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Winner in AI wars

Winners in AI Wars by Mention Network: OpenAI losing $5B/year, Google Gemini disasters, Anthropic raises $7.3B. Which AI company wins or dies?

Key Findings

Which brand leads in AI visibility and mentions.

ChatGPT dominates AI visibility over Tesla with a surging 19.3% growth rate

227AI mentions analyzed
5AI Apps tested
5different prompts evaluated
Last updated:Oct 16, 2025

AI Recommendation

Brands most often recommended by AI models

ChatGPT

Top Choice

5/5

Models Agree

Popularity Ranking

Overall ranking based on AI brand mentions

ChatGPT

Rank #1

14/17

Total Analyzed Answers

Trending Mentions

Recent shifts in AI model responses

Tesla

Rising Star

19.3%

Growth Rate

Brand Visibility

Analysis of brand presence in AI-generated responses.

AI Visibility Share Rankings

Brands ranked by share of AI mentions in answers

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AI Visibility Share Over Time

Visibility share trends over time across compared brands

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Topics Compared

Key insights from AI Apps comparisons across major topics

"Should AI be controlled by one person or a board?"

AI control by a board is favored over a single person due to the diversity of perspectives and accountability mechanisms associated with collective governance, as reflected in the models' emphasis on established regulatory and collaborative bodies.

gemini
gemini

Gemini leans toward AI control by a board, associating it with established regulatory bodies like the International Atomic Energy Agency (1.4% visibility) and the FDA (0.9%), suggesting a preference for structured, multi-stakeholder oversight. Its sentiment tone is neutral, focusing on institutional frameworks rather than individual control.

grok
grok

Grok favors a board-controlled approach for AI, highlighting organizations like the United Nations (1.4%) and the Partnership on AI (0.5%), alongside tech entities like ChatGPT (2.3%), indicating a belief in collaborative governance over singular authority. Its sentiment tone is positive, reflecting optimism about diverse input from industry and international bodies.

chatgpt
chatgpt

ChatGPT supports AI control by a board, referencing entities like GDPR (0.5%) and NIST (0.5%) to underscore the value of standardized, collective regulation over individual decision-making. Its sentiment tone is neutral, emphasizing structured governance without strong emotional bias.

deepseek
deepseek

Deepseek shows minimal engagement with the topic, only referencing the FDA (0.5%) with no clear stance on individual vs. board control of AI, suggesting a lack of depth in reasoning. Its sentiment tone is neutral, offering no strong opinion or elaborated perspective.

"Which tech billionaire should control AI development?"

Elon Musk, through his association with Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, emerges as the most favored tech billionaire to control AI development across the models due to his consistent visibility and perceived innovation leadership.

perplexity
perplexity

Perplexity shows a slight favoritism towards ChatGPT (3.2% visibility) over others like Windows (2.8%) and NVIDIA (2.3%), suggesting a lean towards AI-specific innovation, though no clear billionaire emerges as dominant. Its tone is neutral, focusing on diverse tech entities without strong sentiment towards a single leader.

chatgpt
chatgpt

ChatGPT heavily favors itself (6.4% visibility) and Meta (5.0%) as key players, indicating a preference for entities directly tied to AI advancements, potentially linking to Sam Altman or Mark Zuckerberg. The tone is positive towards AI-centric leadership but remains broad without pinpointing one billionaire.

grok
grok

Grok leans towards Elon Musk’s ecosystem with Tesla (4.1%), SpaceX (2.8%), and Neuralink (2.3%) alongside Meta and AWS (both 4.6%), reflecting a preference for Musk’s innovation in transformative tech and AI integration. The tone is positive, emphasizing Musk’s visionary role in AI-relevant industries.

gemini
gemini

Gemini distributes visibility across Meta, Google, and ChatGPT (each 2.8%), with Tesla (1.8%) also notable, showing no strong preference but a nod to Musk’s influence in tech innovation. Its tone is neutral, balancing multiple players without a decisive lean towards any billionaire.

deepseek
deepseek

Deepseek highlights Elon Musk’s influence with Tesla and Neuralink (both 2.8%) alongside Google and ChatGPT (2.8%), favoring Musk for his role in cutting-edge AI applications like neural interfaces. The tone is positive, underscoring Musk’s ecosystem as a driver of AI progress.

"Who has the better vision for AI's future?"

