The leaderboard · 2 Nov 2026
Anthropic has 91 research roles open and 38 SPVs named after it filed with the SEC in the last 12 months, putting it first of 144 labs on the AGIX Leaderboard. OpenAI is second. xAI is second for investment vehicles, with 24 SPV filings in a year. The largest Form D a lab filed in the last 12 months was Baseten's $1.10B, on 30 Jun 2026.
One score from four signals: open research roles, SPV filings, papers and model releases. How we score.
| # | Lab | Type | Score | Research roles | SPVs, 12m | Papers, 12m | Models, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AnthropicUS | Frontier labs | 77 | 91 | 38 | 975 | – |
| 2 | OpenAIUS | Frontier labs | 67 | 73 | 12 | 375 | 2 |
| 3 | PerplexityUS | Code, maths & science models | 66 | 58 | 16 | – | 29 |
| 4 | CerebrasUS | Compute & chips | 52 | 31 | 9 | – | 17 |
| 5 | xAIUS | Frontier labs | 47 | 11 | 24 | 101 | 0 |
| 6 | CohereCanada | Frontier labs | 46 | 29 | 0 | 64 | 25 |
| 7 | LG AI ResearchSouth Korea · LG | Frontier labs | 40 | 21 | – | 118 | 13 |
| 8 | Reflection AIUS | AGI-focused startups | 38 | 32 | 4 | – | – |
| 9 | NVIDIA ResearchUS · NVIDIA | Frontier labs | 38 | – | – | 1,359 | 442 |
| 10 | Google DeepMindUK · Alphabet | Frontier labs | 36 | – | – | 4,417 | 82 |
| 11 | Qwen (Alibaba)China · Alibaba | Frontier labs | 35 | – | – | 2,216 | 80 |
| 12 | Tencent HunyuanChina · Tencent | Frontier labs | 35 | – | – | 1,747 | 114 |
| 13 | Liquid AIUS | AGI-focused startups | 34 | 12 | 0 | – | 210 |
| 14 | Prime IntellectUS | Open models & research | 34 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Lila SciencesUS | AGI-focused startups | 33 | 36 | 1 | – | – |
Source: the labs' own job boards, 2 Nov 2026.
Form D filings by investment vehicles named after the lab, last 12 months. Source: SEC EDGAR.
The lab's own filings. Source: SEC EDGAR.
