# Memetik

> The monthly index of which startups AI models recommend. Each month the same buyer questions go to 10 current models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Perplexity, and every vendor they name is counted. 33 categories, 1650 answers, 474 vendors tracked. Current edition: September 2026. A Searchmaxxed publication. Data CC BY 4.0.

Every page has a Markdown twin at the same path with `.md` appended. Full corpus: https://www.memetik.ai/llms-full.txt

## Method

- [How the Index is made](https://www.memetik.ai/method.md): prompts, models, scoring, limits.

## Build without a team

- [AI agent builders](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-agent-builders.md): Lindy leads at 66% share, 18% named first. 20 vendors named.
- [AI app builders](https://www.memetik.ai/index/vibe-coding.md): Lovable leads at 100% share, 80% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [AI website builders](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-website-builders.md): Wix leads at 96% share, 74% named first. 16 vendors named.
- [Automation platforms](https://www.memetik.ai/index/no-code-automation.md): Zapier leads at 100% share, 70% named first. 14 vendors named.

## AI media

- [AI avatar video](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-avatars.md): HeyGen leads at 100% share, 92% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [AI image generation](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-image-generation.md): Adobe Firefly leads at 96% share, 36% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [AI music generation](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-music.md): Suno leads at 90% share, 64% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [AI video generation](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-video-generation.md): Veo leads at 100% share, 56% named first. 16 vendors named.
- [AI voice generation](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-voice.md): ElevenLabs leads at 100% share, 94% named first. 17 vendors named.
- [Short-form clipping tools](https://www.memetik.ai/index/short-form-clipping.md): Opus Clip leads at 96% share, 72% named first. 14 vendors named.

## AI coding

- [AI code review](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-code-review.md): CodeRabbit leads at 100% share, 74% named first. 13 vendors named.
- [AI coding agents](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-coding-agents.md): Cursor leads at 98% share, 48% named first. 12 vendors named.

## Startup stack

- [AI meeting notetakers](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-meeting-notes.md): Fathom leads at 96% share, 16% named first. 19 vendors named.
- [AI outbound and prospecting](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-outbound.md): Apollo leads at 100% share, 64% named first. 20 vendors named.
- [App hosting for startups](https://www.memetik.ai/index/app-hosting.md): Vercel leads at 92% share, 62% named first. 18 vendors named.
- [Authentication for developers](https://www.memetik.ai/index/developer-auth.md): Clerk leads at 98% share, 58% named first. 17 vendors named.
- [CRM for startups](https://www.memetik.ai/index/startup-crm.md): HubSpot leads at 100% share, 64% named first. 13 vendors named.
- [Databases for startups](https://www.memetik.ai/index/startup-databases.md): Supabase leads at 98% share, 52% named first. 17 vendors named.
- [Payroll for startups](https://www.memetik.ai/index/startup-payroll.md): Gusto leads at 100% share, 86% named first. 14 vendors named.
- [Product analytics](https://www.memetik.ai/index/product-analytics.md): Amplitude leads at 100% share, 30% named first. 13 vendors named.
- [Subscription billing](https://www.memetik.ai/index/startup-billing.md): Stripe Billing leads at 100% share, 72% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [Transactional email](https://www.memetik.ai/index/transactional-email.md): Resend leads at 100% share, 56% named first. 12 vendors named.

## AI infra

- [Browser automation for agents](https://www.memetik.ai/index/browser-agents.md): Playwright leads at 96% share, 42% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [Inference hosting](https://www.memetik.ai/index/inference-hosting.md): Hugging Face leads at 96% share, 34% named first. 18 vendors named.
- [LLM APIs](https://www.memetik.ai/index/llm-apis.md): OpenAI leads at 100% share, 66% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [LLM observability and evals](https://www.memetik.ai/index/llm-observability.md): LangSmith leads at 100% share, 16% named first. 13 vendors named.
- [Vector databases](https://www.memetik.ai/index/vector-databases.md): pgvector leads at 98% share, 32% named first. 16 vendors named.
- [Web search and scraping APIs for AI](https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-search-apis.md): Exa leads at 94% share, 8% named first. 17 vendors named.

