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We build original data on the industries our clients operate in, so the story starts with evidence. Our first index tracks where AI companies are actually being formed, worldwide.

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The AI Company Census 2026

Since ChatGPT, the share of new companies that are explicitly AI-named has risen several-fold across 35 national registers, with a shared 2023 inflection, reaching about 1 in 200 in the UK and Ireland by 2025. A survivorship-tested, denominator-controlled read, with a deep dive into who is founding these companies and how investment-backed each vintage is.

~1 in 200
AI-named share, UK & Ireland, 2025
~4.2×
Median rise, 2022 to 2025
35
National registers, 21 with full denominators
2023
The shared inflection point
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Every country in the census

Every register in the census with its own report. The United States, which has no national register, is measured in the main report by state and by SEC filings.

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