# Sector HQ - AI Company Leaderboard
# https://www.sectorhq.co
# Updated: 2026-02-23

> Sector HQ tracks and ranks 2,800+ AI companies using real-time data from news, research papers, GitHub activity, and community sentiment. Rankings update every 5 minutes.

## Key Pages

- 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 Leaderboard (500+): https://www.sectorhq.co/leaderboard
- Compare AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/compare
- Fastest Growing AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/fastest-growing
- Most Active AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/most-active-ai-companies
- Most Funded AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/most-funded-ai-companies
- Publicly Traded AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/public-ai-companies
- AI Companies by Category: https://www.sectorhq.co/ai-companies-by-category
- AI Companies by Country: https://www.sectorhq.co/ai-companies-by-country
- Newest AI Companies: https://www.sectorhq.co/newest-ai-companies
- Emerging AI Companies: 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
- AI News: https://www.sectorhq.co/news
- Methodology: https://www.sectorhq.co/methodology

## Data Sources

Rankings are based on verified signals from:
- arXiv (research papers)
- GitHub (code commits and stars)
- Reddit (community discussions)
- Tech news outlets
- Official company blogs and press releases

## How Rankings Work

Each company receives a composite score (0-100) based on:
- Event frequency (product launches, funding, research papers)
- Community sentiment (positive/negative analysis)
- Market momentum (velocity and acceleration)
- Hype Gap Detection (marketing claims vs actual product capabilities)

## 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
- Bill Estimator: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/estimate
- Cheapest Models: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/cheapest
- Pricing Trends: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/trends
- Provider Directory: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/providers

Individual model pricing pages at:
https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/models/{model-slug}

### Model-vs-Model Comparisons

40+ pre-built comparison pages at:
https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/{modelA}-vs-{modelB}

Popular comparisons:
- https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/claude-sonnet-4-vs-gpt-4o
- https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/claude-opus-4-vs-gpt-5
- https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-gpt-4o
- https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/claude-haiku-vs-gpt-4o-mini
- https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/compare/gemini-3-flash-vs-gpt-4o-mini

### Best LLM for Use Case Pages

Curated rankings for specific tasks at:
https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/{use-case}

- Best LLM for Coding: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/coding
- Best LLM for Chatbots: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/chatbots
- Best LLM for AI Agents: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/agents
- Best LLM for RAG: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/rag
- Best LLM for Summarization: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/summarization
- Best LLM for Creative Writing: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/creative-writing
- Best LLM for Data Extraction: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/data-extraction
- Best LLM for Customer Support: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/customer-support
- Best LLM for Code Review: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/code-review
- Best LLM for Translation: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/best-for/translation

### Model Family Pages

- Claude Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/claude
- GPT Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/gpt
- Gemini Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/gemini
- Llama Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/llama
- Mistral Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/mistral
- DeepSeek Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/deepseek
- Qwen Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/qwen
- Phi Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/phi
- Command Family: https://www.sectorhq.co/llm-pricing/family/command

### Pricing Data Sources
- OpenRouter API (400+ models, free, no auth)
- DeepInfra API (180 models)
- Together AI API (68 models)
- LiteLLM community database (2,500+ models)

### Key Metrics
- Blended price: (3 × input + 1 × output) / 4 per 1M tokens
- Value score: (Arena ELO / 1000) / blended price (higher = better)
- Quality tiers: frontier, strong, good, budget (based on Chatbot Arena ELO)

## Comparison Pages

Any two companies can be compared at:
https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/{company1-slug}-vs-{company2-slug}

Slugs are in alphabetical order. Examples:
- https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/anthropic-vs-openai
- https://www.sectorhq.co/compare/google-vs-nvidia

## Company Profiles

Individual company profiles at:
https://www.sectorhq.co/company/{slug}

## API

Data updates every 5 minutes. For citation purposes, use the timestamp shown on each page.

## Current Top 10 AI Companies (snapshot)
This data updates in real-time at https://www.sectorhq.co/llms-full.txt
For the latest rankings, always check the live endpoint above.

## Contact

Website: https://www.sectorhq.co
Twitter: @sectorhqco