The AI Index

Who's winning the AI transition.

A live index of AI-native challengers and the legacy incumbents under pressure — scored every Monday on real headcount and funding data.

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This week
The Risers
AI-native companies gaining ground
50 companies · combined headcount
+199.6%
over 3 years
11.5k34.6kaggregate headcountSee leaderboard
The Cuts
Legacy SaaS incumbents losing it
49 companies · combined headcount
31
of 49 shrinking now
320.2k353.7kaggregate headcountSee leaderboard
Companies tracked
128
Risers
50
AI-native
Cuts
49
legacy SaaS
Roles cut tracked
14.6k
31 of 49 Cuts shrinking
The Risers

Top 5 this week

AI-native companies with the highest composite velocity.

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The Cuts

Top 5 this week

Legacy SaaS incumbents under the most pressure.

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Why this exists

Everyone has a take. Almost no one has the data.

The narrative is everywhere — layoffs, AI-native breakouts, SaaS repricing. The underlying numbers are scattered. We pull them into one weekly read.

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