https://www.memetik.ai/research Research on which startups AI models recommend, from the Memetik Index. en https://www.memetik.ai/research/50-tracked-vendors-never-named-by-any-ai-model https://www.memetik.ai/research/50-tracked-vendors-never-named-by-any-ai-model Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-coding-tools-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-coding-tools-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-infrastructure-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-infrastructure-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-media-tools-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-media-tools-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-providers-agree-on-leader-24-of-33-categories https://www.memetik.ai/research/ai-providers-agree-on-leader-24-of-33-categories Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/build-without-a-team-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/build-without-a-team-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/creator-economy-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/creator-economy-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/named-in-most-answers-recommended-first-in-none https://www.memetik.ai/research/named-in-most-answers-recommended-first-in-none Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/startup-stack-according-to-ai https://www.memetik.ai/research/startup-stack-according-to-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/vendors-that-are-their-own-top-source https://www.memetik.ai/research/vendors-that-are-their-own-top-source Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/where-reddit-decides-the-answer https://www.memetik.ai/research/where-reddit-decides-the-answer Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.memetik.ai/research/youtube-most-cited-source-ai-software-recommendations https://www.memetik.ai/research/youtube-most-cited-source-ai-software-recommendations Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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.