Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in business AI adoption

Anthropic's Claude has surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT in U.S. business adoption for the first time, according to the Ramp AI Index. Anthropic's adoption rose to 34.4% while OpenAI's fell to 32.3%, marking a significant shift in the competitive AI landscape. This surge is largely attributed to Anthropic's Claude Code, an AI coding tool that has seen rapid growth and adoption within businesses. Despite this lead, Anthropic faces potential threats from escalating costs, compute constraints, and its own token-based pricing model, which could push enterprises towards cheaper alternatives like OpenAI's Codex or open-source models.