How companies are putting AI to work

Practical guides for the teams adopting AI, and research on the software market they buy from. Built on Airframe’s registry of 24,000+ software products and interviews with operating teams.

Accounting · How to AI: Finance

AI in accounting

Guides on AI in accounting for close and internal audit teams, with what a reviewer needs to check before relying on the output.

All 2 guides

Close1 guide
Month-end close
Guides on using AI in the month-end close, from account reconciliation to the exceptions an accountant still decides.
- How to AI: Finance · Oct 9, 2026
  AI for account reconciliation: start with one account
Evidence: Airframe market data Airframe field research External benchmark
Audit1 guide
AI in internal audit
Guides on AI in internal audit, including what an auditor needs to retrace and challenge an agent's work.
- How to AI: Finance · Oct 9, 2026
  AI in auditing: what a reviewer needs to see
Evidence: Airframe field research External benchmark

Finance · How to AI: Finance

AI in finance

Guides on AI in finance for teams preparing their data for AI agents and for private equity fund finance teams.

All 2 guides

Data1 guide
Finance data for AI
Guides on finance data for AI: approved sources, documented definitions, limited access and a named reviewer.
- How to AI: Finance · Oct 9, 2026
  AI agents in finance: is your data ready?
Evidence: Airframe field research External benchmark
Private equity1 guide
AI in private equity fund finance
Guides on AI in private equity fund finance, from checking the fund administrator's work to reading portfolio reports.
- How to AI: Finance · Oct 9, 2026
  AI for private equity: start with administrator oversight
Evidence: Airframe field research

Software

Enterprise software

Reports on the enterprise software market and how companies decide what to build, buy or replace, from Airframe's registry and the Software Leaderboard.

All 9 reports

Market7 reports
Software industry
Reports on the software industry: the Software Innovators series on Software Leaderboard companies, and trackers of category change and vendor replacement.
- Report · May 28, 2026
  SaaS apocalypse: the Replacement Tracker
- Report · May 7, 2026
  The Category Fracture Index: how software categories split
- Report · Software Innovators · Apr 1, 2026
  The $193M Benchmark: value and revenue per employee
Evidence: Airframe market data
All 7 reports
Stack2 reports
Software stack
Reports on changing a software stack: where peers build instead of buy, and the legacy-to-modern migration paths the registry records most often.
- Report · May 21, 2026
  The Build-vs-Buy Map
- Report · May 14, 2026
  The Stack Migration Report: software migration paths
Evidence: Airframe market data

The software

Leaderboard

Follow the companies shaping enterprise software and its emerging leaders.

Built for and by investors, founders, and operators.

Explore the leaderboard Methodology

Software companies founded in 2025

Companies: 27
Combined value: $129B
Employees: 1,910

01Prometheusprometheus.co$41B
02Thinking Machines Labthinkingmachines.ai$12B
03Instinctinstinct.com$10B
04Harkhark.com$6B
05General Intuitiongeneralintuition.com$6B

Source: Airframe Software Leaderboard

Customer experience

AI in customer experience

Articles on AI in customer experience for success and service teams: who builds the products, which workflows change, and how to evaluate vendors.

All 3 articles

Customer success2 articles
AI for customer success
Articles on AI for customer success: the platforms competing for CS teams, and a buyer's framework for the workflows AI changes.
- Report · AI in Customer Success · Mar 5, 2026
  Customer success platforms and AI: who is building what
- Report · AI in Customer Success · Mar 3, 2026
  AI agents for customer success: a buyer's framework
Customer service1 article
AI in customer service
Articles on AI in customer service: what AI agents handle in support, and the questions to put to vendors.
- Report · May 15, 2025
  AI agents for customer service: how to evaluate them

Methodology

How we know

Cards mark the evidence a piece rests on. These are the three kinds we use.

Airframe market data: Counts and comparisons from Airframe's registry of 24,000+ software products and the Software Leaderboard.
Airframe field research: Coded observations from interviews with operating teams. Organizations stay anonymous.
External benchmark: Published research and standards from analysts, professional bodies, and regulators.

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