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The Vikshy Score · closed 06:00 UTC, 20 September 2026 · method v2.3 · a frozen close

The Score on 20 September 2026.

On 20 September 2026, OpenAI leads the Vikshy Score at 77.3, ahead of Google DeepMind (74.1) and Anthropic (72.8). Google DeepMind is rising fastest (▲ 5.2, after Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking); MiniMax is falling fastest (▼ 1.0).

LeaderOpenAI77.33.1 ahead of Google Rising fastestGoogle DeepMind▲ 5.2After Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Falling fastestMiniMax▼ 1.0No material launch or update in 30 days
#LabScoreStrengthDirection30 daysConfidence
1OpenAIAfter OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with GPT-6 Astra77.376.5▲ 4.22Google DeepMindAfter Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking74.173.2▲ 5.23AnthropicAfter Researchers use Claude to breach OpenAI employee account72.872.9▼ 0.74AlibabaAfter Alibaba publishes Qwen-Image-2.1 on Hugging Face60.360.0▲ 1.95Z.aiNo material launch or update in 30 days59.459.6▼ 1.06MetaAfter Meta launches Meta One subscription with more AI usage57.457.2▲ 1.37DeepSeekAfter DeepSeek releases V4.1 Flash on Hugging Face55.755.4▲ 2.08MoonshotAfter Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI arrives on Amazon Bedrock53.452.7▲ 3.99TencentAfter Tencent publishes WeVisDoc-2B vision language model on Hugging Face52.752.1▲ 3.210MistralNo material launch or update in 30 days51.751.9▼ 1.011xAINo material launch or update in 30 days50.250.4▼ 1.012MiniMaxNo material launch or update in 30 days47.647.8▼ 1.013CohereAfter Cohere releases tiny-aya-base-32K multilingual model42.041.6▲ 2.3

Score is Strength today plus 0.18 × Direction over 30 days. Confidence is how much of a lab's evidence is measured and fresh. How the Score works

Reconstructed Rebuilt with the live code from evidence dated on or before 20 September 2026. How

Strength and Direction

Across: where each lab stands today. Up: which way it has moved over the last 30 days. Filled dots are rising.

404550556065707580 -5-3-1+1+3+5 Leading, rising Leading, cooling Chasing, rising Chasing, slipping STRENGTH DIRECTION, 30 DAYS OpenAI · Strength 76.5 · Direction ▲ 4.2OpenAIGoogle DeepMind · Strength 73.2 · Direction ▲ 5.2GoogleAnthropic · Strength 72.9 · Direction ▼ 0.7AnthropicAlibaba · Strength 60.0 · Direction ▲ 1.9AlibabaZ.ai · Strength 59.6 · Direction ▼ 1.0Z.aiMeta · Strength 57.2 · Direction ▲ 1.3MetaDeepSeek · Strength 55.4 · Direction ▲ 2.0DeepSeekMoonshot · Strength 52.7 · Direction ▲ 3.9MoonshotTencent · Strength 52.1 · Direction ▲ 3.2TencentMistral · Strength 51.9 · Direction ▼ 1.0MistralxAI · Strength 50.4 · Direction ▼ 1.0xAIMiniMax · Strength 47.8 · Direction ▼ 1.0MiniMaxCohere · Strength 41.6 · Direction ▲ 2.3Cohere

How the Score works

The Vikshy Score is a daily, open ranking of the leading AI labs, built only from public evidence: how strong each lab is today, which way it is heading, and exactly why. Strength is where each lab stands, from eight measured pillars; Direction is where it is heading, from the last 30 days of developments. 13 labs ranked, 4 on the watchlist. The Score closes daily at 06:00 UTC; big launches and outages move Direction live in between.

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Lab18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep
OpenAI77.377.377.377.377.377.677.9
Google74.474.474.173.273.273.273.5
Anthropic73.072.772.872.872.875.176.6
Alibaba60.360.360.360.960.960.960.1
Z.ai59.459.459.459.459.759.658.2
Meta57.457.557.457.457.557.657.4
DeepSeek55.855.755.755.555.655.556.5
Moonshot49.553.453.453.353.353.352.9
Tencent53.753.552.752.753.452.651.8
Mistral51.751.751.751.751.751.750.8
xAI50.250.250.250.253.053.854.6
MiniMax47.647.747.647.747.747.647.4
Cohere42.042.042.041.941.941.941.4
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