 The AI agent market in 2026: who leads and where do new players fit? I analyzed the latest data on the autonomous AI agent market — the picture is interesting. In 2026, venture capital is concentrated in three areas: AI infrastructure, frontier models, and autonomous agents. The agent market has formed a top five key players: Perplexity, Manus, OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Each with its own strategy — from price competition to specialization in enterprise tasks. Importantly, Russian startups are also actively entering the game. The top 50 rankings of 2026 include projects in generative AI, including the winner of Generation AI 2025. The largest investment rounds of 2025 have already been analyzed, and forecasts for 2026 are built on their basis. For new projects (like ASI Biont), the key takeaway is: the market is growing so fast that clear positioning is more important than catch-up competition. While giants fight for market share, niche players manage to occupy their segments — routine automation, custom agents for business, AI assistants for specific tasks. A trend worth tracking: GenAI reached an audience of 100 million users in two months. AI startup scaling happens 5 times faster than SaaS did in its time. This is a window of opportunity — now or never. → asibiont.com