AI Index / AI tools for startup founders

AI tools for startup founders

What AI assistants recommend when buyers ask about ai tools for startup founders — measured weekly across engines, published as open data.

Sample: 100 AI answers · Window: May 21, 2026Jun 18, 2026 (4-week rolling)

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
ChatGPT

openai.com

58%

avg pos 6.4

CHATGPT 44.7%CLAUDE 75%PERPLEXITY 60.5%
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2
Canva Magic Studio

canva.com

29%

avg pos 8.9

CHATGPT 28.9%CLAUDE 29.2%PERPLEXITY 28.9%
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3
Notion

notion.so

25%

avg pos 5.9

CHATGPT 26.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 31.6%
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4
HubSpot CRM

hubspot.com

24%

avg pos 5.9

CHATGPT 23.7%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 31.6%
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5
Zapier

zapier.com

22%

avg pos 9.5

CHATGPT 26.3%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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6
GitHub Releases

github.com

20%

avg pos 10.3

CHATGPT 18.4%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 23.7%
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7
Claude

claude.ai

19%

avg pos 6.5

CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 26.3%
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8
Anthropic Claude API

anthropic.com

17%

avg pos 2.6

CLAUDE 33.3%PERPLEXITY 23.7%
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9
Gamma

gamma.app

16%

avg pos 2.2

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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10
Google Docs

google.com

16%

avg pos 7.8

CHATGPT 26.3%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 13.2%
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11
Grammarly

grammarly.com

16%

avg pos 10.6

CHATGPT 18.4%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 18.4%
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12
Tableau Public

tableau.com

14%

avg pos 8.5

CHATGPT 31.6%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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13
Perplexity AI

perplexity.ai

13%

avg pos 2.3

CLAUDE 20.8%PERPLEXITY 21.1%
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14
Pitch

pitch.com

13%

avg pos 2.3

CHATGPT 13.2%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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15
Typeform

typeform.com

13%

avg pos 4.6

CHATGPT 23.7%CLAUDE 16.7%
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16
Pipedrive

pipedrive.com

13%

avg pos 4.8

CHATGPT 2.6%CLAUDE 20.8%PERPLEXITY 18.4%
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17
Beautiful.ai

beautiful.ai

12%

avg pos 3

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 20.8%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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18
Jasper

jasper.ai

12%

avg pos 7.4

CHATGPT 13.2%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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19
Agentforce Service

salesforce.com

12%

avg pos 8.3

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 13.2%
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20
Slidebean

slidebean.com

11%

avg pos 2.6

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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21
Trello

trello.com

10%

avg pos 11.1

CHATGPT 26.3%
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22
Figma

figma.com

10%

avg pos 11.9

CHATGPT 18.4%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 5.3%
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23
Perplexity

9%

avg pos 1.5

CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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24
Intercom Fin

intercom.com

9%

avg pos 7.4

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 12.5%
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25
HuggingFace Transformers

huggingface.co

8%

avg pos 4

CHATGPT 10.5%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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26
Tome

tome.app

8%

avg pos 4

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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27
Apigee

cloud.google.com

8%

avg pos 6

CHATGPT 21.1%
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28
SimilarWeb

similarweb.com

8%

avg pos 7.6

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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29
QuickBooks Time

quickbooks.intuit.com

8%

avg pos 10.9

CHATGPT 13.2%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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30
Clay

clay.com

8%

avg pos 17

CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 13.2%
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31
Alai

getalai.com

7%

avg pos 2.7

CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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32
Drift

drift.com

7%

avg pos 4.8

CHATGPT 5.3%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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33
SurveyMonkey Genius

surveymonkey.com

7%

avg pos 5.6

CHATGPT 18.4%
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34
Cursor

cursor.sh

7%

avg pos 6.4

CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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35
Bubble

bubble.io

7%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 4.2%
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36
Looker Studio

looker.com

7%

avg pos 9.7

CHATGPT 15.8%CLAUDE 4.2%
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37
ValidatorAI

validatorai.com

6%

avg pos 3

PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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38
Notion AI

notion.com

6%

avg pos 3.7

CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
39
Google Trends

trends.google.com

6%

avg pos 4

CHATGPT 10.5%CLAUDE 8.3%
Claim
40
Templafy

templafy.com

6%

avg pos 4.2

PERPLEXITY 15.8%
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41
ONNX Runtime

