The Everest Group AI Top 50™ list represents AI providers that fulfill the following criteria:
AI-first: Companies that develop and integrate AI as a central component in their products and solutions to a degree that – without it – their offerings would be fundamentally incomplete. The listing excludes, for example, providers that have AI as a feature that helps them improve their current offerings, such as automation-first vendors.
Software-first: Providers that develop and provide software-based AI solutions as their primary offering. The list excludes pure-play hardware and service-based AI providers.
B2B focus/offerings: Those on the list that offer software products and solutions to meet other businesses’ technology needs. The list excludes providers that exclusively offer AI solutions for B2C purposes.
Rank determination: The technology providers are ranked based on their overall AI revenue, total funding received, growth in funding over the past three years, and market valuation.