Total funding for the top 10 AI companies is ~$115B and 70% is in 2025. Enterprise shift (Cohere/Inflection) yields 2-3x faster ROI than consumer bets.
The AI funding does not include the $60-80 billion per year that Google speeds on AI capex.
ROI signals are strong—enterprise AI ARR grew 300% YoY.
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It would be interesting and maybe predictive to add another column for annual revenue.
Sonnet 4.5 thinking is scarry good. Very good. Imo better than Gemini 2.5. Gemini is great, but sometimes really hallucinates a lot. Gpt5 answers in a tone many people do not like, so it gets lower ratings but for some things quality is top, level above all others. Gemini 3 could be big.