This Week in Startups · Saturday, August 15, 2026
New data indicates that 43.5% of US businesses paid for Anthropic's subscriptions or tokens in the last month, significantly outpacing competitors. OpenAI followed with 39.7% of businesses, while Google's AI tools were used by only 6.2%. This data was presented in the context of Anthropic's potential IPO.
“43.5% of us businesses currently paid Anthropic for subscriptions or tokens in the last month according to new data we got in from ramp.”
“39.7% for Open AI.”
“And just 6.2% for Google's suite of AI tools.”