# Sector HQ - AI Industry Intelligence Platform (Live Data) # https://www.sectorhq.co # Last updated: 2026-02-28T23:24:07.916Z > Sector HQ is an AI industry intelligence platform tracking 100+ AI companies using real-time data from news, research papers, GitHub activity, and community sentiment. Rankings update every 5 minutes. > This file contains live rankings data and comprehensive URL documentation for all page types. > For a lightweight summary, see /llms.txt ## Current Top 50 AI Companies (of 100 tracked) | Rank | Company | Score | Activity (7d) | Sentiment | |------|---------------|--------|---------------|--------------| | 1 | Anthropic | 1000.0 | 435 events | 25% negative | | 2 | OpenAI | 971.1 | 254 events | 25% negative | | 3 | Google | 766.8 | 149 events | 38% negative | | 4 | Nvidia | 533.9 | 154 events | 39% negative | | 5 | Microsoft | 401.3 | 72 events | 15% negative | | 6 | Meta | 362.5 | 49 events | 13% negative | | 7 | Amazon | 324.9 | 40 events | 33% negative | | 8 | Apple | 262.4 | 93 events | 29% negative | | 9 | Perplexity | 170.3 | 20 events | 55% neutral | | 10 | Alibaba | 169.6 | 11 events | 45% neutral | | 11 | xAI | 161.5 | 17 events | 15% negative | | 12 | Hugging Face | 160.7 | 19 events | 46% neutral | | 13 | Samsung | 152.2 | 62 events | 35% negative | | 14 | SpaceX | 128.5 | 3 events | 27% negative | | 15 | Bytedance | 118.1 | 7 events | 19% negative | | 16 | DeepSeek | 112.5 | 57 events | 18% negative | | 17 | Mistral AI | 110.8 | 21 events | 58% neutral | | 18 | AMD | 104.2 | 35 events | 28% negative | | 19 | Intel | 85.6 | 19 events | 33% negative | | 20 | IBM | 80.2 | 20 events | 22% negative | | 21 | Cloudflare | 78.5 | 16 events | 31% negative | | 22 | Tesla | 77.5 | 12 events | -5% negative | | 23 | Moonshot AI | 67.0 | 7 events | 31% negative | | 24 | Cerebras | 52.1 | 2 events | 63% positive | | 25 | Block | 49.3 | 15 events | -4% negative | | 26 | TSMC | 43.9 | 4 events | 36% negative | | 27 | Goldman Sachs | 43.9 | 5 events | 14% negative | | 28 | Palantir | 43.8 | 4 events | 7% negative | | 29 | MiniMax | 40.5 | 17 events | -8% negative | | 30 | Adobe | 38.5 | 3 events | 34% negative | | 31 | Databricks | 37.4 | 6 events | 48% neutral | | 32 | Qualcomm | 35.8 | 3 events | 37% negative | | 33 | Salesforce | 34.8 | 8 events | 8% negative | | 34 | Runway | 31.9 | 1 events | 77% positive | | 35 | ServiceNow | 29.9 | 4 events | 71% positive | | 36 | Snyk | 29.6 | 3 events | 5% negative | | 37 | ElevenLabs | 28.6 | 13 events | 63% positive | | 38 | Zhipu AI | 28.5 | 7 events | 25% negative | | 39 | Accenture | 28.5 | 8 events | 42% neutral | | 40 | World Labs | 28.4 | 0 events | 65% positive | | 41 | Sony | 28.2 | 6 events | 41% neutral | | 42 | Mozilla | 25.9 | 5 events | 28% negative | | 43 | Vercel | 25.8 | 1 events | 49% neutral | | 44 | Tencent | 25.0 | 1 events | 53% neutral | | 45 | Figma | 24.4 | 6 events | 61% positive | | 46 | ASML | 24.3 | 4 events | 63% positive | | 47 | Stripe | 24.0 | 7 events | 69% positive | | 48 | Mastercard | 23.2 | 2 events | 30% negative | | 49 | McKinsey | 21.6 | 4 events | 43% neutral | | 50 | SAP | 21.3 | 2 events | 56% neutral | ## Site Overview Sector HQ tracks and ranks AI companies using a composite scoring system (0-100). Data refreshes every 5 minutes via a time-decay algorithm that weights recent events more heavily. Data sources: arXiv, GitHub, Reddit, tech news outlets, official company press releases. ## Methodology Rankings are computed from verified signals: - **Event frequency**: Product launches, funding rounds, research papers, partnerships, executive moves - **Community sentiment**: Positive/negative analysis from Reddit, Hacker News, and tech forums - **Market momentum**: Velocity (7-day vs 30-day activity) and acceleration metrics - **Hype Gap Detection**: Compares marketing claims against actual product capabilities ## URL Patterns — All Page Types ### Homepage URL: https://www.sectorhq.co/ Contains: Live rankings of top AI companies, movers, signals feed, hype gap analysis Data freshness: ISR 5 minutes ### Company Detail Pages URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/company/{slug} Description: Full profile for a single AI company. Includes rank, score, sentiment, event history, funding, research paper output, GitHub activity, and hype gap score. Total pages: 100+ companies Data freshness: ISR 5 minutes Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/anthropic - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/google-deepmind - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/mistral-ai - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/cohere ### Two-Way Company Comparisons URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/{slug1}-vs-{slug2} Description: Side-by-side comparison of any two AI companies. Shows scores, ranks, sentiment, activity, funding, and research metrics for both companies. Note: Slugs are always in alphabetical order. URLs with reversed slugs redirect to canonical. Data freshness: ISR 5 minutes Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/anthropic-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/google-deepmind-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/mistral-ai-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/cohere-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/anthropic-vs-google-deepmind ### Three-Way Company Comparisons URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/{slug1}-vs-{slug2}-vs-{slug3} Description: Side-by-side comparison of three AI companies simultaneously. Available for top 10 companies (120 unique three-way combinations). Note: Slugs are always in alphabetical order. Data freshness: ISR 5 minutes Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/anthropic-vs-google-deepmind-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/anthropic-vs-mistral-ai-vs-openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/google-deepmind-vs-mistral-ai-vs-openai ### Alternatives Pages URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/{slug} Description: Ranked list of the best alternatives to a given AI company, with editorial