The Starr ConspiracyAI-Era Leaderboard
Workforce Intelligence and Talent Analytics Platforms

Workforce Intelligence and Talent Analytics Platforms

Who's winning in the AI Era? Using millions of data points, we've analyzed 27 vendors across two dimensions: AI Product Leadership and AI GTM Leadership.

27

Vendors Tracked

11,837

AI Citations

3.7

Vertical AI Readiness

Struggling

Who's Winning

The leaders across GTM, product, and overall AI-Era performance

GTM Leader

lightcast

AI GTM Leader
GTM Score92.1
Citation Share26.3%
Rank#1
Engine BalanceDual-engine

Product Leader

Eightfold AI

AI Product Leader
Product Score93.6
AI TierAI-Native
AI DepthPlatform-level AI
AI Features7 detected

AI-Era Leader

Draup

AI-Era Leader
Overall Score87.1
GTM Score83.1
Product Score91.2
Last AI Ship2026-01

AI-Era Position Matrix

27 vendors plotted by AI GTM Leadership and AI Product Leadership.

AI-Era LeadersAI Product LeadersAI GTM LeadersCatching UpAI GTM Leadership →AI Product Leadership →lightcastWorkdayDraupPegaVisierSAPSkyhive by Cor…HonoGloatCensia

GTM Leaderboard

Who's winning the go-to-market game in the AI Era

#VendorGTM ScoreCitation ShareCoveragePerplexityAI Overviews
1lightcast92.126.3%2.4%92%8%
2Workday90.816.1%2.4%85%15%
3Draup83.111.8%1.4%100%0%
4Revelio Labs82.98.4%0.9%100%0%
5Pega77.35.4%0.8%86%14%
6Visier75.04.0%0.9%81%19%
7iMocha73.43.4%0.8%100%0%
8SAP70.83.6%0.8%93%7%
9Horsefly Analytics67.72.6%0.6%78%22%
10Skyhive by Cornerstone64.82.5%0.6%98%2%

AEO Leaderboard

Pure citation performance across AI answer engines

#VendorCitation ShareCoveragePerplexityAI OverviewsAEO Score
1lightcast26.3%2.4%92%8%93.8
2Workday16.1%2.4%85%15%92.0
3Draup11.8%1.4%100%0%82.4
4Revelio Labs8.4%0.9%100%0%83.6
5Pega5.4%0.8%86%14%78.5
6Visier4.0%0.9%81%19%78.8
7SAP3.6%0.8%93%7%74.4
8iMocha3.4%0.8%100%0%73.1
9Horsefly Analytics2.6%0.6%78%22%68.5
10Talent Neuron2.5%0.6%96%4%67.0

Product Leaderboard

AI product capabilities — who's building real AI vs. marketing it

#VendorProduct ScoreAI TierDepthFeaturesLast ShipConfidence
1Eightfold AI93.6NativePlatform72026-06-01high
2Reejig92.2NativePlatform92026-02high
3Draup91.2NativePlatform92026-01high
4Hono91.2NativePlatform92026high
5Gloat91.2NativePlatform82026-03high
6Censia90.5NativePlatform72026-03-31high
7TechWolf89.0NativePlatform72026-02-23high
8Anthropos87.2NativePlatform62026-03high
9SAP85.2AugmentedPlatform152026-01high
10Visier83.8NativePlatform82025-04high

Citation Share Universe

How AI answer engines distribute citations across this vertical

Vendor vs. Vendor

How citation share is distributed among tracked vendors

lightcast26.3%Workday16.1%Draup11.8%Revelio Labs8.4%Pega5.4%

AI Product Intelligence

How each vendor stacks up on real AI capabilities vs. marketing claims

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Messaging vs. Reality

Are vendors walking the talk? Product reality vs. marketing claims.

8 Aligned19 Overstating0 Underselling
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Live Data Technologies
Overstating
Horsefly Analytics
Overstating
OrgVue
Overstating
lightcast
Overstating
HRBench
Overstating
Pega
Overstating
Inop.ai
Overstating
Skyhive by Cornerstone
Overstating
365Talents
Overstating
Workday
Overstating
Product ScoreMarketing MessagingGap (line color = severity)