This map shows which states are paying for OpenAI vs Anthropic — and there's a clear winner

OpenAI and Anthropic are duking it out. One company dominates state-by-state spending.

People spent more on OpenAI products than on Anthropic's in 47 states, Yipit found. The only states where Claude led in spending were Massachusetts, Montana, and California.

OpenAI owned at least 70% of spending in eight states. Delaware leaned hard for OpenAI at 82%; the other states to reach that threshold were Alaska (74%), Kentucky (71%), Louisiana (71%), Mississippi (77%), North Dakota (71%), New Mexico (70%), and West Virginia (72%).

The map isn't a perfect proxy for consumer AI preferences. In measuring spending, the map excludes free users of ChatGPT and Claude. It's also a state-by-state comparison, something that can be tricky when population levels differ so broadly. Indeed, the biggest state by population (California) swung toward the losing company (Anthropic).

Still, the map is one signal that ChatGPT still reigns supreme. It was the first player in the chatbot race, and the name many still associate with AI.

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Still, ChatGPT may not be OpenAI's most important product. That crown goes to Codex, the company's AI coding tool.