Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty
Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.
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.
Also: How Anthropic's enterprise dominance fueled its monster $183B valuation
The report estimated that Anthropic now earns 40% of enterprise LLM spend. That's up from 24% last year and 12% in 2023. Meanwhile, OpenAI lost almost half of its enterprise share, dipping to 27% from 50% in 2023, wrote authors Tim Tully, Joff Redfern, Deedy Das, and Derek Xiao.
... continue reading