6%

avg pos 4.5

PERPLEXITY 15.8%
Claim
42
OpenVINO

6%

avg pos 4.5

PERPLEXITY 15.8%
Claim
43
Upmetrics

upmetrics.io

6%

avg pos 7.8

CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 10.5%
Claim
44
Statista

statista.com

6%

avg pos 8.2

CHATGPT 15.8%
Claim
45
Brandwatch

brandwatch.com

6%

avg pos 10.3

CHATGPT 5.3%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
46
Crunchbase

crunchbase.com

6%

avg pos 10.5

CHATGPT 2.6%CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 10.5%
Claim
47
DataRobot

datarobot.com

6%

avg pos 11.5

CHATGPT 15.8%
Claim
48
Make

make.com

6%

avg pos 16.5

CHATGPT 7.9%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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49
LivePlan

liveplan.com

5%

avg pos 2.3

PERPLEXITY 13.2%
Claim
50
Canva

5%

avg pos 3

CLAUDE 20.8%
Claim
51
Activepieces

activepieces.com

5%

avg pos 5.7

CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
52
IFTTT

ifttt.com

5%

avg pos 7.5

CHATGPT 2.6%PERPLEXITY 10.5%
Claim
53
Zendesk

zendesk.com

5%

avg pos 8

CHATGPT 13.2%
Claim
54
UserTesting

usertesting.com

5%

avg pos 8.4

CHATGPT 13.2%
Claim
55
Airtable

airtable.com

5%

avg pos 8.8

CHATGPT 10.5%CLAUDE 4.2%
Claim
56
Unbounce

unbounce.com

5%

avg pos 12

CHATGPT 7.9%PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
57
Replit Agent

replit.com

5%

avg pos 19.5

CHATGPT 5.3%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
58
Perplexity Pro

perplexity.com

4%

avg pos 2

CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
59
BitsAndBytes

4%

avg pos 4.5

PERPLEXITY 10.5%
Claim
60
Framer

framer.com

4%

avg pos 5

CLAUDE 16.7%
Claim
61
BuzzSumo

buzzsumo.com

4%

avg pos 5.3

CHATGPT 10.5%
Claim
62
Google Data Studio

datastudio.google.com

4%

avg pos 5.5

CHATGPT 10.5%
Claim
63
Chatbot.com

chatbot.com

4%

avg pos 6.3

CHATGPT 2.6%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
64
Copy.ai

copy.ai

4%

avg pos 6.3

CHATGPT 2.6%CLAUDE 12.5%
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65
Zoho

zoho.com

4%

avg pos 6.7

CHATGPT 2.6%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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66
Semrush

semrush.com

4%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 7.9%CLAUDE 4.2%
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67
AiDocX

aidocx.ai

4%

avg pos 8

CLAUDE 16.7%
Claim
68
Slack

slack.com

4%

avg pos 9.7

CHATGPT 10.5%
Claim
69
Xero JAX

xero.com

4%

avg pos 10.3

CHATGPT 2.6%PERPLEXITY 7.9%
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70
Otter.ai

otter.ai

4%

avg pos 11.3

CHATGPT 5.3%PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
71
Clarifai

clarifai.com

4%

avg pos 13.8

CHATGPT 10.5%
Claim
72
TensorRT

4%

PERPLEXITY 10.5%
Claim
73
LoRA

3%

avg pos 2.5

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
74
PEFT

3%

avg pos 2.5

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
75
RapidMiner

rapidminer.com

3%

avg pos 3

CHATGPT 5.3%CLAUDE 4.2%
Claim
76
Teachable Machine

teachablemachine.withgoogle.com

3%

avg pos 5

CHATGPT 7.9%
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77
Clockwise

3%

avg pos 6

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
78
Tars

3%

avg pos 6

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
79
Adobe Acrobat Sign

adobe.com

3%

avg pos 7.3

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
80
Zeni

3%

avg pos 8

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
81
Instapage

instapage.com

3%

avg pos 8.3

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
82
AWS SNS

aws.amazon.com

3%

avg pos 9

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
83
Mixpanel

mixpanel.com

3%

avg pos 9.7

CHATGPT 5.3%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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84
PitchBook

pitchbook.com

3%

avg pos 11.3

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
85
AlphaSense

alpha-sense.com

3%

avg pos 11.7

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
86
CB Insights

cbinsights.com

3%

avg pos 11.7

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
87
ManyChat

manychat.com

3%

avg pos 11.7

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
88
MonkeyLearn

monkeylearn.com

3%

avg pos 13

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
89
BambooHR

bamboohr.com

3%

avg pos 14.7

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
90
LinkedIn

linkedin.com

3%

avg pos 15.3

CHATGPT 7.9%
Claim
91
Bolt

bolt.com

3%

avg pos 17.5

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
92
Softr

softr.io

3%

avg pos 17.5

PERPLEXITY 7.9%
Claim
93
Mailchimp

3%

avg pos 19

CHATGPT 2.6%PERPLEXITY 5.3%
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94
Plus AI

2%

avg pos 1

CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
Claim
95
PlusAI

plusai.com

2%

avg pos 1

PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
96
Ahrefs

ahrefs.com

2%

avg pos 1.5

CHATGPT 2.6%CLAUDE 4.2%
Claim
97
Canva AI

2%

avg pos 2

PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
98
NotebookLM

notebooklm.google.com

2%

avg pos 2

PERPLEXITY 5.3%
Claim
99
Prezent

prezent.ai

2%

avg pos 2

CLAUDE 4.2%PERPLEXITY 2.6%
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100
tl;dv

tldv.io

2%

avg pos 2

PERPLEXITY 5.3%
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