Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI in Enterprise AI Adoption
Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in workplace AI adoption, with corporate spending data showing the Claude maker now counts more business customers than its larger rival, according to reports from Axios and TechCrunch published Tuesday.
The findings, based on data from Ramp — a corporate card and spend management platform widely used by U.S. businesses — offer a real-world proxy for enterprise AI spending trends. The data indicates that more companies are now paying for Anthropic’s products than for OpenAI’s, according to TechCrunch.
The development marks a competitive shift between the two San Francisco-based AI labs, which have been competing for enterprise market share. OpenAI, backed by Microsoft Corp., has long been considered the dominant player in the commercial AI space since launching ChatGPT in late 2022. Anthropic, which counts Amazon.com Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. among its investors, has steadily gained ground with its Claude family of AI models.
Ramp’s data is considered a credible indicator of business technology adoption because the platform processes billions of dollars in corporate spending annually, giving it visibility into purchasing patterns across thousands of U.S. companies.
The shift comes as both companies have aggressively courted enterprise customers with increasingly capable AI models and business-focused product offerings. Anthropic has invested heavily in its enterprise platform, including features designed for workplace deployment such as team collaboration tools and enterprise-grade security controls.
OpenAI, which was most recently valued at $300 billion, has also pushed deeper into the enterprise market with its ChatGPT Enterprise and Team products, as well as its API platform used by developers and businesses to build AI-powered applications.
The Ramp data suggests that while OpenAI may still lead in consumer-facing AI usage, the enterprise landscape — where recurring revenue and long-term contracts drive business value — is becoming increasingly competitive.
Both companies continue to raise capital at high valuations as they develop more powerful AI systems, with the enterprise market seen as central to their revenue growth strategies.