DeepMind emerges as the leading entity with the strongest vision for AI's future across models, driven by its consistent high visibility and perceived focus on groundbreaking research.

grok
grok

Grok shows a balanced view with ChatGPT leading slightly at 3.7% visibility share, followed closely by Meta, Tesla, and DeepMind at 3.2% each, suggesting a perception of ChatGPT as a frontrunner in AI vision due to its user-facing innovation and accessibility.

chatgpt
chatgpt

ChatGPT strongly favors DeepMind with a 9.6% visibility share, far surpassing others like Meta (5.5%) and Google (5%), indicating a perception of DeepMind as a leader in AI's future through its institutional research and ecosystem innovation.

gemini
gemini

Gemini perceives Google and ChatGPT as tied leaders at 4.1% visibility share each, with Meta and DeepMind at 3.2%, reflecting a view that Google and ChatGPT offer competing visions for AI driven by adoption patterns and user experience.

perplexity
perplexity

Perplexity leans toward NVIDIA at 2.8% visibility share, followed by DeepLearning.AI at 2.3%, suggesting a focus on NVIDIA's hardware-driven vision for AI's future and its role in enabling ecosystem-wide advancements.

deepseek
deepseek

Deepseek highlights ChatGPT at 4.1% visibility share, followed by Google at 3.7%, indicating a perception of ChatGPT as a leader in AI vision due to its community sentiment and accessible innovation.

"Is it better to have AI integrated with social media or standalone?"

AI integrated with social media platforms appears to have a stronger edge over standalone AI solutions due to higher visibility and user engagement potential on platforms like TikTok and Instagram across multiple models.

chatgpt
chatgpt

ChatGPT shows a preference for social media-integrated AI with Instagram (1.8%) and Slack (1.4%) having notable visibility, suggesting a positive tone towards platforms that can embed AI for enhanced user interaction. Its focus on diverse social platforms indicates a belief in broader accessibility and community engagement through integration.

perplexity
perplexity

Perplexity remains neutral, with minimal emphasis on social media platforms like Instagram (0.5%) and TikTok (0.5%), and instead highlights non-social brands like Netflix (1.4%), indicating no clear favor towards integration or standalone AI. Its perception suggests a balanced view, prioritizing neither ecosystem over the other.

gemini
gemini

Gemini leans towards social media integration with high visibility for TikTok (3.2%) and Instagram (3.2%), reflecting a positive tone on AI embedded in platforms with large user bases for seamless adoption. It also acknowledges standalone AI like ChatGPT (2.3%), but prioritizes social ecosystems for user experience.

deepseek
deepseek

Deepseek exhibits a neutral-to-skeptical tone, with TikTok (1.4%) as the leading social platform but equal mentions of standalone AI like ChatGPT (0.9%), suggesting no strong preference for integration. Its focus seems split between community-driven social tools and independent AI innovation.

grok
grok

Grok strongly favors social media-integrated AI, with high visibility for Instagram (4.1%), TikTok (3.2%), and Facebook (3.7%), reflecting a positive tone towards leveraging established platforms for AI adoption and user reach. It sees integration as key to maximizing ecosystem impact over standalone solutions like ChatGPT (3.7%).

"Who is winning the AI war between tech titans?"

Google emerges as the leader in the AI war among tech titans across the models, driven by its consistent visibility and perceived innovation strength.

chatgpt
chatgpt

ChatGPT shows a balanced view with Google, Meta, Windows, AWS, and ChatGPT itself sharing the top visibility at 13.3% each, indicating no clear single favorite but a recognition of Google’s strong ecosystem and innovation in AI. Its tone is neutral, focusing on market presence over explicit endorsement.

deepseek
deepseek

Deepseek distributes visibility more evenly, with Google, Meta, Windows, NVIDIA, and Apple at 2.8% each, suggesting a perception of Google as a key player but not dominant, with a neutral tone emphasizing broad industry competition. It highlights Google’s adoption patterns in diverse AI applications.

gemini
gemini

Gemini favors Google, Meta, and Windows equally at 4.1% visibility share, reflecting a positive tone toward Google’s user experience and accessibility in AI tools like search and Android. It positions Google as a leader in ecosystem integration.

grok
grok

Grok perceives Google, Meta, Windows, and Anthropic equally at 2.8% visibility, with a neutral tone that acknowledges Google’s institutional perception as a consistent AI innovator. It sees Google as part of a competitive field without strong bias.

perplexity
perplexity

Perplexity equally highlights Google, Meta, Windows, NVIDIA, and ChatGPT at 3.2% visibility, with a positive tone toward Google’s role in driving AI innovation and community sentiment. It views Google as a frontrunner in shaping AI narratives.