## Creator economy

- [Creator monetization platforms](https://www.memetik.ai/index/creator-monetization.md): Podia leads at 92% share, 48% named first. 16 vendors named.
- [Link-in-bio tools](https://www.memetik.ai/index/link-in-bio.md): Linktree leads at 100% share, 48% named first. 13 vendors named.
- [Newsletter platforms](https://www.memetik.ai/index/newsletter-platforms.md): Substack leads at 100% share, 64% named first. 10 vendors named.
- [Online course platforms](https://www.memetik.ai/index/course-platforms.md): Kajabi leads at 100% share, 30% named first. 15 vendors named.
- [Paid community platforms](https://www.memetik.ai/index/paid-communities.md): Circle leads at 100% share, 60% named first. 13 vendors named.

## Research

- [50 tracked vendors were never named by any of ten AI models](https://www.memetik.ai/research/50-tracked-vendors-never-named-by-any-ai-model.md): Of 551 vendors tracked across 33 categories, 50 did not appear in any of 1,650 answers. The list includes Zed, Kiro, Vapi, Sentry, Statsig, Plausible and Resend's newsletter product.
- [AI coding tools according to AI: Cursor and Claude Code tie, CodeRabbit owns review](https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-coding-tools-according-to-ai.md): Ten models were asked which AI coding agents and code review tools to use. Cursor and Claude Code were both named in 98% of agent answers; OpenAI's models alone favoured GitHub Copilot.
- [AI infrastructure according to AI: OpenAI, LangSmith and pgvector lead, Exa edges Tavily and Firecrawl](https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-infrastructure-according-to-ai.md): Ten models were asked which LLM APIs, vector databases, observability tools, inference hosts, search APIs and browser agents to use. The results show where the models trust each other and where they do not.
- [AI media tools according to AI: ElevenLabs, HeyGen and Veo are near-unanimous, image generation is split](https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-media-tools-according-to-ai.md): Ten models were asked which AI video, image, voice, avatar, music and clipping tools to use. ElevenLabs and HeyGen were named in every answer and first in 94% and 92%. Image generation has no leader.
- [OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Perplexity agree on the leader in 24 of 33 software categories](https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-providers-agree-on-leader-24-of-33-categories.md): Across ten current models, the four providers named the same most-frequent vendor in 24 categories. Where they split, it is usually one provider's one model.
- [Build without a team according to AI: Lovable, Zapier, Wix and Lindy](https://www.memetik.ai/research/build-without-a-team-according-to-ai.md): Ten models were asked which AI app builders, automation platforms, website builders and agent builders a non-technical founder should use. Lovable was named first in 80% of app-builder answers; v0 was named in 90% and first in none.
- [The creator economy according to AI: Substack, Circle, Kajabi, Linktree and Podia](https://www.memetik.ai/research/creator-economy-according-to-ai.md): Ten AI models were asked which tools creators should use for newsletters, communities, courses, link-in-bio and monetization. Whop was named in 52% of community answers and picked first in none.
- [Named in most answers, recommended first in none: the gap between mention and recommendation](https://www.memetik.ai/research/named-in-most-answers-recommended-first-in-none.md): Twenty vendors were named in at least 70% of AI answers in their category and were named first in 2% or fewer. Being on the list differs from being the pick.
- [The startup stack according to AI: Gusto, HubSpot, Stripe, Clerk, Supabase, Vercel, Resend, Apollo, Amplitude, Fathom](https://www.memetik.ai/research/startup-stack-according-to-ai.md): Ten models were asked which payroll, CRM, billing, auth, database, hosting, email, outbound, analytics and meeting-notes tools a startup should use. Ten categories, ten leaders, and Amplitude leads analytics on mentions while PostHog leads on recommendation.
- [Vendors that are their own top source: who the models cite from the vendor's own site](https://www.memetik.ai/research/vendors-that-are-their-own-top-source.md): In 7 of 33 categories a vendor's own website was the most cited source. In most of those the vendor is a challenger, not the leader.
- [Where Reddit decides the answer: the categories AI models source from threads](https://www.memetik.ai/research/where-reddit-decides-the-answer.md): Reddit drew 1,058 citations, 3.6% of all, and was the top source in AI video generation and app hosting. Twelve categories did not cite it at all.
- [YouTube is the most cited source when AI models recommend software](https://www.memetik.ai/research/youtube-most-cited-source-ai-software-recommendations.md): Across 33 categories, 10 models and 29,119 citations, YouTube was the top source in 16 categories. Reddit was second. G2 was cited 45 times, Capterra never.

## Vendors

- [All vendors](https://www.memetik.ai/vendors.md): 474 companies tracked. Each has a page at /vendors/<slug>.md with rank, share and what the models said.

## Data

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