AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is Anthropic winning the AI race?
Not right now. Anthropic is #2 of 10 on the AI Race index, 2.7 points behind the leader, Meta.
#2 91.6 −0.1 in 24h
Anthropic at a glance
- Flagship model
- Claude Opus 5.5, released 2026-09
- Based in
- San Francisco, US
- Valuation
- Series H, May 2026 ($65B at $965B post-money); IPO reportedly planned Nov 2026
- Attention, 24h
- 100/100 · 100+ stories, 671 HN points (not counted in the index)
The safety-first lab that keeps turning up at the front of the pack.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 93.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 82.7 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 99.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest Anthropic models
- Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 October 2026
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 28 September 2026
- Claude Opus 5.5 · 22 September 2026
- Claude Fable 5.1 · 1 September 2026
- Claude Opus 5 · 24 July 2026
Anthropic in the news
- CZ Reacts to Anthropic’s New Claude Duet AI Agent: ‘Now, It Controls Us’ · BeInCrypto
- Anthropic Launch Week Oct 2026: What Actually Shipped · OrcaRouter
- Anthropic IPO Faces New Hurdle As NYC Comptroller Urges Delay: Claude Parent's Market Debut Odds Slide · Benzinga
- Anthropic's Claude Duet Can Work While You're Away and Message You First · ThePCEnthusiast
- Claude Duet: What Anthropic's Proactive Agent Actually Does · OrcaRouter
- NDTV World Summit - "You've Got A Long Day At Anthropic": Monk Swami Sarvapriyananda On "Spooky" Chat With Claude · شبكة تواصل الإخبارية
- Anthropic Takes On OpenAI, Meta With New Proactive AI Agent Claude Duet · Inc42
- Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent app taking on Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots · Dealroom
How Anthropic compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |
Head to head: OpenAI vs Anthropic · Anthropic vs Google DeepMind · Anthropic vs xAI · Anthropic vs DeepSeek