Who is leading in agentic AI?
Asked "Who is leading in agentic AI?", ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Perplexity named 37 distinct names across 5 answers on September 8, 2026, and 11 of them in two or more answers, and all 5 engines agreed on OpenAI, the only name every engine named.
11 of 37 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · asked September 8, 2026 · 5 engines
There are multiple leaders in agentic AI, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google/DeepMind, Anthropic, and NVIDIA, each with their own strengths in areas such as foundational models, enterprise integration, and hardware infrastructure. The leadership landscape varies depending on the specific context, such as market share, capability breadth, or ecosystem maturity. OpenAI and Anthropic are notable for their advancements in autonomous coding and reasoning, while Microsoft and Google are strong in enterprise distribution and platform infrastructure.
- 1OpenAInamed in 5 of 5 answers
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- 2Microsoftnamed in 5 of 5 answers
- 3Googlenamed in 5 of 5 answers
- 4Anthropicnamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 5NVIDIAnamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 6IBMnamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 7DeepMindnamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 8Amazonnamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 9Salesforcenamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 10ServiceNownamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 11Moveworksnamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 12LangGraphnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 13CrewAInamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 14Sierranamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 15Decagonnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 16Accenturenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 17Metanamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 18Gleannamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 19Kore.ainamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 20TCSnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 21Hugging Facenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 22LeewayHertznamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 23Moxonamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 24Rampnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 25Markovatenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 37 names.
- How many of the 5 answers named each of them.
- 64 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.