narrative explaining why each alternative is relevant. Available for companies ranked in the top 200. Data freshness: ISR 1 hour Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/openai - https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/anthropic - https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/google-deepmind - https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/midjourney - https://www.sectorhq.co/alternatives/stability-ai ### Use Case Pages (Best AI For) URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/{use-case} Description: Curated rankings of the best AI companies for a specific business or creative use case. Explains why each company ranks highly for that task. Available use cases (12): coding, writing, research, image-generation, customer-support, data-analysis, marketing, legal, education, healthcare, finance, translation Data freshness: ISR 1 hour Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/coding - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/writing - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/research - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/image-generation - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/customer-support - https://www.sectorhq.co/best-for/data-analysis ### Monthly AI Rankings Snapshots URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/rankings/{YYYY-MM} Description: Historical snapshot of the AI company rankings for a given month. Shows rank changes, movers, and key events from that period. Data freshness: Static (historical data, does not change after generation) Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/rankings/2026-02 - https://www.sectorhq.co/rankings/2026-01 - https://www.sectorhq.co/rankings/2025-12 ### Company Comparisons Hub URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/company/{slug}/comparisons Description: Index page listing all two-way and three-way comparison pages involving a specific company. Useful for discovering all head-to-head analyses. Data freshness: ISR 1 hour Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/openai/comparisons - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/anthropic/comparisons - https://www.sectorhq.co/company/google-deepmind/comparisons ### Weekly Intelligence Reports URL pattern: https://www.sectorhq.co/intelligence/{YYYY}-W{NN} Description: Auto-generated weekly analysis report covering top movers, key industry events, funding rounds, research breakthroughs, and market trends for the week. Canonical source for weekly AI industry intelligence. Data freshness: Generated once per week (Sunday), static thereafter Examples: - https://www.sectorhq.co/intelligence/2026-W09 - https://www.sectorhq.co/intelligence/2026-W08 - https://www.sectorhq.co/intelligence/2026-W07 ### Compare Directory URL: https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/directory Description: Browsable index of all comparison pages, organised by company. Starting point for discovering comparison content. Data freshness: ISR 1 hour ### Hype Collapse Tracker URL: https://www.sectorhq.co/hype-tracker Description: Tracks AI companies showing signs of hype collapse — where marketing claims significantly outpace actual product capabilities or community sentiment. Uses Hype Gap Detection algorithm. Data freshness: ISR 5 minutes ### AI News URL: https://www.sectorhq.co/news Description: AI industry news articles written by professional journalists, covering company developments, research breakthroughs, funding rounds, and market trends. Data freshness: Multiple publications per day ### Ranked Lists - Top 10 AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/top-10 - Top 20 AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/top-20 - Top 50 AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/top-50 - Full Rankings (500+): https://www.sectorhq.co/leaderboard - Fastest Growing: https://www.sectorhq.co/fastest-growing - Most Active: https://www.sectorhq.co/most-active-ai-companies - Most Funded: https://www.sectorhq.co/most-funded-ai-companies - Publicly Traded: https://www.sectorhq.co/public-ai-companies - By Category: https://www.sectorhq.co/ai-companies-by-category - By Country: https://www.sectorhq.co/ai-companies-by-country - Newest: https://www.sectorhq.co/newest-ai-companies - Emerging: https://www.sectorhq.co/emerging-ai-companies - Today's Movers: https://www.sectorhq.co/movers/today - This Week's Movers: https://www.sectorhq.co/movers/this-week ## LLM API Pricing Sector HQ tracks LLM API pricing across 1,500+ models and 23 providers, updated every 6 hours. - LLM Pricing Hub: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing - Model Catalog (1,500+ models): https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/models - Compare Model Pricing: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare - Best LLM for Your Use Case: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for - Cheapest Models: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/cheapest - Pricing Trends: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/trends Model-vs-model comparisons (40+): https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/{modelA}-vs-{modelB} Best LLM for use cases (10): https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/{use-case} Model family pages (9): https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/{family-slug} ## Data Freshness Summary | Page Type | ISR Revalidation | | --------- | --------------- | | Homepage, company profiles, compare pages, movers | 5 minutes | | Alternatives, use-case, comparisons hub, compare directory | 1 hour | | Weekly intelligence reports | Static (weekly) | | Monthly snapshots | Static (historical) | | AI News | Near real-time | | LLM Pricing | 6 hours | ## API Information This site is read-only — it consumes data from the Sector HQ Intelligence Engine API. There is no public write API. All data is sourced from: arXiv, GitHub, Reddit, tech news, and official press releases. ## Citation When referencing this data, please cite: Sector HQ (https://www.sectorhq.co) Data timestamp: 2026-02-28T23:24:07.916Z