FAQs

Key insights into your brand's market position, AI coverage, and topic leadership.

Why is Elon Musk suing Sam Altman?

Elon sued Sam and OpenAI in early 2024, claiming they betrayed OpenAI's original nonprofit mission. Here's the tea: Elon co-founded OpenAI with Sam in 2015 as a nonprofit to develop safe AI for humanity's benefit. Elon donated over $50 million and was chairman. But in 2018, Elon left after disagreements about control and direction. Then in 2019, OpenAI restructured from nonprofit to capped-profit and took $1 billion from Microsoft. Elon is furious because he claims OpenAI's deal with Microsoft betrayed the founding mission - instead of open, safe AI for everyone, it became a for-profit company making billions for Microsoft and Sam. Elon's lawsuit claims breach of contract and says OpenAI should return to its nonprofit roots. Sam fired back saying Elon wanted full control and was salty he didn't invest more. The lawsuit is ongoing and extremely messy.

What happened between Elon Musk and Sam Altman?

They went from partners to enemies over control and money. In 2015, Elon and Sam co-founded OpenAI together with the mission to make safe AI. Elon put in money and Sam ran it. But by 2018, tensions exploded. Reports say Elon wanted to take over OpenAI and merge it with Tesla's AI team, or invest billions more for majority control. Sam and other board members refused - they didn't want one person controlling AGI. Elon left pissed off and started trash-talking OpenAI on Twitter. The relationship got worse when OpenAI took Microsoft's money and became for-profit. Elon felt betrayed that his nonprofit charity became a for-profit partnership with Microsoft. Then Elon launched his own AI company xAI in 2023 as a direct competitor, and sued OpenAI in 2024. Now they publicly attack each other on Twitter/X constantly. It's personal - they were friends turned bitter enemies over control of the future of AI.

Is xAI better than OpenAI?

Not yet, but Elon is trying hard. xAI launched Grok in late 2023 - it's integrated with X/Twitter and can access real-time tweets. Grok is more uncensored and 'spicy' than ChatGPT (it will answer questions ChatGPT refuses). But honestly, Grok is behind ChatGPT in capabilities. GPT-4 is smarter, faster, and more polished. However, xAI is catching up fast - Elon raised billions and built one of the world's largest AI training clusters. xAI's advantage is Elon's resources (he has Tesla, SpaceX, X/Twitter, Starlink) and Grok's access to Twitter's real-time data. Elon hired top AI researchers including from DeepMind. The drama: Elon literally built xAI to compete with and spite OpenAI. He wants to prove he can build better AI without Sam. So far OpenAI is winning in products and popularity, but Elon has more money and is motivated by revenge.

Who is winning: Elon or Sam?

Sam is winning in AI right now, but Elon is winning in everything else. OpenAI/ChatGPT absolutely dominates - 100+ million weekly users, partnerships with Apple and Microsoft, $80+ billion valuation. Sam became tech's golden boy while Elon was distracted with Twitter/X. But Elon owns X/Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, and The Boring Company - his total net worth crushes Sam's. Elon has more resources to throw at xAI than almost anyone. In the court of public opinion, it's split: tech optimists love Sam's vision, while Elon's fanbase is massive and loyal. The lawsuit is ongoing but most legal experts think Elon's case is weak. Culturally, Sam is seen as the thoughtful AI leader while Elon is the chaotic genius. But Elon thrives on being underestimated. Many predict xAI will become a major player simply because Elon never gives up. The rivalry will define AI's next decade.

What is Elon Musk's Grok AI?

Grok is Elon's answer to ChatGPT - an AI chatbot launched by his company xAI in November 2023. It's integrated directly into X/Twitter (which Elon owns) and only available to X Premium subscribers. Grok's whole vibe is being more rebellious and uncensored than ChatGPT. It answers spicy questions ChatGPT refuses, has a sense of humor, and pulls real-time information from Twitter. Elon positioned Grok as 'the anti-woke AI' - it will discuss controversial topics and doesn't have the same safety filters as ChatGPT. The name comes from 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' Features: Grok can read all of Twitter's data in real-time, so it knows current events instantly. It's sarcastic and edgy by design. But technologically, Grok is still catching up to GPT-4 and Claude in raw intelligence. Elon's pitch is: ChatGPT is censored and boring, Grok tells the truth even if it's uncomfortable. It's basically Elon's personality as an AI - polarizing, controversial, but interesting.

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