India, Dec. 19 -- Gartner has outlined a structured framework to identify the "Companies to Beat" across key segments of the fast-evolving AI market. The assessment reflects how technical depth, ecosystem strength and execution capability are shaping leadership as AI vendor competition intensifies across infrastructure, models, security and enterprise adoption.

According to Gartner, these positions are not fixed. As AI markets evolve rapidly, so do the benchmarks that define leadership.

Gartner's methodology is based on six core criteria that differentiate leading AI vendors:

Technical capabilities

Customer implementations

Potential customer base

Business model strength

Key partnerships

The surrounding ecosystem

Anthony Bradley, ...