While Google and OpenAI battle for model dominance, Anthropic is quietly winning the enterprise AI race

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ZDNET's key takeaways 

• Anthropic has toppled OpenAI in share of enterprise GenAI spending.
• Enterprise spending represents an AI boom, not a bubble.
• Agentic AI is still a niche compared to prompt engineering.

The most popular single use of generative artificial intelligence in the enterprise is coding tools for programmers. That tool's popularity has helped Anthropic trounce OpenAI in the enterprise in 2025, according to a new survey of company spending.

"The foundation model landscape shifted decisively this year when Anthropic surprised industry watchers by unseating OpenAI as the enterprise leader," according to the report, the third annual State of Generative AI in the enterprise, from venture capital firm Menlo Ventures. 

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