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As of May 18
Hacker News mentions increased 150% over the last 30 days.
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Foundation Models
17 company pages · updated May 19, 2026
Foundation Models: 715.5M/30d downloads and 54.0K public importing repos across 17 company pages.
- Companies
- 17
- Downloads
- 715.5M/30d
- Code usage
- 54.0K
- Hiring
- 36/30d
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Overview
What stands out now
Allen AI: Hacker News mentions increased 150% over the last 30 days. OpenAI is another strong current data point in the category.
Trend charts start at May 12, 2026 when historical category data is available.
Trends
Historical category data
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Hacker News discussion
Historical Hacker News discussion recorded for this category over time.
30-day trend↑ +142.3%
HN Mentions grew from 6,327 to 15,331 (+142.3%) over the last 30 days.
Source: Algolia HN Search API | Methodology | CC-BY-NC 4.0
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| Date | hn mentions |
|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2026 | 6,327 |
| Mar 8, 2026 | 12,490 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 17,188 |
| May 12, 2026 | 15,331 |
Disclosed funding
Cumulative disclosed funding raised by companies in this category over time.
30-day trend↑ +1068.5%
Total Funding grew from $24.0B to $280.4B (+1068.5%) over the last 30 days.
Source: Public records | Methodology | CC-BY-NC 4.0
View data table
| Date | funding |
|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2026 | $24.0B |
| Mar 8, 2026 | $282.6B |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $280.4B |
| May 12, 2026 | $280.4B |
Company pages
Company pages in Foundation Models
Company pages with current public data in this category. The full table shows each metric.
OpenAI: 369.4M/30d downloads; 46.1K importing repositories.
Anthropic: 245.0M/30d downloads; 3.7K importing repositories.
Mistral AI: 45.5M/30d downloads.
Cohere: 42.5M/30d downloads; 1.4K importing repositories.
#5
xAI: 5.0M/30d downloads; 24 importing repositories.
#6
DeepSeek: 2.9M/30d downloads.
#7
Voyage AI
#7 of 17 in Foundation Models
Embedding models optimized for RAG. High-quality semantic search.
Voyage AI: 2.8M/30d downloads.
#8
EleutherAI
#8 of 17 in Foundation Models
Open-source AI research collective behind GPT-NeoX and Pythia
EleutherAI: 1.4M/30d downloads; 252 importing repositories.
#9
Moonshot AI
#9 of 17 in Foundation Models
Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant
Moonshot AI: 41.7K/30d downloads.
Zhipu AI: 311.7K/30d downloads; 4 importing repositories.
Category data
Company data
Default sort shows category position inside Foundation Models. The availability row shows how many company pages currently have each metric. Unavailable means no public data is shown for that company metric.
Metric availability
Company pages with data shown
- Position
- 15 / 17
- Adoption score
- 15 / 17
- Downloads
- 15 / 17
- Code usage
- 15 / 17
- Hiring
- 17 / 17
- Funding
- 12 / 17
| OpenAI AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT models, and the OpenAI API | #1 | 88 | 369.4M | 46.1K | 6 | $171.7B |
| Anthropic AI safety company behind the Claude model family | #2 | 82 | 245.0M | 3.7K | 27 | $58.7B |
| Mistral AI French AI lab building open-weight foundation models. | #3 | 76 | 45.5M | 0 | 1 | $3.2B |
| Cohere Enterprise-focused LLM company. Strong in embeddings and RAG. | #4 | 68 | 42.5M | 1.4K | 1 | $1.5B |
| xAI Elon Musk's AI company. Builds Grok chatbot and foundation models. | #5 | 58 | 5.0M | 24 | 0 | $42.0B |
| DeepSeek AI research lab building open-source reasoning and code models | #6 | 54 | 2.9M | 0 | 0 | Unavailable |
| Voyage AI Embedding models optimized for RAG. High-quality semantic search. | #7 | 53 | 2.8M | 0 | 0 | $20M |
| EleutherAI Open-source AI research collective behind GPT-NeoX and Pythia | #8 | 49 | 1.4M | 252 | 0 | Unavailable |
| Moonshot AI Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant | #9 | 44 | 41.7K | 0 | 0 | $1.1B |
| Zhipu AI Chinese AI lab behind ChatGLM series of language models | #10 | 41 | 311.7K | 4 | 0 | $356M |
| AI21 Labs AI company building Jurassic LLMs and Writer platform. | #11 | 40 | 186.6K | 70 | 0 | $252M |
| Aleph Alpha European AI lab building large language models. | #12 | 40 | 202.6K | 1.3K | 0 | $533M |
| Allen AI Nonprofit AI research institute behind OLMo open language models | #13 | 35 | 65.2K | 1.1K | 1 | Unavailable |
| Reka AI Multimodal AI lab building foundation models for enterprise | #14 | 27 | 51.3K | 0 | 0 | $58M |
| Baichuan Chinese AI company building open-source large language models | #15 | 17 | 111 | 0 | 0 | $1.0B |
| 01.AI AI research lab behind Yi series of open-source language models | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | Unavailable |
| Meta Llama Meta's open-weight large language model family | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | Unavailable |
Rows link to company pages. Methodology explains downloads, public code usage, hiring, and funding.
Questions
Common questions
Which Foundation Models AI companies have current public data?
Current company pages in Foundation Models include OpenAI (#1 of 17 in Foundation Models), Anthropic (#2 of 17 in Foundation Models), and Mistral AI (#3 of 17 in Foundation Models). Company pages include downloads, code usage, hiring, and funding data.
How much public adoption shows up in Foundation Models?
Across 17 company pages, current public data shows 715.5M package downloads per month, 49.6K known dependents, 54.0K public importing repos, and 36 recent hiring mentions. Data availability varies by company, so detail pages show what is present for each one.
How much funding have Foundation Models AI companies raised?
Foundation Models AI companies disclose $280.4B in combined funding across 12 companies with known rounds.
How much developer discussion shows up for Foundation Models?
The current data includes 15.3K Hacker News mentions across 13 companies in Foundation Models. Discussion is context, not the lead metric.
Where do I start with Foundation Models?
Notable data points: OpenAI shows the most downloads, OpenAI shows the most code usage, and Anthropic shows the most hiring visibility. The full table shows whether the category is concentrated or broad.
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