rank #1
Sentiment
29%
Overall Score
1000.0
7-Day Events
659
Sentiment
29%
35

Nvidia

Rank #6
Sentiment
29%
Overall Score
362.7
7-Day Events
146
Sentiment
29%
36

Intel

Rank #9
Sentiment
29%
Overall Score
131.3
7-Day Events
53
Sentiment
29%
37

Sony

Rank #78
Sentiment
31%
Overall Score
13.9
7-Day Events
7
Sentiment
31%
38

Alibaba

Rank #10
Sentiment
32%
Overall Score
114.7
7-Day Events
12
Sentiment
32%
39

Block

Rank #65
Sentiment
32%
Overall Score
16.2
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
32%
40

Arm

Rank #35
Sentiment
33%
Overall Score
35.2
7-Day Events
12
Sentiment
33%
41

Google

Rank #3
Sentiment
33%
Overall Score
596.2
7-Day Events
268
Sentiment
33%
42

WordPress

Rank #61
Sentiment
34%
Overall Score
17.2
7-Day Events
15
Sentiment
34%
43

Stripe

Rank #40
Sentiment
34%
Overall Score
29.0
7-Day Events
18
Sentiment
34%
44

Mozilla

Rank #52
Sentiment
35%
Overall Score
18.9
7-Day Events
5
Sentiment
35%
45

Cohere

Rank #68
Sentiment
35%
Overall Score
15.5
7-Day Events
3
Sentiment
35%
46

Mistral AI

Rank #11
Sentiment
37%
Overall Score
110.9
7-Day Events
3
Sentiment
37%
47

Synthesia

Rank #76
Sentiment
38%
Overall Score
14.1
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
38%
48

Tencent

Rank #39
Sentiment
38%
Overall Score
31.4
7-Day Events
4
Sentiment
38%
49

Snowflake

Rank #71
Sentiment
38%
Overall Score
14.7
7-Day Events
3
Sentiment
38%
50

Adobe

Rank #25
Sentiment
38%
Overall Score
65.1
7-Day Events
18
Sentiment
38%

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